Byelection results highlights: West Bengal BJP chief accuses TMC of poll fraud

Byelection results live updates: TMC's Supti Pandey is leading in Maniktala assembly constituency in West Bengal

Byelection results live updates: In Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, Ashish Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 27,041 votes, leading by 1,571 votes. Pushpinder Verma of the Indian National Congress lost with 25,470 votes, trailing by 1,571 votes.

Byelection results live updates: On TMC winning two seats and leading in two others in the Assembly bypolls, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said, “This was bound to happen. Some people who had voted for BJP in the Lok Sabha have realised that they will not waste their votes...The game has started. The Modi government in Delhi will not stay for a long time. The INDIA alliance will form the government, and the role of TMC in it will be very significant.”

Byelection results live updates: After winning the Raiganj assembly by-poll, AITC candidate Krishna Kalyani said, “I am a resident of Raiganj and I want to thank all those who voted with development in mind. People have turned away from the BJP ever since PM Narendra Modi tried to poison their minds by politicising the Sandeshkhali issue. AITC has received a clear mandate from the people.”

So far, the TMC has won the Raiganj and Bagda seats out of four. Additionally, TMC is leading in Ranaghat Dakshin and Maniktala.

Byelection results live updates: Regarding Congress leading in two out of three assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh, CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said, “People of Himachal gave us 40 seats in 2022... The kind of poaching that happened in state politics in the past, people have given a befitting reply for that. This also gave a message that the people of the state are aware and awake and such poaching will not work... Three independent MLAs had no reason to resign. They could have simply allied with the BJP, but even they learnt their lesson... I had put in my everything for the Dehra constituency... I want to congratulate Kamlesh Thakur for winning the seat... The reason for fielding my wife from Dehra was to make Congress enter Kangra and increase the MLAs of the valley from 9 to 10... All the three seats are a stronghold of BJP and we have won two of them, this is a big deal.”

(ANI)

Byelection results live updates: In Badrinath, Lakhapat Singh Butola of the Indian National Congress is leading with 24,155 votes, an increase of 4196 votes over his nearest competitor. Rajendra Singh Bhandari of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 19,959 votes, a margin of 4196 votes compared to Butola's total.

In Manglaur, Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin of the Indian National Congress is leading with 31,727 votes, an increase of 422 votes over his nearest competitor. Kartar Singh Bhadana of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 31,305 votes, a margin of 422 votes compared to Nizamuddin's total.

Bypoll results live updates: In Himachal Pradesh's Dehra, Kamlesh Thakur of the Indian National Congress won with over 32,000 votes, an increase of 9399 votes over her nearest competitor.

Hoshyar Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party is los with 23,338 votes, a decrease of 9399 votes compared to Thakur's total.

Bypoll results live updates: In Uttarakhand's Badrinath, Lakhapat Singh Butola of the Indian National Congress is leading with 11,086 votes, an increase of 1935 votes over his nearest competitor. Rajendra Singh Bhandari of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 9151 votes, a decrease of 1935 votes compared to Butola's total.

In Manglaur, Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin of the Indian National Congress is leading with 23,985 votes, an increase of 8736 votes over his nearest competitor. Kartar Singh Bhadana of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 15,249 votes, a decrease of 8736 votes compared to Nizamuddin's total.

Bypoll results live updates: The counting trends on the Election Commission (EC) website, showed that the candidates from the INDIA bloc parties — Congress, AAP, TMC, and DMK — were leading in 11 out of the 13 assembly seats where bypolls were held earlier this week. The BJP was leading in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, while its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partner, the JD(U), was leading in Rupauli, Bihar.

Voting for the bypolls in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Tamil Nadu took place on Wednesday.

Bypoll results live updates: Aam Aadmi Party candidate Mohinder Bhagat achieved a decisive victory in the Jalandhar West bypoll in Punjab, winning by a substantial margin of 37,325 votes.

Bypoll results live updates: In Madhya Pradesh's Amarwara constituency, Dheeran Sah Sukharam Das Invati of the Indian National Congress is leading with 19,390 votes, an increase of 918 votes over his nearest competitor. Kamlesh Pratap Shah of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 18,472 votes, a decrease of 918 votes compared to Invati's total.

Bypoll results live updates: In Himachal Pradesh's Nalagarh constituency, Hardeep Singh Bawa of the Indian National Congress is leading with 15,353 votes, an increase of 3078 votes over his nearest competitor. K. L. Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 12,275 votes, a decrease of 3078 votes compared to Bawa's total.

Bypoll results live updates: In Dehra, Himachal Pradesh, Kamlesh Thakur of the Indian National Congress is leading with 21,723 votes, an increase of 5029 votes over his nearest competitor. Hoshyar Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 16,694 votes, a decrease of 5029 votes compared to Thakur's total.

