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Bypoll result highlights: Dimple Yadav wins LS seat; check out assembly winners
The charged election battle took place on December 5 for one LS and six Assembly seats in five states.
The counting for bypolls held in five states for one Lok Sabha and six Assembly seats has completed and results are out. The charged election battle took place on December 5 for Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat and Assembly seats in Rampur Sadar and Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh, Padampur in Odisha, Sardarshahar in Rajasthan, Kurhani in Bihar, and Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh also went to polls....Read More
The BJP candidate Akash Saxena has defeated SP veteran's Azam Khan's pocket borough Rampur. Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate for Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat Dimple Yadav marks a historic win against BJP.
BJP's Kedar Prasad Gupta won from Bihar's Kurhani constituency, Congress' Savitri Mandavi won from Chhattisgarh's Bhanupratappur seat. The Biju Janata Dal won from Odisha's Padampur, Congress won in Rajasthan's Sardarshahar.
The Mainpuri Lok Sabha by-election was necessitated following the death of Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav. SP leader Dimple Yadav, daughter-in-law to Mulayam Singh contested from Mainpuri in a bid to retain his seat, while in a counter-strategy, the BJP fielded Raghuraj Singh Shakya, a former confidant of Mulayam's brother Shivpal Singh Yadav.
The bypolls in UP's Rampur Sadar and Khatauli were necessitated after SP MLA Azam Khan and BJP MLA Vikram Singh Saini were disqualified after being convicted in separate cases. While Khan was disqualified in a hate speech case, the BJP MLA is facing conviction in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case.
Congress and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party were not in the race in these polls in UP.
In other states, Rajasthan's Sardarshahar seat went to polls following the death of Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma after a prolonged illness. His seat was contested by his son Anil Kumar while BJP fielded former MLA Ashok Kumar there.
Padampur seat in Odisha faced a by-poll after the death of (Biju Janata Dal) BJD legislator Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha where 10 candidates were up for a nail-biting contest. An anticipated direct contest between Congress and BJP was expected at the Bhanupratappur seat after Congress MLA Manoj Singh Mandavi passed away last month. The Congress fielded Savitri Mandavi, the wife of the deceased MLA in a bid to retain the seat while BJP fielded a former MLA. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
In Bihar's Kurhani, the disqualification of RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani prompted the polls.
Dimple Yadav wins by more than 2,80,000 votes in Mainpuri constituency
SP candidate Dimple Yadav wins by more than 2,80,000 votes and received winning certificate along with her husband and SP president Akhilesh Yadav
BJP's Akash Saxena defeats SP in Rampur constituency
Rajasthan bypoll: Cong takes clear lead, Gehlot terms it 'people's seal on his govt's good governance'
Congress candidate in Rajasthan's Sardarshahar assembly seat Anil Sharma takes a clear lead.
“This victory is the stamp of the public on the transparent, sensitive, accountable good governance and public welfare schemes of the Congress government for education, health and social security,” said Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot.
UP bypoll: BJP's Akash Saxena leads in Rampur constituency
BJP's Akash Saxena now takes lead in pocket borough of SP veteran Azam Khan
BJP candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta leads in Kurhani bypoll with a margin of over 3,000 votes.
Shivpal Yadav's PSP-L merges with Samajwadi Party
Shivpal Yadav's party merges with nephew Akhilesh Yadav's SP as Dimple Yadav is set to claim big win in home turf.
“Today we have come one, we were waiting for the right time, from now on the Samajwadi party flag will adorn my vehicle,” said Shivpal Yadav.
SP's Dimple Yadav leads Mainpuri LS seat by over 2 lakh votes
Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav is leading in Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat by 2,00,688 votes
Akhilesh Yadav visits Mulayam Singh's Samadhi Sthal at his parental village
Akhilesh Yadav visits Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samadhi Sthal, which will be built at his paternal village in Etawah's Saifai district.
SP's Dimple Yadav crosses one-lakh vote margin in Mainpuri LS seat
SP candidate Dimple Yadav crosses victory margin of one lakh votes as she now leads by 1,05,000 votes ahead of BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Chauhan
BJD's Barsha Singh Bariha leads by over 20,000 votes in Odisha's Padampur bypoll
Padampur assembly bypoll - Barsha Singh Bariha of BJD leads by 21315 votes over her BJP rival Pradip Purohit at the end of 11th round of counting.
SP leads all three LS, Assembly constituencies
Samajwadi Party candidates Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency, Asim Raza and RLD-SP candidate Madan Bhaiya from Rampur and Khatauli Assembly constituencies leading in bypoll
Khatauli bypoll: RLD-SP candidate leading by 8,857 votes
RLD-SP candidate Madan Bhaiya is leading by 8,857 after 6th round. BJP's Rajkumari Saini is trailing.
Bihar's Kurhani bypoll: JD(U) leads BJP
In Bihar's Kurhani assembly seat, JD (U) leads BJP by 672 votes at the end of fifth round.
Rajasthan bypoll: Congress leads with 24,000 votes
In Rajasthan's Sardarshahar assembly seat, Congress is leading with 24,000 votes, followed by RLP with 15,713 votes. BJP has bagged 15,495 votes so far.
Bihar's Kurhani bypoll: JD(U) leads BJP
In Bihar's Kurhani assembly seat, JD (U) leads BJP by 672 votes at the end of fifth round.
