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The bypoll results of three Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats across five states and Delhi, were announced today.
In Uttar Pradesh's Rampur, BJP candidate Ghanshyam Lodhi won with a margin of over 40,000 votes, while party nominee Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' won in Azamgarh.
In Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's stronghold Sangrur, Simranjit Singh Mann of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) won with a margin of over 7,000 votes.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Durgesh Pathak has won Delhi's Rajinder Nagar bypoll by over 11,000 votes.
In Tripura, bypolls were held on three Assembly seats - Agartala, Jubarajnagar, Surma and Town Bardowali. Chief Minister Manik Saha, who needed to get elected to keep his post, won in Town Bardowali by a margin of over 6,000 votes.
In Andhra Pradesh's Atmakur, Mekapati Vikram Reddy of the ruling YSR Congress won the bypoll election.
The bypolls were held on June 23.
Here are the highlights on bypolls:
Bypoll in Delhi: One extra round of counting held as 'close button' of an EVM found not pressed'
An extra round of counting was held in Delhi on Sunday for the Rajinder Nagar assembly bypoll as the close button of one EVM was found "not pressed", a senior poll official said.
Counting of votes began as scheduled at 8 AM, and as per the plan, 16 rounds were to be held.
"During the process of counting, in one EVM, it was found that the close button was not pressed, so it was set aside and, all the 16 scheduled rounds were first held. "As per laid down standard operating procedures, the data obtained from the EVM, was compared with the data recorded in Form 17C, which has the account of votes and other details. As it matched, votes lodged in this EVM was counted in a separate round," the official said.
An extra round of counting was held in Delhi on Sunday for the Rajinder Nagar assembly bypoll as the close button of one EVM was found "not pressed", a senior poll official said.
Steps were then taken according to the standard operating procedures laid down by election authorities, the official said. Every electronic voting Machine (EVM) has a "close button" which is to be pressed after the polling exercise is over, the official said.
Counting of votes began as scheduled at 8 AM, and as per the plan, 16 rounds were to be held.
"During the process of counting, in one EVM, it was found that the close button was not pressed, so it was set aside and, all the 16 scheduled rounds were first held. "As per laid down standard operating procedures, the data obtained from the EVM, was compared with the data recorded in Form 17C, which has the account of votes and other details. As it matched, votes lodged in this EVM was counted in a separate round," the official said.
It can neither be called an election, nor an election result, says Azam Khan in anger after bypoll defeats
It can neither be called an election nor an election result, said Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Sunday after the party's defeat in the Lok Sabha by-polls.
Speaking to ANI after the declaration of the result, Azam Khan said, "It can neither be called an election, nor an election result. Polling station of 900 votes, and only 6 votes were cast? The area is of Muslims, and just one vote cast? What reason should I cite?"
"Indeed," he said when asked if he considers his party's candidate victorious from Rampur.
It can neither be called an election nor an election result, said Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Sunday after the party's defeat in the Lok Sabha by-polls.
Mr Khan's angry response came after Samajwadi Party suffered a major jolt when its candidate from Rampur Asim Raja's lost to BJP's Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi. The party also lost in its bastion Azamgarh when BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' beat SP's Dharmendra Yadav.
Speaking to ANI after the declaration of the result, Azam Khan said, "It can neither be called an election, nor an election result. Polling station of 900 votes, and only 6 votes were cast? The area is of Muslims, and just one vote cast? What reason should I cite?"
"Indeed," he said when asked if he considers his party's candidate victorious from Rampur.
BJP wins Rampur, Azamgarh Lok Sabha seats in big blow to Samajwadi Party
In a setback to the main opposition Samajwadi Party, the BJP on Sunday wrested both Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. BJP's Ghanshyam Lodhi defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Mohd Asim Raja by a comfortable margin of 42,192 votes in the direct contest in Rampur.
While Lodhi secured 3,67,397 votes (51.96 per cent), SP's Raja got 3,25,205 votes (46 per cent), the Election Commission (EC) said.
In a setback to the main opposition Samajwadi Party, the BJP on Sunday wrested both Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. BJP's Ghanshyam Lodhi defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Mohd Asim Raja by a comfortable margin of 42,192 votes in the direct contest in Rampur.
"Lodhi has won by over 42,000 votes," Rampur District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar told reporters after giving the winning certificate to the BJP contender.
