Bypoll Results 2023 highlights: INDIA alliance wins 4, BJP secures 3 assembly seats
Bypoll Results 2023 highlights: INDIA bloc won four and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) picked up three seats on Friday in assembly bypolls.
Bypoll Results 2023 highlights: The counting of votes for seven assembly seats in six states has been completed everywhere. The Opposition secured victory on four seats in UP's Ghosi, Jharkhnd's Dumri, West Bengal's Dhupguri, and Kerala's Puthuppally while the BJP won two seats in Tripura, and Beghaeshwar in Uttarakhand.
These bypolls are seen as a significant test for the opposition alliance INDIA against the ruling BJP-led NDA, with implications for upcoming state elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Several INDIA leaders hailed the key victory and dubbed it a trailer for the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Read more: BJP wrests Boxanagar from CPI(M), retains Dhanpur in Tripura assembly bypolls
These by-elections have witnessed a united front from the INDIA alliance in certain constituencies, notably Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh and Dumri in Jharkhand. Out of these seven seats, three were previously held by the BJP, and one each by the Samajwadi Party, CPI(M), JMM, and Congress.
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- Sep 08, 2023 09:54 PM IST
Cops attacked, TMC office torched in Bengal after Congress-Left rally
A mob attacked the Raninagar police station in Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Friday afternoon after a rally was held in the area by the Left and Congress, police officials deployed at the spot said.
The rally was held on a football ground at Godhonpara where Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Congress MP from Murshidabad’s Berhampore constituency and the party’s state president, was the key speaker.
The rally was organized to celebrate the victory of the Congress-Left alliance in the Raninagar-II community block area in the July 8 panchayat polls. The two parties have formed the panchayat samiti board after defeating TMC.
Notably, TMC on Friday won the Dhupguri assembly seat that went to bypoll on Wednesday.
Sep 08, 2023 09:21 PM ISTClash between youth wings of CPI(M), Cong in Puthuppally after bypoll results declared
A clash broke out between youth wing members of the Congress and the ruling CPI(M) in Manarcad area of Puthuppally constituency on Friday soon after the by-election results were declared. The police resorted to lathi charge to disperse the two groups which hurled stones at each other, leaving five people injured. At least three activists of the Youth Congress and two from the CPI(M)'s youth wing DYFI suffered injuries, police said, adding that the situation was brought under control. Senior police officials from the district, including the SP, are camping in the region.
Sep 08, 2023 08:29 PM ISTTMC's Saket Gokhale decodes INDIA's win on four seats in bypolls
TMC's Saket Gokhale on bypoll results: “Of the 7 bypoll results today, INDIA won 4 seats versus the BJP’s 3 seats. But one crucial difference - 2 of BJP’s 3 seats are in just 1 state i.e. Tripura. Whereas INDIA has won in 4 states i.e. Bengal, Jharkhand, UP, & Kerala. In Dhupguri, TMC reclaimed a BJP seat which shows how Modi has been rejected by the people of Bengal. Today’s score (for what the media called the 1st “litmus test” before 2024): INDIA 4 - 3 BJP. Judega Bharat, Jitega INDIA.”
Sep 08, 2023 08:03 PM ISTPeople have accepted INDIA bloc as alternative to BJP: Pramod Tiwari after bypoll results
The Congress on Friday said the victory of four INDIA bloc candidates in bypolls to seven seats proves that the people have accepted the opposition alliance as an alternative to the BJP.
– Congress deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Pramod Tiwari said the results announced on Friday are only a trailer to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections when INDIA bloc will win majority across regions.
Sep 08, 2023 07:52 PM ISTGhosi bypoll results LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav reacts as SP retains UP seat
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav: “Congratulations to all the voters, all the winning candidates, active leaders-office bearers, energetic workers-courageous booth guards on the huge victory of SP candidates in Lucknow, Mirzapur, Jalaun, Bahedi in Ghosi assembly by-elections as well as UP district panchayat by-elections. And good luck!!!”
Sep 08, 2023 07:29 PM ISTBypolls 2023 results: Opposition secures 4 out 7 seats in first INDIA v NDA battle
The first election battle between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and the I.N.D.I.A or Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance concluded Friday, with the Opposition securing four seats, while the BJP emerging victorious in the remaining three.
