Highlights: BJP wins Prithvipur assembly seat in MP bypolls

BJP won the Prithvipur assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh and defeated Congress by a margin of 15,687 votes, an Election Commission official told news agency PTI.

Congress candidate Preeti Shaktawat won the Vallabhnagar Assembly seat in Rajasthan bypolls by a margin of 20,606 votes.

Congress candidate Pratibha Singh won the Mandi Lok Sabha bypoll on Tuesday by a margin of 7,490 votes. 

BJP lost the Hanagal bypoll to Congress. Hanagal is located in chief minister Basavaraj Bommai's home district of Haveri. 

Ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) won all four assembly constituencies-Santipur, Gosaba, Khardaha, and Dinhata in the bypolls.

BJP and Congress won one seat each in the Karnataka bypolls, news agency ANI reported on Tuesday. The ruling BJP won Sindgi with a margin of 31,185 votes, while Congress won Hangal with a margin of 7,373 votes.

Jolen Daimary of ruling UPPL wins Tamulpur seat by defeating Independent candidate Ganesh Kachary by over 50,000 votes. Jiron Basumatary of ruling UPPL wins Gossaigaon seat beating Congress's Jowel Tudu by a margin of 28,252 votes. BJP's Sushanta Borgohain wins Thawra assembly seat with 54,956 votes, by a margin of 30,561 votes over Dhaijya Konwar

Congress' Nagraj wins Dhariawad seat with over 18 000 votes. Independent Thawarchand comes second. 

TMC's Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, who vacated Bhabanipur seat for Mamata Banerjee, wins Khardaha constituency in West Bengal with over 93,000 votes. 

Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate for Dinhata assembly constituency in northern West Bengal defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) contender by a record margin of 163,005 votes to wrest control of the seat, counting of votes at the end of 19th round on Tuesday showed. Read More

My heartiest congratulations to all the four winning candidates! tweets TMC chief Mamata Banerjee. 

“This victory is people's victory, as it shows how Bengal will always choose development and unity over propaganda and hate politics. With people's blessings, we promise to continue taking Bengal to greater heights!" she also wrote.

TMC's Udayan Guha declared winner of Dinhata assembly constituency with a margin of 163,005 votes.

Congress moves ahead, takes lead on all three seats in Himachal Pradesh. The counting og votes is being held for Mandi parliamentary seat and in the assembly constituency of Arki and Fatehpur.

Congress leading on both seats in Rajasthan. In Vallabhnagar seat, Congress' candidate Preeti Shaktawat leading 6458 votes. RLP candidate Udai Lal Dangi is trailing until the eighth round of counting.

 Nagraj Meena is ahead with 15960 votes in Dhariyawad seat, while BJP Khet singh trails.

In Himachal Pradesh, Congress leading on two seats out of three setas. BJP is ahead on one seat 

The RJD's nominee Arun Kumar continued its lead over is nearest rival of the JD(U) Rajeev Kumar Singh at Tarapur by maintaining a lead of 2551 at Tarapur in Munger. In Kushweshwar Asthan, the JD(U) nominee Aman Bhushan Hazari had maintained its lead of 8074 votes over his nearest rival Ganesh Bharti of the RJD after completion of 12 round of counting, as per ECI update and reports from Kushweashwar Asthan counting centre till 12 pm.

Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) candidate Abhay Singh Chautala is ahead of his BJP rival Gobind Kanda by more than 6,000 votes after the fourth round of counting for the October 30 Ellenabad byelection. Read More

Counting is underway in the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency and Arki, Jubbal-Kotkhai and Fatehpur assembly segments of Himachal Pradesh, where byelections were held on October 30. Read More

YSR Congress party candidate Dr Dasari Sudha wins the by-election to Badvel assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district. She defeated her nearest rival P Suresh of Bharatiya Janata Party with a massive margin of 85.505 votes.

However, official declaration is yet to be made.

In Huzurabad assembly by-polls in Telangana, BJP candidate and former state health minister Eatala Rajender is leading by a margin of 2,169 votes at the end of fifth round.

RJD's nominee Arun Kumar maintained its lead in Tarapur against In JD(U)'s Rajeev Kumar Singh by 2712 votes at the end of round five. At the end of 9 th round, JD (U) candidate Aman Bhushan Hazari leads over RJD Ganesh Bharti by 7501 votes at Kusheshwar Sthan.

At the end of seventh round, YSRC is leading by a massive margin of 60785 votes over the BJP candidate P Suresh in Badvel assembly bypolls in Andhra Pradesh

In Telangana's Huzurabad assembly bypolls, BJP candidate Eatala Rajender is leading by a margin of 2968 votes over TRS candidate G Srinivasa Yadav at the end of the fourth round

“In the assembly elections we lost by 57 votes. We set a target to defeat the BJP in the by-polls by 57,000 votes. But as the by-elections came closer our workers became charged up and we increased our target to defeat the BJP by a margin of at least 100,000 votes,” said Udayan Guha, TMC candidate from Dinhata.

In Meghalaya, Ruling NPP candidate Md. Abdus Saleh leading by 188 votes in Rajabala seat. In Assam, BJP's Phanidhar Talukdar extends lead in Bhabanipur. 

Mizoram's ruling MNF candidate is leading opposition ZPM candidate by 597 votes after end of second round of counting.

In Badvel by-poll in Andhra Pradesh, YSRC candidate Dasari Sudha is leading by 41,099 votes after the fourth round over her nearest BJP rival P Suresh

In Huzurabad bypoll in Telangana, BJP candidate Eatala Rajender is leading over the nearest TRS rival G Srinivasa Yadav by a margin of 1,269 votes at the end of third round