Lucknow:
The ruling BSP has won by-polls to 7 of the 11 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, including Etawah, the home district of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
BSP candidates have wrested Isauli, Hainsar Bazar, Etawah and Bharthana from SP and Padrouna from Congress, besides retaining Rari and Lalitpur.
In Etawah, BSP candidate Mahendra Singh Rajput defeated SP candidate Vimal Bhadauria by a margin of over 32000 votes.
Rajput bagged 76,131 votes while Bhadauria managed 43,318. Rajput hadwon the seat in 2007 elections on an SP ticket but later defected tothe BSP.
In Kolasala, Ajai Rai, an Independent won the seat for the fourth time in a row. In Powayan, the BSP has established a lead of more than 27,000 votes over the Congress nominee.
In Hainsar Bazar, BSP candidate Dashrath Singh Chauhan defeated hisnearest rival Neelmani of Congress by a margin of over 8,000 votes.
While Chauhan secured 47,815 votes, Neelmani got 39,018 votes. SP and BJP were placed on third and fourth place respectively.
BSP candidate Chandra Bhadra Singh alias Sonu Singh defeated hisnearest rival Jain Narain Tiwari of Congress by a margin of over 49,000votes in Isauli. While Sonu Singh secured 82,063 votes, Tiwari got 32,686 votes.
SP, which won the seat in last assembly elections, was placed third andits candidate Mani Bhadra Singh to forfeit his security deposit.
In the last elections, Sonu Singh contested on SP ticket, but later defected to BSP after resigning from the assembly.
BSP candidates have wrested Isauli, Hainsar Bazar, Etawah and Bharthana from SP and Padrouna from Congress, besides retaining Rari and Lalitpur.
In Etawah, BSP candidate Mahendra Singh Rajput defeated SP candidate Vimal Bhadauria by a margin of over 32000 votes.
Rajput bagged 76,131 votes while Bhadauria managed 43,318. Rajput hadwon the seat in 2007 elections on an SP ticket but later defected tothe BSP.
In Kolasala, Ajai Rai, an Independent won the seat for the fourth time in a row. In Powayan, the BSP has established a lead of more than 27,000 votes over the Congress nominee.
In Hainsar Bazar, BSP candidate Dashrath Singh Chauhan defeated hisnearest rival Neelmani of Congress by a margin of over 8,000 votes.
While Chauhan secured 47,815 votes, Neelmani got 39,018 votes. SP and BJP were placed on third and fourth place respectively.
BSP candidate Chandra Bhadra Singh alias Sonu Singh defeated hisnearest rival Jain Narain Tiwari of Congress by a margin of over 49,000votes in Isauli. While Sonu Singh secured 82,063 votes, Tiwari got 32,686 votes.
SP, which won the seat in last assembly elections, was placed third andits candidate Mani Bhadra Singh to forfeit his security deposit.
In the last elections, Sonu Singh contested on SP ticket, but later defected to BSP after resigning from the assembly.