– A significant contest unfolded in BJP-ruled UP, where the joint candidate from the INDIA bloc, Samajwadi Party's Sudhakar Singh, secured a victory by a margin of over 40,000 votes.
– Another key battle between NDA and INDIA was witnessed in Jharkhand's Dumri where the Opposition's joint candidate Bebi Devi from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, retained her late husband and sitting MLA Jagarnath Mahto's seat.
– The Congress is celebrating the victory of Chandy Oommen, the son of late Congress stalwart Oommen Chandy, who retained the Puthuppally assembly constituency in Kerala.
– The BJP won the by-elections to the Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly seats in Tripura.
– Another win for the BJP has been in Uttarakhand where its candidate Parvati Das won by 2,405 votes, retaining her late husband and sitting MLA Chandan Ram Das' seat.
– In West Bengal, TMC defeated the BJP on the seat as its candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy won the Dhupguri bypoll by more than 4,000 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 07:03 PM ISTGhosi bypoll result LIVE: SP retains UP seat by over 40,000 votes
Ghosi bypoll results LIVE: Samajwadi Party's Sudhakar Singh secured a victory in Ghosi bypoll on Friday by a margin of over 40,000 votes. He defeated BJP candidate and sitting MLA Dara Singh Chauhan, who had resigned from SP, triggering the need for bypoll. Singh garnered 1,24,427 votes while his rival Chauhan got 81,668 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 06:47 PM ISTVictory of INDIA team: Mamata Banerjee after TMC wrests Dhupguri seat from BJP
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday urged voters across the nation to observe the performance of the INDIA alliance partners after her party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), regained control over the Dhupguri assembly seat in north Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by 4313 votes in a close contest.
Sep 08, 2023 06:21 PM ISTBypolls 2023 results Recap: Opposition, BJP win 3 seats each, SP nears victory in Ghosi
The assembly by-election results for seven seats in six states declared on Friday were a mixed bag for the BJP and the opposition INDIA bloc, with the saffron party bagging three seats and one each going to Congress, JMM and TMC, while the Samajwadi Party was also poised to win one seat.
The BJP retained the Bageshwar assembly seat in Uttarakhand and Dhanpur in Tripura and wrested Boxanagar assembly seat from CPI(M) in the northeastern state, where the INDIA alliance parties had joined hands, but lost the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal to the Trinamool Congress (TMC). TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy, a college professor, won the Dhupguri seat by over 4,313 votes.
The opposition alliance tasted victory in Jharkhand, where the JMM retained the Dumri assembly seat, and in the Ghosi assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, where it backed the Samajwadi Party.
The opposition Congress-UDF in Kerala retained the Puthuppally Assembly constituency in Kerala.
Sep 08, 2023 06:05 PM ISTTripura bypoll result : Sarma expresses gratitude to voters for BJP wins
North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convenor and senior BJP leader, Himanta Biswa Sarma Friday expressed his gratitude to the voters of Tripura for the wins by BJP candidates in by-election to two assembly seats. He congratulated BJP candidates for winning Boxanagar seat by over 30,000 votes and Dhanpur seat by 18,871 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 05:49 PM ISTChandy Oommen to take oath as Puthuppally MLA on Monday
Congress's Chandy Oommen, who retained the party's bastion Puthuppally with a historic margin in the September 5 bypoll, will take oath as its new MLA on Monday, filling the seat left vacant by the death of his father and party stalwart Oommen Chandy.
Sep 08, 2023 05:22 PM ISTGhosi bypoll result LIVE: INDIA bloc candidate nears victory, leads by 35000+ votes
Ghosi bypoll result LIVE updates: SP candidate Sudhakar Singh is nearing his victory on the bypoll seat in UP, currently leading by over 35,000 votes at 1,01,012. His rival BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan has secured nearly 70,000 votes so far.
Results for the remaining six seats are out.