Bypoll results live updates: All India Trinamool Congress candidates are leading in all four Assembly seats that went for bypolls.

In Raiganj, Krishna Kalyani of the All India Trinamool Congress is leading with 18,721 votes, an increase of 10,146 votes over his nearest competitor. Manas Kumar Ghosh of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 8575 votes, a decrease of 10,146 votes compared to Kalyani's total.

In Ranaghat Dakshin, Mukut Mani Adhikari of the All India Trinamool Congress is leading with 10,174 votes, an increase of 498 votes over his nearest competitor. Manoj Kumar Biswas of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 9676 votes, a decrease of 498 votes compared to Adhikari's total.

In Bagda, Madhuparna Thakur of the All India Trinamool Congress is leading with 15,270 votes, an increase of 2304 votes over her nearest competitor. Binay Kumar Biswas of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 12,966 votes, a decrease of 2304 votes compared to Thakur's total.

In Maniktala, Supti Pandey of the All India Trinamool Congress is leading with 6824 votes, an increase of 4846 votes over her nearest competitor. Kalyan Chaubey of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 1978 votes, a decrease of 4846 votes compared to Pandey's total.

In Uttarakhand's Badrinath constituency, Lakhapat Singh Butola of the Indian National Congress is leading with 4115 votes, an increase of 665 votes over his nearest competitor. Rajendra Singh Bhandari of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 3450 votes, a margin of 665 votes compared to Butola's total.

In Manglaur constituency, Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin of the Indian National Congress is leading with 8990 votes, an increase of 1600 votes over his nearest competitor. Ubaidur Rahaman (Monty) of the Bahujan Samaj Party is trailing with 7390 votes, a margin of 1600 votes compared to Nizamuddin's total.

In Tamil Nadu's Vikravandi constituency, Anniyur Siva of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is leading with 5564 votes, an increase of 2670 votes over his nearest competitor. Anbumani. C of the Pattali Makkal Katchi is trailing with 2894 votes, a decrease of 2670 votes compared to Siva's total.

Bypoll results live updates: In the Jalandhar West bypoll after Round 5 of counting, Mohinder Bhagat of the Aam Aadmi Party has secured 23,189 votes. Surinder Kaur of the Congress has obtained 8,001 votes, while Sheetal Angural of the BJP has received 4,395 votes. Mohinder Bhagat is leading with a margin of 15,188 votes.

Bypoll results live updates: After Round 4 of counting for the byelection in Dehra, Kamlesh Thakur of the Congress has secured 9942 votes, while Hoshyar Singh of the BJP has garnered 9979 votes. Hoshyar Singh is currently leading by a margin of 37 votes.

Bypoll results live updates: In Bihar's Rupauli constituency, Kaladhar Prasad Mandal of the Janata Dal (United) is leading with 6588 votes, an increase of 2433 votes over his nearest competitor. Shankar Singh, an independent candidate, is trailing with 4155 votes.

Bypoll results live updates: In Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur constituency, Pushpinder Verma of the Indian National Congress is leading with 3004 votes, an increase of 200 votes over his nearest competitor. Ashish Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 2804 votes, a decrease of 200 votes compared to Verma's total.

Bypoll results live updates: In Pubjab's Jalandhar West, Mohinder Bhagat of the Aam Aadmi Party is leading with 3971 votes, an increase of 2249 votes over his closest competitor. Surinder Kaur of the Indian National Congress is currently trailing with 1722 votes, reflecting a decrease of 2249 votes compared to Bhagat's tally.

In Himachal Pradesh's Dehra constituency, Hoshyar Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party is currently leading with 4942 votes, an increase of 360 votes. In second place is Kamlesh Tha of the Indian National Congress, trailing with 4582 votes

Bypoll results live updates: The counting of votes for the bypolls to three assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh was underway on Saturday.

Polling for the Dehra, Hamirpur, and Nalagarh assembly constituencies took place on Wednesday.

Thirteen candidates, including those from the BJP and Congress, contested in these by-elections.

The Nalagarh assembly constituency saw the highest voter turnout at 79.04 per cent, followed by Hamirpur at 67.72 per cent and Dehra at 65.42 per cent.

According to data from the state election department, the overall voter turnout for the three by-polls was 71 percent.

Bypoll results live updates: Counting of voteshas begun for the 13 Assembly seats in seven states where by-elections were conducted on Wednesday. Voter turnout ranged from moderate to high across these constituencies, with sporadic incidents of violence reported in Uttarakhand, Bihar, and West Bengal.