In a clean sweep, the ruling BJP on Tuesday won all the eight assembly seats in Gujarat where by elections were held, dealing a blow to the opposition Congress which had bagged these constituencies in 2017. The BJP's tally in the 182-member Assembly has now reached 111. The party has also won six out of seven seats in Uttar Pradesh. The remaining one seat has been bagged by Samajwadi Party.
Voting for the eight seats was held on November 3 and counting of ballots was taken up on Tuesday.
The BJP was also looking set to sweep Madhya Pradesh where it was ahead in 19 of 28 constituencies, according to Election Commission trends.
Votes were also counted for the by-elections in Manipur (five seats), Haryana (one), Chhattisgarh (one), Jharkhand (two), Karnataka (two), Nagaland (two), Odisha (two) and Telangana (one).
The votes for the November 3 bye-elections were counted along with the ballots for the Bihar polls and progressed in accordance with Election Commission guidelines restricting the number of people in counting halls, officials said. Extensive measures were taken to ensure social distancing.
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The ruling BJD in Odisha on Tuesday wrested the Balasore assembly seat from the BJP and retained Tirtol in the bypolls held last week, news agency PTI reported.
The ruling BJP on Tuesday won all the eight assembly seats in Gujarat where by-elections were held, news agency PTI has reported.
"This result shows people of the state have reposed faith in BJP and the leadership of Shivraj Singh Chouhan and were unhappy with Congress," senior BJP leader and Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told PTI.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the performance of BJP in the Assembly by-polls points to the possibility that the party will perform well in the 2022 state election as well.
"In the by-polls, Bharatiya Janata Party has repeated its performance of the 2017 state assembly and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This points that BJP will perform well in the upcoming elections also," Yogi Adityanath told reporters at a press conference.
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister further said that all the predictions in the exit polls have been proven wrong in Bihar.
"All the predictions in Bihar have been proven wrong in Bihar. ''Modi hai to mumkin hai'' has been proven right by the people of Bihar and the states that went to by-polls recently," he said.
"In Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-polls, BJP has performed exceedingly well. I congratulate party president JP Nadda for the results," he added.
He further said that the lead margins for the candidates in Uttar Pradesh by-polls is very high: 17,000 to 32,000.
"BJP candidates in the UP by-polls lead their opponents by 17,000 to 32,000 votes. This proves that the government in the state is working well under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday expressed gratitude to the people of Madhya Pradesh for giving a clear mandate in favour of his party and said the verdict of the bypolls proved that Congress leader Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh were traitors.
"I am a worker of the Bharatiya Janata Party. I am thankful to the people of the State for giving a clear mandate in favour of the party. Results have proven that Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh are traitors," Mr Scindia told ANI.
He further said that the Congress party's situation would get worse if they kept questioning the credibility of electronic voting machines (EVM).
"I have had the good fortune of working with Shivraj Chouhan ji, JP Nadda ji, Amit Shah ji and PM Modi and we have completely removed corruption that had come in during the 15 months of Congress rule. It has been a privilege to work in the BJP," said Jyotiraditya Scindia.
In a blow to Congress in Gujarat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won all eight seats where assembly bye-elections were held in the state.
BJP won Dangs, Abdasa, Dhari, Kaprada, Karjan, Morbi, Limbdi and Gadhada.
In Dangs, BJP's Pate Vijaybhai Rameshbhai defeated Suryakantbhai Ratanbhai Gavit of Congress by a margin of 60,095 votes.
Jadeja Pradhyumansinh Manipatsinh of BJP won in Abdasa against Shantilal Senghani of Congress with a margin of 36,778 votes while in Dhari, BJP's Kakadiya JV defeated Suresh Manubhai Kotadiya of Congress by a margin of 17,209 votes.
In Kaprada, BJP's Jitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhari defeated Babubhai Jivlabhai Patel Alias(Varatha) of Congress by 47,066 votes. In Karjan, BJP's Akshaykumar Iswarbhai Patel won against Jadeja Kiritsinh Dolubha of Congress with 16,425 votes.
Kiritsinh Jitubha Rana defeated Khachar Chetanbhai Ramkubhai of Congress by 32,050 votes in Limbdi.
In Morbi, BJP's Brijesh Merja won against Jayantilal Jerajbhai Patel of Congress by 4,649 votes.
