Bypoll Results 2023 highlights: INDIA alliance wins 4, BJP secures 3 assembly seats

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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!!!”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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).”

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.

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.

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.

Dhupguri bypoll result LIVE updates: TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy, a history professor, has won the Dhupguri bypoll by more than 4000 votes.

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”

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.

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. 

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.

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.