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Bypoll results 2022 highlights: Major wins for BJP in UP, Tripura; AAP suffers upset in Punjab
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE updates: The Congress won two assembly seats, on each in Tripura and Jharkhand. The AAP won an assembly seat in Delhi, while the YSRCP was victorious in Andhra Pradesh. In Punjab, the SAD (Amritsar) bagged a Lok Sabha seat.
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE updates: The AAP registered an impressive win in the Rajinder Nagar assembly bypoll, for a seat left vacant following former MLA Raghav Chadha's Rajya Sabha debut. But in Punjab's Sangrur it suffered a major loss as SAD (Amritsar) won the previous Lok Sabha seat of chief minister Bhagwant Mann. Tripura chief minister Dr Manik Saha won from Town Bardowali which means he gets to continue as the chief minister, while the Congress won Agartala making a return to the assembly after years. Also in the northeastern state, its ruling BJP bagged the Jubarajnagar and Surma assemblies. Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party faced a major loss as both Rampur and Azamgarh LS seats went to the BJP.
...Read MoreAAP wins in Delhi, SAD (A) in Punjab, Congress in Jharkhand and YSRCP in Andhra
AAP retains Rajinder Nagar seat vacated by party's Raghav Chadha after his election to Rajya Sabha. In Punjab, SAD (Amritsar) wins Sangrur Lok Sabha seat vacated by CM and AAP leader Bhagwant Mann. Congress and YSCRP retain Mandar (Jharkhand) and Atmakur (Andhra Pradesh) assembly constituencies, respectively.
BJP wins both Lok Sabha seats in UP, three out of 4 assembly seats in Tripura
BJP wrests Azamgarh, Rampur Lok Sabha seats from SP in Uttar Pradesh. In Tripura, the party wins Town Bordowali, Surma and Jubrajnagar; Congress bags Agartala.
Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirhua’ gets winners certificate
BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav, who defeated SP's Dharmendra Yadav in Azamgarh, gets winner's certificate.
Sangrur bypoll winner hails Bhindranwale
“It's a win of our party workers and of the teachings that Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale have given,” says Simranjit Singh Mann of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar).
JP Nadda on why BJP won Azamgarh, Rampur bypolls
Women's safety has increased, strict action is being taken against criminals and rule of law has been established in the state. Goons are now behind the bars while development schemes are reaching every household: JP Nadda, BJP chief
Simranjit Mann, who won Sangrur, hospitalised
SAD (Amritsar) candidate Simranjit Singh Mann, who won Punjab's Sangrur Lok Sabha bypolls, hospitalised due to congestion and throat infection.
Akhilesh Yadav reacts to poll debacle
In first reaction to the SP's debacle in Azamgarh and Rampur bypolls, party chief Akhilesh Yadav accuses the ruling BJP of ‘murdering democracy.’
‘Only BSP can defeat BJP in UP’
Though, being the ruling party, BJP won byelections to both Azamgarh and Kanpur, the fight given by BSP proves we're the only party that can defeat it in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati, BSP chief
AAP says accepts Punjab's mandate
We lost in a very tough contest, Congress-Akali-BJP candidates even lost their security deposits: Malvinder Knag, AAP, on Sangrur bypolls defeat
Modi reacts as BJP breaches SP strongholds
The bye-poll wins in Azamgarh and Rampur are historic, tweets PM Modi.
PM Modi reacts to BJP's wins in Tripura bypolls
I thank the people of Tripura for reposing faith in Tripura BJP's development agenda, tweets prime minister Narendra Modi.
Congress retains Jharkhand's Mandar assembly seat
Shilpi Neha Tirkey wins by more than 23,000 votes against her nearest rival, the BJP's Gangotri Kujur. EC yet to officially announce the result.
Azam Khan hints at ‘conspiracy’ after SP loses Rampur
Azam Khan reacts angrily, hints at ‘conspiracy’ as the SP loses byelections to the Rampur Lok Sabha seat vacated by him.
BJP's Dinesh Yadav ‘Nirahua’ wins Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat
Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ defeats SP candidate and Akhilesh Yadav's cousin, Dharmendra Yadav. EC yet to announce final figures.
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE updates: Yogi hails BJP's win on Azamgarh seat
UP CM Yogi Adityanath claims win on Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat as well.
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE updates: Azamgarh BJP candidate Nirahua says, ‘Victory of people’
Azamgarh's result is yet to be announced officially but BJP's Dinesh Yadav Nirahua is leading.
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE updates: Nirahua posts on Instagram, 'Leaving for Azamgarh'
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE updates: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath's message after BJP victory
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE updates: What the Sangrur defeat means for AAP
With this defeat, which is a setback for the three-month-old Mann government, the AAP has lost its representation in the Lok Sabha. Mann was the only MP from AAP in the Lok Sabha, and had vacated the seat after being sworn in as Punjab chief minister earlier this year. Mann won this seat in 2014 and 2019. Read full story
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE updates: AAP says 'kaam ki rajneeti' wins
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE updates: Kejriwal and Durgesh Pathak after Rajinder Nagar win
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE updates: 'But the real news is..' Amit Malviya's dig at Mamata after Tripura results
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE: Victory of Modi-Yogi, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Rampur outcome
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE: Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Rampurhat, Azamgarh outcome
Bypoll results 2022 LIVE: What Rajinder Nagar win means for AAP in Delhi
The result will not affect the power equation in the Delhi assembly where the AAP holds a brute majority with 62 seats of the total 70, but will serve as a barometer of political influence in the national capital. Political pundits believe that since the poll was held after the unification of the municipal corporations, the result may be an indicator of the public mood. It was also the first election after the Covid-19 pandemic. A couple of BJP leaders also said that the recent anti-encroachment drives carried out in different areas of Delhi may have also antagonised a section of voters.