Sep 08, 2023 05:05 PM IST‘Victory of INDIA bloc’: Akhilesh Yadav after SP candidate nears win in Ghosi bypoll
Ghosi bypoll results LIVE: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday congratulated his party candidate Sudhakar Singh, who is leading in Ghosi Assembly bypolls by a huge margin, saying that this is a "victory" of the INDIA bloc and that it will continue in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
Sep 08, 2023 04:45 PM ISTGhosi bypoll result LIVE: 'UP ready to bid farewell to NDA'- Congress as INDIA leads
UP Congress on Ghosi trends: "The people of Ghosi gave a place in their heart to the appeal of State President Shri Ajay Rai ji. The victory of the candidate of the INDIA alliance in this by-election declares that the people are fed up with the anti-people policies of the BJP and the market of hatred. Believe it! In 2024, the people of Uttar Pradesh have made up their mind to bid farewell to the NDA."
Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh strengthened his lead over his BJP rival Dara Singh Chauhan with a margin of 22,923 votes after the 17th round of counting in the Ghosi assembly bypoll in Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
Sep 08, 2023 04:29 PM ISTGhosi bypoll results: SP leaders celebrate early victory as INDIA candidate strengthens lead
Ghosi bypoll: SP national general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya says - “Many congratulations and best wishes to the voters and people of Ghosi assembly and to the National President of Samajwadi Party, Mr. Akhilesh Yadav for the historic victory of Samajwadi Party candidate, Mr. Sudhakar Singh in the Ghosi assembly by-election.”
The joint INDIA candidate, Sudhakar Singh, representing SP is leading on the seat.
Sep 08, 2023 04:15 PM ISTGhosi bypoll results: Akhilesh Yadav says election outcome foreshadows 2024
Ghosi bypoll results LIVE: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav: “The Ghosi has not only made the SP candidate win but it also is the victory of the INDIA coalition candidate. And now this will be the outcome of the approaching tomorrow (2024).”
Sep 08, 2023 03:54 PM ISTDumri bypoll LIVE: JMM wins Jharkhand seat by over 17,000 votes
JMM candidate Bebi Devi won the by-election to the Dumri assembly seat in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Friday by defeating AJSU party nominee Yashoda Devi by over 17,000 votes, according to a district administration official.
Sep 08, 2023 03:37 PM ISTTripura bypolls LIVE: Looking at BJP's victory on Boxanagar, Dhanpur seats
Tripura bypolls LIVE: BJP's Tafajjal Hossain won the Boxanagar seat, which has around 66 per cent minority voters, by 30,237 votes. Hossain got 34,146 votes, while his nearest rival Mizan Hossain of the CPI(M) got 3,909 votes.
BJP candidate Bindu Debnath bagged the Dhanpur seat, which has a significant tribal population, by 18,871 votes. Debnath got 30,017 votes, and his nearest rival Kaushik Chanda of the CPI(M) got 11,146 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 03:20 PM ISTBageshwar bypoll results LIVE: BJP's Parwati Dass defeats Congress by over 2400 votes
Bageshwar bypoll results LIVE: BJP candidate Parwati Dass won by 2405 votes in the Uttarakhand constituency.
– She bagged 33, 247 votes while Congress candidate secured 30842 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 03:09 PM ISTDhupguri bypoll: TMC candidate wins by over 4,000 votes
Dhupguri bypoll result LIVE updates: TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy, a history professor, has won the Dhupguri bypoll by more than 4000 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 02:58 PM ISTPuthuppally bypoll result: ‘Message is very clear’- Congress
Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala: “The spectacular victory in the Puthuppally bye-elections is a clear message to the Modi and Pinarayi Vijayan governments. Both the BJP and CPM have been thrown out by the people of Puthuppally. No by-election in Kerala has had such a landslide margin. The message is very clear”
Sep 08, 2023 02:43 PM ISTGhosi bypoll: After 15 rounds, SP leads BJP by over 21,000 votes
Ghosi bypoll LIVE updates: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has established a huge lead over the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the September 5 Ghosi assembly seat bypoll, the counting of votes for which began at 8am on Friday, and is currently underway.
Sep 08, 2023 02:29 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Ghosi bypoll 2023 results: What UP minister Jaiveer Singh said
As the Samajwadi Party candidate leads in the Ghosi assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, state tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh said that the party will accept the result in the constituency.