In Gadhada, BJP's Atmaram Makanbhai Parmar defeated Mohanbhai Shankarbhai Solanki of Congress by 23,295 votes.
The counting of votes in the Madhya Pradesh bypolls, which were paused after the 14th round on Tuesday due to the allegations of mismanagement and unfair conduct against the polling officials by the Congress, was resumed after an hour.
Party leader and Sanwer candidate Premchand Guddu's son, Ajit Borasi, claimed that the seals of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were broken and that the officials were working under the pressure of the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
"All officials, including the police and the district collectors, are working as agents inside. They are all working under the BJP's pressure. Several EVM seals were found broken. I saw six of them myself," he alleged.
"In the last 14 rounds, we have made several complaints but no action has been taken. I will be taking this to court," he added.
Guddu's daughter Rashmi Borasi echoed: "The tags were mismatched and many of them did not have signatures. The pink-paper seals and green seals did not match. When we asked the officials about this, they said that these things happen and avoided our questions. The police are also not checking for mobile phones properly."
With the declaration of the 15th round of counting, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tulsiram Silavat is currently leading in the Sanwer Assembly constituency with 73,173 votes, followed by Premchand Guddu of the Congress with 45,802 votes, lagging behind by 27,371 votes.
The results of by-elections in Karnataka proved that people will support Prime Minister
As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) established a lead in Madhya Pradesh by-polls, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday alleged that "selective tampering" of EVMs was the reason behind his party losing seats "that [Congress] would not have lost in any circumstance.
"EVMs are not tamper-proof, and selective tampering is done. There are seats that we would have not lost in any circumstance but we did by thousands of votes. We'll hold a meeting tomorrow and analyse the results," said Digvijaya Singh while addressing media.
In response to the Congress leader's allegations, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Digvijaya Singh is making excuses for his party''s defeat.
"Last time when his (Digvijaya Singh) party won 114 seats in the elections, then there was no issue in EVM? He never accepts the truth. He can only make excuses for the defeat of his party," said the Chief Minister.
BJP's Pradhyumansinh Jadeja defeats Congress rival by over 36,000 votes in Abdasa Assembly bypoll in Gujarat, informed Election Commission.
BJP minister Hardeep Singh Dung wins byelection from Suwasara in Madhya Pradesh by 29,440 votes, as per Election Commission.
"In the bypolls, Bharatiya Janata Party has repeated its performance of the 2017 State Assembly and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This points that BJP will perform well in the upcoming elections also," said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Against the backdrop of some leaders questioning the reliability of EVMs, the Election Commission (EC) asserted on Tuesday that the machines are "absolutely robust and tamper-free".
BJP has won in the Dubbaka Assembly by-election, informed Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday.
BJP's M Raghunandan Rao defeated TRS' Solipeta Sujatha by 1,470 votes.
BJP secured 62,772 votes, TRS secured 61,302 votes and Congress bagged 21,819 votes. The vote share of BJP in the by-election was 38.21 per cent as opposed to TRS' 38.08 per cent.
"I congratulate the BJP for the stellar performance under the leadership of PM Modi and JP Nadda. Today's result has proved that be it Bihar or bypolls, "Modi hain toh mumkin hai". The people have proved this saying. The way PM Modi has led India internationally and worked for the welfare of women and farmers, has been awarded the seal of approval by the people," said Yogi Adityanath.
The BJP had predicted these results, with Deputy Chief Minister Dr Ashwath Narayan telling NDTV: "We are 100%, 1,000% sure we are going to win the election in Sira and Rajarajeshwarinagar."
He also predicted a BJP victory in elections to four legislative council seats held simultaneously.
#UttarPradesh by-poll: BJP leading on 6 seats, Samajwadi Party (SP) on 1, out of the total 7 seats that went into by-poll in the state. pic.twitter.com/EYUd5AVral
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 10, 2020
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan waves at the people gathered at his residence as trends show BJP leading in #MadhyaPradesh by-polls. https://t.co/z0jqxXEbPC pic.twitter.com/wfCM9vPpZw
- ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2020
As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a lead in Madhya Pradesh by-polls, party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday congratulated all the winning candidates and thanked the voters as well.
