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By-Election Results Highlights: BJP Loses Crucial Kairana, Noorpur Seats, Wins Palghar
Bypoll Results: Though the BJP was ahead in the early leads in Kairana, RLD raced ahead later. BJP won Palghar, Samajwadi Party won Noorpur seat.
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Updated : May 31, 2018 8:27 pm IST
Bypolls Results:Kairana saw a direct contest between a united opposition and the BJP.
New Delhi: The BJP has lost the politically important Kairana Lok Sabha seat and Noorpur assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh in the by-elections that were held on Monday. The Rashtriya Lok Dal won the Kairana seat, in a big boost to the opposition unity. The BJP won the other crucial seat of Palghar in Maharashtra. One of the most crucial among the seats is western Uttar Pradesh's Kairana where the opposition parties put up a show of unity to take on the BJP in the run up to the general elections next year. Re-polling was held yesterday in 73 polling booths in Kairana, 49 polling stations in Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia and one polling station in Nagaland, after the Election Commission (EC) announced that re-polling will take place in these booths after widespread failure of the machines in Monday's by-elections. The assembly seats where the by-elections were held on Monday are Noorpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jokihat (Bihar), Tharali (Uttarakhand), Gomia and Silli (Jharkhand), Maheshtala (West Bengal), Ampati (Meghalaya), Palus Kadegaon (Maharashtra), Shahkot (Punjab) and Chengannur (Kerala).
May 31, 2018 19:44 (IST)
Reacting to the bypoll results, Congress said that it is a "reaffirmation of people's faith in the party's inclusive and progressive ideology vs the BJP and its divisive politics."
May 31, 2018 19:38 (IST)
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today people are "disenchanted" with the BJP and the federal front formula she proposed was a success in the bypolls in 11 states. Ms Banerjee said the result of the bypoll in four Lok Sabha and 10 assembly seats across 11 states have shown that the opposition parties have won wherever they were strong.
May 31, 2018 19:30 (IST)
We are not against BJP-Shiv Sena alliance and neither do we believe that our alliance will break but effort has to be from both ways. We are ready for talks with Shiv Sena: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Uddhav Thackeray's remarks against BJP.
May 31, 2018 17:58 (IST)
BJP's Sambit Patra on by-poll results: "We won 325 seats in UP and formed a government. How did we lose bypolls and win later? Because bypoll is fought over local issues. Congress has been designated as a peripheral player, it is clapping on performance of other regional parties. Congress needs greater introspection."
May 31, 2018 18:30 (IST)
BJP's Sambit Patra on by-poll results: "We won 325 seats in UP and formed a government. How did we lose bypolls and win later? Because bypoll is fought over local issues. Congress has been designated as a peripheral player, it is clapping on performance of other regional parties. Congress needs greater introspection."
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May 31, 2018 17:57 (IST)
BJP's Sambit Patra on by-poll results: "We won 325 seats in UP and formed a government. How did we lose bypolls and win later? Because bypoll is fought over local issues. Congress has been designated as a peripheral player, it is clapping on performance of other regional parties. Congress needs greater introspection."
May 31, 2018 17:47 (IST)
After blowing through Karnataka, the winds of opposition unity appear to have gathered momentum in the politically critical states of UP and Maharashtra.
May 31, 2018 17:45 (IST)
Shiv Sena's demand to not announce Palghar by-poll result has been rejected by Election Commission. The winning certificate has been given to the BJP candidate, Rajendra Gavit by Palghar collector.
May 31, 2018 17:30 (IST)
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reacts to bypoll results. She says this is a lesson for all regional parties. "In politics, you can't use muscle power for everything."
May 31, 2018 17:23 (IST)
Yogi Adityanath is losing in his own state and he is coming to campaign in Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray
May 31, 2018 17:20 (IST)
Uddhav Thackeray takes on Election Commission: "Seeing the corruption in Election Commission, I would suggest that even election commissioners should not be appointed, but elected."
May 31, 2018 17:19 (IST)
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today hailed the Congress's victory in the Shahkot bypoll as a "vindication" of the government's people-centric policies, a rejection of the "negative" politics of SAD and "decimation" of AAP. He asserted that with a two-thirds majority in the Assembly now, his government can pass pro-people legislation without the fear of opposition blocking them.
May 31, 2018 17:12 (IST)
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray addresses media persons on bypoll results. Congratulates candidates who won today.
May 31, 2018 17:03 (IST)
BJP's Rajendra Gavit wins Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll, defeating Shiv Sena's Shrinivas Wanaga by 29,574 votes.
May 31, 2018 16:53 (IST)
Trianamool wins Maheshtala, BJP replaces Left as number two
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal today won the Maheshtala assembly bypoll defeating its nearest rival, the BJP, by a margin of 62,831 votes. TMC candidate Dulal Das secured 104,818 votes against 41,987 by BJP's Sujit Ghosh, Returning Officer Sarmishtha Ghosh said. Left Front candidate Prabhat Chowdhury, who was also backed by the Congress, bagged 30,316 votes.
May 31, 2018 16:42 (IST)
Shatrughan Sinha takes on BJP over bypoll results
Shatrughan Sinha takes on BJP: "Addressing a speech in Baghpat near Kairaina where people are rejoicing and expecting golden results of the bye elections, despite hurdles created by our people and inspite of arrogance and EVM machines."
May 31, 2018 16:38 (IST)
Winning margin comes as "unexpected" for Congress in Akali bastion Shahkot
The margin of around 38,000 votes with which Shahkot bypoll was won by Congress today came as a surprise even to many in the Congress, a senior party leader said. Everybody was confident of winning the polls by about a 25,000 vote margin but a few like cabinet minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa were talking of winning by more than 40,000 votes, Punjab Congress Chief Sunil Jakhar said here, reports PTI. "We were expecting a winning margin of 20,000 to 25,000 votes. The margin of 38,000 votes is really something else. This margin is really unexpected," said Mr Jakhar.
May 31, 2018 16:35 (IST)
Shiv Sena urges election commission not to declare results of the Palghar bypolls where the BJP is headed for a victory. Shiv Sena has demanded recounting of votes.
May 31, 2018 16:34 (IST)
Samajwadi Party's Naeemul Hasan declared elected from UP's Noorpur Assembly seat by a margin of 5,662 votes.
May 31, 2018 16:24 (IST)
"They used all their money & all their power, but could not get a victory," says RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav on bypoll results. The RJD today wrested Jokihat in Bihar from Nitish Kumar's party, scoring another point in his prestige battle with the Chief Minister who dumped his party last year. Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) lost by over 40,000 votes to the RJD.
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