While Lodhi secured 3,67,397 votes (51.96 per cent), SP's Raja got 3,25,205 votes (46 per cent), the Election Commission (EC) said.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on BJP's bypoll victory
"Victory in by-polls have sent an optimistic message regarding 2024 general elections. People have shown their trust in double-engine governmentt under PM Modi. People have given a clear message to 'parivarvadis', casteist and communalist elements," said UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
"Victory in by-polls have sent an optimistic message regarding 2024 general elections. People have shown their trust in double-engine governmentt under PM Modi. People have given a clear message to 'parivarvadis', casteist and communalist elements," said UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
BJP's Dinesh Lal yadav aka Nirahua posts on instagram seekingseeks blessing from his mother (in what looks like a hotel room) and telling her he is going to Azamgarh to work for the people
In UP Bypolls, BJP Wins 1 Samajwadi Party Stronghold, Ahead In Another
In a major blow for Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, the BJP won the bypoll for the Rampur Lok Sabha seat by over 40,000 votes on Sunday and has taken a lead of over 11,000 votes in Azamgarh.
In a major blow for Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, the BJP won the bypoll for the Rampur Lok Sabha seat by over 40,000 votes on Sunday and has taken a lead of over 11,000 votes in Azamgarh.
Both seats have been strongholds for the Akhilesh Yadav's party. While the Azamgarh seat was vacated following the election of the former Chief Minister to the state assembly, the Rampur seat was similarly vacated by the party's tallest Muslim leader Azam Khan.
Tripura: Birajit Sinha, President Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee, has been injured in the clash.
"People Defeated BJP's Dirty Politics": Arvind Kejriwal On Delhi BypollAs the Aam Aadmi Party won the Rajinder Nagar Assembly bypoll in Delhi, its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday called it defeat of the BJP's "dirty politics".
Tripura: Clashes erupt in Agartala between BJP and Congress supporters after bypoll results were declared.
At 2.50 pm, BJP gains slightly in its lead margin with SP with 11, 053 votes.
In Azamgarh, Dinesh Lal Yadav's lead margin now at 10,859 votes.
#Delhi | "This is Chief Minister Kejriwal's victory, it's the victory of work done by AAP. BJP had no agenda here...They will lose in every election including upcoming Nagar Nigam elections here": Durgesh Pathak, AAP candidate for Rajinder Nagar bypoll after his win
- NDTV (@ndtv) June 26, 2022
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In Azamgarh, Dinesh Lal Yadav maintains his lead with 13,759 votes while SP is trailing.
In Tripura, BJP wins three seats while the Congress wins one.
Simranjit Mann wins in Sangrur by 7,052 votes.
BJP's Ghanshyam Lodhi wins bypoll in Samajwadi Party stronghold Rampur
In Azamgarh, the margin between the BJP and SP is 13,121 votes.
BJP's lead margin in Rampur increases to 40,309 votes, with the Samajwadi Party still trailing.
BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav is leading with 2,06,487 votes in Azamgarh. He is followed by SP's Dharmendra Yadav who currently has 1,94,747 votes while BSP's Shah Alam Alias Guddu Jamali has 1,70,389 votes at 1.45 pm.
BJP leads in Tripura's Surma constituency by 4,560 votes while Baburam Satnami, an independent, is trailing.
Congress' Shilpi Neha Tirkey remains in the lead in Jharkhand's Mandar by 6,085 votes. BJP's Gangotri Kaur is trailing.
BJP's lead margin in Rampur increases to 27,365 votes.
AAP's Durgesh Pathak wins Delhi's Rajinder Nagar bypoll by over 11,000 votes. This is the first every poll victory for Mr Pathak.
At 1.20 pm, the BJP leads in both seats in Uttar Pradesh. While Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi leads by 22,831 votes in Rampur, Dinesh Lal Yadav leads by 3,002 votes in Azamgarh.
BJP leads in Rampur by 19,552 votes while Samajwadi Party is trailing.
Simranjit Singh Mann leads in Sangrur by 7,052 votes. AAP's Gurmail Singh trailing.
BJP takes back lead in Azamgarh with lead margin of 2,409 votes.
Samajwadi Party in the lead in Azamgarh by 826 votes.
Counting of around 15,000 votes left in Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency where Simranjit Mann maintains a lead by 6,916 votes.
BJP lead in Azamgarh down to 848 votes.
Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi's lead margin in Rampur increases by 14,140 votes, while Mohd. Asim Raja is trailing.
In Azamgarh, BJP's lead margin further reduces to 1,814 votes. Samajwadi Party's Dharmendra Yadav trails close behind.
Simranjit Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) maintains steady lead in Punjab's Sangrur with 2,43,834 votes. In second place is AAP's Gurmail Singh with 2,38,989 votes.
BJP's lead margin in Azamgarh down to 4,119 votes.
In Azamgarh, BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav leads by 6,200 votes while Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi leads by 3,149 votes. SP is trailing in both seats.
AAP candidate Durgesh Pathak leading with a margin of over 10,000 votes over BJP's Rajesh Bhatia after 11 rounds of polling
BJP's Manila Debnath wins in Tripura's Jubarajnagar constituency.
BJP takes the lead in both seats in Uttar Pradesh.