"Heartiest congratulations to all the candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party who won the MP Assembly by-elections. At the same time, heartfelt gratitude to all the devout voters. I am confident that all the winning candidates will always be ready for public service and proper development of their constituency," Mr Scindia tweeted (roughly translated from Hindi).
"Congratulations and best wishes to BJP candidate Hardeep Dang Ji for winning by a huge majority in the by-election of Suwasra Assembly," he added.
The BJP is leading on 21 seats, while Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are ahead on six and one seats, respectively in Madhya Pradesh by-polls, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday.
"I must be lacking something due to which I could not meet people's expectations. I can't say the reason, this is people's mandate. I had worked hard, I will work hard. I have congratulated the winning candidate," said Yogeshwar Dutt, BJP' candidate from Baroda seat in Haryana.
"EVMs are not tamper-proof, and selective tampering is done. There are seats that we would have not lost in any circumstance but we did by thousands of votes. We'll hold a meeting tomorrow & analyse the results," said Congress leader Digvijaya Singh,
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on 21 seats, while Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are ahead on six and one seats, respectively in Madhya Pradesh bypolls, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday.
As per the ECI at 3 pm, BJP's vote share stands at 51.3 per cent with its candidates leading in Gwalior, Gwalior East, Dabra, Bamori, Ambah, Sanwer, Bandawar and Jaura seats, among others.
Meanwhile, Congress candidates, with 39.9 per cent combined vote share, are ahead on Agar, Karera, Biaora, Sumaoli, Dimani and Gohad seats.
The lone BSP candidate is leading from Morena seat in Madhya Pradesh.
The result of 28 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh will decide the fate of Shivraj Singh Chouhan led-BJP government, which requires at least eight more MLAs for a clear majority in the state assembly.
Congress candidate Indu Raj Narwal defeats BJP's Yogeshwar Dutt in Baroda assembly seat of Haryana.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress are both leading on one seat each in Jharkhand, as per the trends at 2 pm according to Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday.
As per the ECI, BJP's Lois Marandi is leading by a margin of 3,173 votes from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate Basant Soren on the Dumka seat.
Meanwhile, Congress' Kumar Jaimangal (Anup Singh) is ahead by 11,677 votes from BJP's Yogeshwar Mahto ''Batul'' on the Bermo seat.
While BJP had fielded candidates from both Bermo and Dumka allies in the state government, Congress and JMM, had fielded candidates in one seat each.
As per the ECI, BJP's vote share is at 44.5 per cent, while that of JMM is 20.1 per cent and Congress is at 28.6 per cent.
Madhya Pradesh: BJP workers & supporters celebrate outside party office in Indore as latest trends show BJP leading in state assembly by-polls counting pic.twitter.com/hnEsPKTdMv
- ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2020
TRS is leading, for the first time, after 19th round by around 200 seats in Dubakka bypolls.
The BJP is looking set to win the Dubakka bypolls where it is leading by a margin of over 4,000 votes. The results will likely impact the the 2021 municipal elections in Hyderabad.
The Election Commission on Tuesday said that there has been glitch-free counting in the Bihar assembly elections as well as elections to by-polls in 54 assembly constituencies.
"Needless to say that there has been an absolutely glitch-free counting process so far. Slightly more than 1 crore votes have been counted in Bihar which means that there is significant ground to be covered yet," said Deputy Election Commissioner Ashish Kundra.
No issues have come to our notice so far from any quarters, he said.
Regarding postal ballots, Deputy Election Commissioner Chandrabhushan said, "As per law, all postal ballots received till 8 am today are to be taken up for counting. It means postal ballots received at counting centres till at 8 am today need to be taken up for counting. Data related to it will be available at the level of the concerned returning officer."
Celebrations are underway at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Bhopal as the party candidates are leading on 19 out of the 28 Assembly seats, which went for by-polls in the state on November 3.
BJP workers and supporters, carrying banners of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Jyotiraditya Scindia, danced to the tunes of dhol outside the party office.
Meanwhile, Mr Chouhan exchanged sweets with party leaders as the Election Commission (EC) trends show a major victory.
Speaking on the counting and the ensuing result, BJP leader Bhupendra Singh told ANI that it was as per expectations.
"We had earlier expected we will win 16-20 seats in the bypolls. The trends are showing the same today, BJP is heading towards a major victory and the party got full backing of the people. We fought the elections on positive and developmental issues which the people have wholeheartedly accepted. We thank the people for this," Mr Singh said.
