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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Here are the Live Updates on By Election Results 2020:
Nov 10, 2020 23:57 (IST)
Odisha Bypolls: BJD Wins Balasore, Tirtol Seats
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.
Nov 10, 2020 22:59 (IST)
The BJP has so far won 12 out of the 28 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, news agency PTI reported.
Nov 10, 2020 22:11 (IST)
BJP Wins All Eight Assembly Seats In Gujarat
The ruling BJP on Tuesday won all the eight assembly seats in Gujarat where by-elections were held, news agency PTI has reported.
Nov 10, 2020 22:07 (IST)
People Of Madhya Pradesh Reposed Faith In Shivraj Chouhan: BJP Leader
"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.
Nov 10, 2020 21:29 (IST)
UP bypoll Live: Results indicate BJP victory in 2022 assembly polls, says Yogi Adityanath
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.
Nov 10, 2020 21:16 (IST)
Madhya Pradesh bypolls Live: Jyotiraditya Scindia thanks people of Madhya Pradesh for clear mandate in favour of BJP
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).
Nov 10, 2020 20:52 (IST)
Gujarat bypolls Live: BJP wins all eight seats
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.
Nov 10, 2020 19:44 (IST)
Madhya Pradesh bypolls live: Counting paused for an hour after Congress supporters allege mismanagement
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.