"We will accept whatever the result may be; winning and losing are two sides of a coin, and we believe that the people are with us," UP tourism minister Jaiveer Singh said.
Sep 08, 2023 02:15 PM ISTWhat did BJP say on bypoll wins in Tripura: End of road for communists in the state
The BJP hailed its victory in the bypolls to the Dhanpur and Boxanagar Assembly seats in Tripura and said it is the end of the road for the communists in the state. According to the Election Commission (EC), Tafajjal Hossain of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Boxanagar seat, which has around 66 per cent minority voters, by a margin of 30,237 votes. Hossain got 34,146 votes while Mizan Hossain of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) bagged 3,909 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 02:05 PM ISTWest Bengal Dhupguri bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
Trinamool Congress candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy is leading in West Bengal's Dhupguri constituency against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Tapasi Roy by 2,931 votes. Nirmal Chandra Roy has received 72,440 votes against Tapasi Roy's 69,509 votes so far, as per Election Commission.
Sep 08, 2023 01:59 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Ghosi bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh strengthened his lead over his BJP rival Dara Singh Chauhan with a margin of 12,139 votes after the 10th round of counting in the Ghosi assembly bypoll in Uttar Pradesh. According to the Election Commission (EC), while Sudhakar Singh has garnered 38,635 votes so far, Dara Singh Chauhan has got 26,496. There will be 34 rounds of counting.
Sep 08, 2023 01:50 PM ISTBypoll Results 2023 LIVE updates: What has happened so far
- BJP has won both assembly seats in Tripura's Sepahijala district.
- BJP candidate Parwati Dass is leading from Bageshwar in Uttarakhand.
- BJP candidate Bindu Debnath from Dhupguri in West Bengal is leading.
- Congress candidate Chandy Oommen won from Puthuppally in Kerala.
- SP candidate Sudhakar Singh is leading in Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh.
- All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) candidate Yashoda Devi is still leading in Jharkhand's Dumri.
Sep 08, 2023 01:42 PM ISTKerala Puthuppally bypoll 2023 results: What Congress leader A K Antony said
Congress leader AK Antony said, "I was expecting these results because people of Puthupally were waiting to punish those people... It is a punishment by the people's court in Puthupally against those people...My request to CPM and government, please tell the people of Kerala that 'we are sorry about what we've done'."
Sep 08, 2023 01:32 PM ISTKerala Puthuppally bypoll 2023 results: What Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said
Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said, "The spectacular victory in the Puthuppally by-elections is a clear message to the Modi and Pinarayi Vijayan government. Both BJP and CPM have been thrown by the people of Puthuppally. No by-election in Kerala has got such a landslide margin. The message is very clear".
Sep 08, 2023 01:28 PM ISTUttarakhand Bageshwar bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
BJP candidate Parwati Dass was leading by 2,041 votes over the Congress' Basant Kumar at the end of the 10th round of counting. The BJP candidate had polled 25,094 votes while the Congress candidate got 23,053 votes, Bageshwar district magistrate Anuradha Pal said. There will be 14 rounds of counting.
Sep 08, 2023 01:07 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Ghosi bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Sudhakar Singh is still maintaining lead in Uttar Pradesh's Ghosi constituency over Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Dara Singh Chauhan.
Sep 08, 2023 12:53 PM ISTUttarakhand Bageshwar bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Parwati Dass is leading in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar constituency over Congress candidate Basant Kumar after eleven rounds of counting. Parvati Dass received 27,123 votes against Basant Kumar's 24,864 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 12:39 PM ISTKerala Puthuppally bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
Congress' Chandy Oommen received 78,098 votes in Kerala's Puthuppally constituency, while CPM's Jaick C Thomas managed to get 41,644 votes. BJP's Ligin Lal stood third with 6,447 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 12:27 PM ISTKerala Puthuppally bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
Congress - Oommen Chandy - 78098 (+ 36454)
CPI(M) Jaick Thomas - 41644
Sep 08, 2023 12:20 PM ISTJharkhand Dumri bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) candidate Yashoda Devi maintains her lead in Jharkhand's Dumri constituency over Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) Bebi Devi after seven rounds of counting. Yashoda Devi has so far received 25,557 votes against Bebi Devi's 24,006 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 12:17 PM ISTTripura Boxanagar bypoll 2023 results: BJP's Tafajjal Hossain received 34,146 votes
BJP's Tafajjal Hossain received 34,146 votes in Boxanagar, while CPM's Mizan Hossain managed to get just 3,909 votes.