As BJP leads on all seats in Gujarat assembly by-polls, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday said that this is the trailer for the next elections.
"BJP is nearing win on all eight seats. It is a trailer for the upcoming elections," Gujarat Chief Minister said at a press conference in Gandhinagar.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on all eight Assembly seats which went to by-polls in Gujarat, as per latest trends of Election Commission of India.
As per the ECI, BJP's vote share is 53.71 per cent, INC is 34.51 per cent and NOTA is 2.09 per cent and Others 9.70 per cent.
The by-elections for eight assembly seats in Gujarat were conducted by the poll panel on November 3 and counting of votes began at 8 am today.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on all the eight Assembly seats which went to by-polls in Gujarat on November 3, as per the latest trends of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
According to the commission, BJP has recorded 53.19 per cent vote share till 12:50 pm on Tuesday, while the Indian National Congress (INC) vote share stands at 34.43 per cent.
BJP leaders showed victory signs as the party swept the early trends and marched ahead of rival Congress which was previously leading on a single seat in Gujarat.
The byelections for eight assembly seats in Gujarat were conducted by the poll panel on November 3 and counting of votes began at 8 am today.
Independent candidate wins one seat in Manipur bypolls. BJP has won two seats and is leading on two.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on both the seats which underwent voting during the by-polls held in Karnataka.
BJP's Munirathna is leading from the Rajarajeshwarinagar seat by a tall margin of 33,185 votes, while its candidate from the Sira seat, Dr CM Rajesh Gowda is ahead by 7,870 votes, as per the Election Commission on Tuesday.
While BJP's vote share at 12:30 pm stands at 53.3 per cent, that of rival Congress is 32.7 per cent. The other big party in the state Janata Dal (Secular) meanwhile is at the third position in terms of vote share with just 11.6 per cent.
Congress' Kusuma H is trailing behind the BJP candidate on the Rajarajeshwarinagar seat, while the party''s TB Jayachandra is trailing from the Sira seat.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate has been declared winner from the Wangoi seat too, along with Singhat whose results came out earlier in the day, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday.
BJP's Oinam Lukhoi Singh, has been declared the winner from Wangoi seat beating closest rival National People''s Party''s Khuraijam Loken Singh by a close margin of 257 votes.
Earlier today, BJP's Ginsuanhau had been declared the winner from the Singhat Assembly seat by the ECI.
BJP candidates are also leading on the Wangjing Tentha, and Saitu seats while on the fifth seat, Lilong, independent candidate Y Antas Khan is ahead of another independent candidate Mohammad Abdul Nasir. The BJP had not fielded its candidate on the Lilong seat.
As per the ECI at 1 pm, BJP's vote-share stands at 33.4 per cent, while that of Congress is at 23.7 per cent and NPEP is at 10.8 per cent.
BJP wins two of the five seats which went to by-polls in Manipur, as per Election Commission The party is also leading on two seats, Independent leading on one seat
The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh is leading in 20 of the 28 Assembly constituencies for which byelections were held while the Congress is ahead in seven seats, as per the trends of counting on Tuesday.
The ruling BJP in Gujarat is leading in all the eight seats while the Congress is trailing behind as counting of votes polled for the Assembly bypolls progressed on Tuesday.
"We are on the way to securing a clear majority. The two senior citizens of Congress (Digvijaya Singh, Kamal Nath) will soon be shifting to Delhi," Mr Mishra told ANI.
As per the recent trends, BJP is leading on 17 seats, Congress 9, and BSP 1 in Madhya Pradesh by-polls.
#KarnatakaBypolls: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, states ministers B Sriramulu, R Ashoka, Basavaraj Bommai, and other leaders of BJP celebrate at CM residence in Bengaluru as trends show the party leading on both the seats. pic.twitter.com/fpj02uDnEr
- ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2020
The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidates are leading on both the Assembly seats in which by-polls were held in Odisha, as per the Election Commission on Tuesday.
As per the ECI, BJD candidate Swarup Kumar Das is leading from the Balasore seat by 2,671 votes, while Bijaya Shankar Das is ahead by 6,400 votes from the Tirtol seat.
While BJD's vote share at 12:15 pm stands at 53.5 per cent, that of its closest rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is 38.77 per cent.
