Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Tuesday November 10, 2020, New Delhi
The BJP today won big in bypolls across a dozen states, making crucial gains in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and scooping up key seats in states like Telangana and Gujarat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a series of tweets, thanked the people for choosing his party. Powered by Congress alum Jyotiraditya Scindia, the BJP won enough seats and more to stay in power in Madhya Pradesh. The ruling party also wrested eight seats from the Congress in Gujarat and retained six constituencies in Uttar Pradesh that went to the polls in the first electoral exercise held nationwide in the pandemic. Bypolls for 56 seats across the country were held on November 3.