By-poll results 2022 highlights: TMC sweeps Bengal, Cong wins in Chhattisgarh, Maha

TMC candidate Shatrughan Sinha collected his certificate after winning the Asansol Lok Sabha by-polls, reports ANI. He won the bypoll with a margin of over three lakh votes. 

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday received a setback in the bypolls to one Lok Sabha seat in Bengal and four assembly constituencies. In Bengal, Asansol Lok Sabha seat went to polls after it was vacated by Babul Supriyo who contested the Ballygunge assembly seat as a TMC candidate and won. Read full report.

Shatrughan Sinha tweets after winning the Asansol Lok Sabha bypoll by more than 3 lakh votes. “My most sincere thanks to the wonderful people of Asansol for their massive expression of support to me. I am overwhelmed and also humbled by the love and affection showered on me by the lovely people of Asansol, Bengal.....and feel both delighted and blessed at the same time,” he said.

Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha wins Asansol Lok Sabha bypoll for TMC by margin of 3,03,209 votes: EC website

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee offers prayers at Kalighat temple after TMC swept bypolls. 

Vikashsheel Inshaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani on Saturday jeered at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bihar leadership after the ruling party lost the Bochahan assembly bypoll to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), saying it was time that the BJP’s central leadership realise that they are being misled by its state leaders. Read full report

Movie actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha broke the “Asansol jinx” by becoming the first Trinamool Congress candidate to win from the Lok Sabha seat in the bypoll, the result of which was declared on Saturday. The party's candidate Babul Supriyo also won the prestigious Ballygunge constituency in the assembly bypoll. Despite tasting electoral success in different pockets of the state, the TMC had never been able to win from Asansol previously. Read full story

Congress' Chhattisgarh unit tweets after winning Khairagarh seat. “Now, Congress has 71 MLAs in Chhattisgarh. The victory margin of over 20,000 votes signifies the hard work put in by our party workers and the public faith in the pro-people policies of chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and state president Mohan Markam's leadership. Congratulations to all.”

TMC candidate Shatrughan Sinha won Asansol seat by more than 2 lakh votes. The actor-turned-politician said," Earlier in some places 'Khela Hobe' used to happen with EVMs but here free and fair elections were held without any fear. This win is of TMC, CM Mamata Banerjee and the people of Asansol."

Congress wins Khairagarh Assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh by over 20,000 votes. 

Actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha is set to return to the Lok Sabha with a thumping victory in the by-elections to Asansol seat in West Bengal. After an illustrious career on the celluloid, the 76-year-old leader's political journey has not been without twists and turns. From being one of the star faces in the Bharatiya Janata Party during the Atal-Advani era to joining the Congress and now a member of Mamata's army, Sinha continues to remain in headlines. Read full story

The BJP's Agnimitra Paul said Saturday the party had accepted defeat in bypolls to the Asansol Lok Sabha seat and the Ballygunge assembly constituency. Read more

Yashoda Verma of the Congress is maintaining a significant lead by a margin of about 20,000 votes in the Khairagarh assembly bypoll, where the counting was underway on Saturday, shows the election commission website. Read more

TMC's Shatrughan Sinha is leading the Asansol assembly seat with a margin of over 3 lakh votes.

Congress leads in Chhattisgarh by over 20,000 votes, leaving BJP behind. 

Congress has retained Kolhapur North Assembly seat by defeating the BJP by a margin of over 18,000 votes.

The results are a slap to BJP for their hubris and the way they demean Bengalis: TMC leader Babul Supriyo

There were some shortcomings from our end because of which we had to face defeat. Public's verdict will be accepted. Few cases of rigging were seen at some places but central forces worked really well. We'll work at grassroots levels in the forthcoming days:BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul

In the race for the North Kolhapur assembly seat in Maharashtra, the Congress' Jadhav Jayshri Chandrakant has built a big lead over the BJP's Satyajeet Kadam. Chandrakant has over 71,000 votes to Kadam's 57,000. Third in the race is the NOTA - none of the above - option with over 1,300 votes. The Congress is in power in Maharashtra as part of an alliance with the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party.

The RJD has claimed win in Bihar's Bochahan constituency. As per EC's latest trends, RJD has 48.5% votes, while the BJP is trailing with 27% votes. 

As TMC leads in Asansol and Ballygunge constituency, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee thanked the voters. 

TMC workers and supporters celebrate to the tunes of drumbeats in Asansol as the party leads in by-poll to the Asansol Lok Sabha seat. 

In Chhattisgarh's Khairagarh, BJP's Komal Janghel is over 10,000 votes behind the ruling Congress' Yashoda Nilamber Verma, who has more than 37,000 votes so far.

RJD's Amar Kumar Paswan holds a commanding lead over the BJP's Baby Kumari in the race for the Bochahan assembly seat in Bihar. Paswan has over 62,000 votes to Kumari's 35,000. 

TMC's Shatrughan Sinha is leading by over 1.5 lakh votes in the race for Bengal's Asansol Lok Sabha seat. The BJP's Agnimitra Paul has around 2.18 lakh votes, while CPI(M)'s Partha Mukherjee has fewer than 51,000 votes.