BJP's Manas Kumar Dutta is trailing behind the BJD candidate on the Balasore seat, while the party''s Rajkishore Behera is trailing from the Tirtol seat.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on 17, while Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), are ahead on nine and two seats respectively, in Madhya Pradesh by-polls, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday.
As per the ECI at 11:45 am, BJP's vote share stands at 51.5 per cent with its candidates leading in Gwalior, Gwalior East, Dabra, Bamori, Sanchi, Suwasra and Jaura seats, among others.
Meanwhile, Congress candidates, with 40.9 per cent combined vote share, are ahead on Agar, Karera, Biaora, Sumaoli, Dimani and other seats.
BSP candidates are leading from Morena, and Pohari seats in Madhya Pradesh, and the party's vote share currently is 3.90 per cent.
The result of 28 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh will decide the fate of Shivraj Singh Chouhan led-BJP government, which requires at least eight more MLAs for a clear majority in the state assembly.
Congress candidate Indu Raj Narwal is leading over his nearest rival and BJP nominee Yogeshwar Dutt by a margin of 2,843 votes from the Baroda Assembly seat in Haryana, as per initial trends.
After the fourth round of counting, Narwal polled 11,504 votes while Dutt got 8,661, as per Election Commission data.
The counting of votes for the bypoll to the Baroda assembly seat began at 8 am on Tuesday. There will be 20 rounds of counting.
BJP leading in Dumka and Congress leading in Bermo assembly seats of Jharkhand, as per Election Commission.
The ruling BJP in Manipur was ahead in two seats while the Congress and an Independent candidate were leading in one constituency each for which bypolls were held on November 7.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a victory in the Singhat Assembly constituency (Manipur), out of a total of five seats, in which by-polls were held, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday.
According to the data from the ECI, BJP candidate Ginsuanhau has been declared the winner from Singhat, while Oinam Lukhoi Singh is leading by a margin of 268 votes from the Wangoi seat against National People''s Party (NPP) candidate, Khuraijam Loken Singh.
Meanwhile, Congress' Moirangthem Hemanta Singh is leading by a margin of 675 votes against BJP''s Paonam Brojen Singh on the Wangjing Tentha seat.
By-polls were held in five Assembly constituencies, including Lilong, Wangjing Tentha and Saitu, in the state on November 7.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on seven of the eight Assembly seats which went to by-polls in Gujarat, as per latest trends of Election Commission of India.
According to the commission, BJP has recorded 53.13 per cent vote share till 10:30 am on Tuesday, while the Indian National Congress vote share stands at 35.1 per cent.
The by-elections for eight assembly seats in Gujarat were conducted by the poll panel on November 3 and counting of votes began at 8 am today.
#UPDATE BJP leading on three seats, Samajwadi Party on one seat and Bahujan Samaj Party on one seat out of the total seven seats for which by-polls were held in Uttar Pradesh https://t.co/1hrHy464gz
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 10, 2020
The results of bypolls to 56 Assembly (and one Lok Sabha) seats across a dozen states will be announced today, with contests in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh among the most absorbing. Half the vacant seats are in Madhya Pradesh, where the result will be viewed by many as a comment on the BJP's Jyotiraditya Scindia and the clout he may (or may not) wield since he quit the Congress in March. Seven seats will be filled in UP, with the one held by the BJP's Kuldeep Singh Sengar the highlight; it fell vacant after he was convicted in the Unnao rape case in December last year. Other states where bypolls were held - on November 3 - include Karnataka, Gujarat, Odisha and Telangana. Bypolls for seats in Manipur and a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar were held November 7. All elections took place amid strict restrictions due to the Covid pandemic."
#ByPollResults: Congress leading on one of the five Assembly seats of Manipur which went to by-polls
- ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2020
BJP leading on two of the eight Assembly seats of #Gujarat which went to by-polls.
Karnataka: The votes polled in the by-poll to Sira Assembly constituency being counted today; visuals from counting in centre Tumkuru pic.twitter.com/eliAD2Z0Uk
- ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2020
Counting of votes begins for 243-member Bihar Assembly and by-polls to 58 Assembly seats across 11 states
Patna: Strong room established at Anugrah Narayan College being opened, as counting of votes for Bihar Assembly elections to begin at 8 am pic.twitter.com/ezv9fOtHyF
- ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2020