Sep 08, 2023 12:15 PM ISTUttarakhand Bageshwar bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
BJP candidate leading by over 2200 votes after 8th round
Sep 08, 2023 11:52 AM ISTUttar Pradesh Ghosi bypoll 2023 results: SP candidate further strengthens lead
SP's Sudhakar Singh is leading by 8557 from his nearest rival BJP's Dara Singh Chauhan.
Sep 08, 2023 11:50 AM ISTWest Bengal Dhupguri bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
BJP was leading in by-election to Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district after two rounds of counting. BJP candidate Tapasi Roy was leading by 1,085 votes while TMC's Nirmal Chandra Roy was at the second spot, followed by CPI(M) candidate Ishwar Chandra Roy.
Sep 08, 2023 11:31 AM ISTJharkhand Dumri bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
JMM candidate Bebi Devi was leading by 1,341 votes over her nearest AJSU party rival Yashoda Devi after two rounds of counting.
Sep 08, 2023 11:19 AM ISTWest Bengal Dhupguri bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
BJP candidate Tapasi Roy is leading by more than 1,500 votes over TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy in West Bengal's Dhupguri assembly constituency.
Sep 08, 2023 11:14 AM ISTUttar Pradesh Ghosi bypoll 2023 results: SP candidate strengthens lead
Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh strengthened his lead over his BJP rival Dara Singh Chauhan with a margin of 4,067 votes after the fourth round of counting in the Ghosi assembly bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, news agency PTI reported.
Sep 08, 2023 10:48 AM ISTTripura bypolls 2023: Alleging large-scale rigging, CPM announces boycott of counting
Alleging that the Election Commission did not take steps to prevent large-scale rigging in the Tripura by-elections, the CPM-led Left Front announced that it will boycott the counting of votes. The Left Front alleged that large-scale rigging happened during the polling to the Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly seats in Sepahijala district.
Sep 08, 2023 10:18 AM ISTTripura Boxanagar bypoll 2023 results: Initial trends with Hindustan Times
BJP candidate Tafajjal Hossain is leading in Tripura's Boxanagar constituency over Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Mizan Hossain.
Sep 08, 2023 09:59 AM ISTUttarakhand Bageshwar bypoll 2023 results: Initial trends with Hindustan Times
Intial trends show BJP's candidate in Bageshwar bypoll ahead of Congress' candidate.
BJP's Parvati Das - 2,191
Basant Kumar (Congress)- 2,945
Arjun Dev (UKD)- 52
Sep 08, 2023 09:52 AM ISTUttarakhand Bageshwar bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
Congress candidate Basant Kumar is currently leading in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar Assembly constituency.
Sep 08, 2023 09:49 AM ISTUttar Pradesh Ghosi bypoll 2023 results: SP candidate leads by 178 votes after 1st round of counting
Samajwadi Party's (SP) Sudhakar Singh took initial lead in Uttar Pradesh's Ghosi over Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Dara Singh Chauhan.
Sep 08, 2023 09:47 AM ISTKerala Puthuppally bypoll 2023 results: Updates from Hindustan Times
In Puthuppally bypoll, Congress' Chandy Oommen is leading by 2816 votes over CPM candidate Jaick C Thomas after first round of counting. BJP candidate Ligin Lal at third.
Sep 08, 2023 09:31 AM ISTBypoll results 2023 LIVE updates: Congress' Chandy Oommen takes initial lead in Kerala's Puthuppally
Congress' Chandy Oommen took initial lead in Kerala's Puthuppally Assembly constituency, Election Commission trends showed. The Puthuppally seat in Kerala was represented by former CM Oommen Chandy. The bypoll was necessitated after his death.
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