SP's Mohd. Asim Raja takes back the lead in Rampur by 167 votes.
In Sangrur, the margin between the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and AAP is 4,603 votes at 12 pm.
BJP's Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi takes the lead in Rampur with 1,017 votes. SP now trailing in both Uttar Pradesh seats.
BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav leads by 5,033 votes in Azamgarh.
Congress' Sudip Roy Barman wins in Agartala.
The margin between SP and BJP in Rampur decreases to 7,587 votes at 11.45 am. SP's Mohd. Asim Raja remains in the lead.
In Azamgarh, BJP's lead margin with SP increases by 2,534 votes.
Tripura: Chief Minister Manik Saha (BJP) wins in Town Bordowali by 6104 votes.
BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav takes the lead in Azamgarh by 170 votes. SP still in the lead in Rampur.
Margin between SP and BJP in Rampur slightly increases with 15,409 votes at 11.30 am.
In Azamgarh, the margin between SP and BJP closes in at 3,050 votes.
AAP's Durgesh Pathak maintains his lead over his BJP rival Rajesh Bhatia by a margin of over 1,000 votes at the end of the fifth round of counting of votes for the Rajinder Nagar assembly bypoll. At the beginning of the counting, Mr Pathak was leading with over 1,500 votes but the the lead margin reduced to 1,153 by the end of fifth round .
The ruling YSR Congress' Mekapati Vikram Reddy is racing ahead in the by-election in Atmakuru Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, with its candidate establishing a clear lead of over 50,000 votes.
In Sangrur, SAD (Amritsar)'s Simranjit Singh Mann maintains his lead by 5,592 votes while AAP's Gurmail Singh trails.
At 11.15, SP leads by 7,465 votes in Azamgarh and 11,660 votes in Rampur. BJP continues to trail in both seats.
Delhi's Rajinder Nagar bypoll: After six rounds of polling AAP's Durgesh Pathak takes a lead of around 3,000 votes and BJP's Rajesh Bhatia is trailing.
In Azamgarh, BSP is still third, but the margin between it and the BJP is 5,041 votes at 11 am.
The margin between Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and AAP in Sangrur gets smaller at 1,432 votes at 10.55 am.
In Jharkhand's Mandar, Congress' Shilpi Neha Tirkey is leading while BJP's Gangotri Kujur trails.
At 10.45, the margin between Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Simranjit Singh Mann and AAP's Gurmail Singh in Punjab's Sangrur is 3,748. Simranjit Singh maintains the lead.
Tripura bypolls: Out of four seats, BJP leads in three and Congress in one.
Tripura bypolls: Chief Minister Manik Saha leads in Town Bardowali. Congress' Sudip Roy Barman maintains lead in Agartala.
Dharmendra Yadav now leading by a larger margin in Azamgarh.
In Rampur, Asim Raja takes the lead with 1,05,355 votes while Dharmemdra Yadav in Azamgarh is leading with 46,254 votes at 10.35 am.
Samajwadi Party candidates lead in both Uttar Pradesh seats, while BJP trails in both at 10.20 am.
Samajwadi Party's Dharmendra Yadav takes the lead by a very low margin in Azamgarh at 10.15 am.
AAP candidate Durgesh Pathak is leading the tally over his BJP rival Rajesh Bhatia by a margin of over 1,500 votes in the Rajinder Nagar assembly bypoll.
At 10.07, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Simranjit Singh Mann is leading by 42 votes. AAP's Gurmail Singh follows close behind.
In Azamgarh, the BJP continues to lead with 13,371 votes but is followed closely by the Bahujan Samaj Party's Shah Alam Alias Guddu Jamali. He has 13,151 votes at 9.55 am.
In the Assembly bye elections, YSRC's Mekapati Vikram Reddy is leading in Atmakur, AAP's Durgesh Pathak in Rajinder Nagar, BJP's Swapna Das Paul from Surma and BJP's Manila Debnath in Jubarajnagar.
BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav is leading by over 2,000 votes in Azamgarh.
Congress' candidate Sudip Roy Barman leads in Tripura's Agartala constituency.
First leads from Azamgarh show that Dinesh Lal Yadav, also known as Nirahua, a popular Bhojpuri film star and BJP candidate, is leading at 9.30 am.
Mohd. Asim Raja of the Samajwadi Party is leading with 7539 votes in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur. He is followed by Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi from the BJP who has 5082 votes.
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) chief and candidate Simranjit Singh Mann is leading from the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat, according to initial trends.
Bypoll Vote Results Today: Counting started at 8 am with postal ballots, after which electronic voting machines, or EVMs, will be opened.
The bypolls were held on June 23.
The results of three Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats across five states and Delhi, will be announced today. The bypolls were held on June 23. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha is among the key candidates of the assembly by-election.
