Election Results: Counting begins at 8 am and results are usually expected by noon.
The BJP has won in Uttar Pradesh's Gola Gokrannath, Haryana's Adampur and Odisha's Dhamnagar. The party also retained Bihar's Gopalganj assembly seat which falls in the home district of party leader and former Chief Minister Lalu Yadav, the father of Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.
The RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal), meanwhile, has won the Mokama assembly seat by over 16,000 votes while the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction won the Mumbai's Andheri East seat by over 67,000 votes.
In Telangana, K Chandrashekar's Rao's Telangana Rashtriya Samithi has won Munugode after a close contest with the BJP.
While the results are likely to upset the math for current state governments, the contests are seen as a battle for family legacy in Haryana and prestige battles in Telangana, Bihar and Maharashtra.
With regional parties putting up a united front for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections - just a year and a half away - the poll results could serve as booster shots, or perception busters, depending on the results
The fierce battle is between Bharatiya Janata Party and regional parties such as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
Here are the Live Updates on the election results:
Andheri (East) bypoll result shows people rejected BJP's politics of horse-trading: Maharashtra Congress chiefMaharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Sunday said the result of the byelection to the Andheri (East) constituency here showed that people rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party's "politics of horse-trading and terrorising political opponents".
Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray, on Sunday won the bypoll by bagging more than 66,000 votes. The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the constituents of the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Uddhav Thackeray, had supported Latke's candidature.
Bihar bypoll: JD(U) severed ties with BJP, went to RJD but couldn't defeat BJP, says BJP MLABihar's former minister and BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday claimed that the party will win 40 seats from the state in the next Lok Sabha polls.
The bypolls were held on November 3 for seven assembly seats in six states and the counting started Sunday morning.
"JD(U) severed ties with BJP and went to RJD but couldn't defeat BJP in Gopalganj. Clear message that even together they can't defeat BJP," he said.
BJP Wins 4 Key Elections, TRS Emerges Winner In Telangana
The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in four of the seven assembly seats whose results were declared today. The K Chandrashekar's Rao's Telangana Rashtriya Samithi won in Munugode and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction won in Mumbai's Andheri East seat.
Just In | TRS wins Munugode election
TRS government has made bypoll matter of prestige as BJP is rising: K LaxmanWhile counting for the Telangana bypoll is underway, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP K Laxman on Sunday said that the state government has made this poll a matter of their prestige as BJP is rising in Hyderabad.
"The situation is different in Telangana. The state government has made this poll a matter of their prestige as BJP is rising here. Only BJP can fight TRS," he said.
K Laxman further said that there would be a BJP wave in the state in the days to come.
Bihar bypolls: RJD retains Mokama, BJP keeps GopalganjThe ruling 'Mahagathbandhan' and the opposition NDA in Bihar remained evenly poised on Sunday as the RJD and the BJP retained their respective sitting assembly seats of Mokama and Gopalganj.
The by-polls were the first test of strength since the upheaval in August this year that brought the Mahagathbandhan, helmed by the RJD, to power and ousted the BJP.
The RJD saw its victory margin fall in Mokama and fell short of a win in party president Lalu Prasad's home district of Gopalganj, which the BJP retained, albeit by the skin of its teeth.
Team Thackeray Wins Andheri Election, As Expected. Here's The SurpriseUddhav Thackeray's faction won its first election today after a BJP-backed coup led by Eknath Shinde split his Shiv Sena and unseated his government in Maharashtra.
Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), won the by-election in Andheri (East) in Mumbai by a massive margin of over 66,000 votes.
It was not really a contest after the BJP withdrew its candidate following appeals by several parties for support to Rutuja Latke. She also had the backing of the Congress and the NCP, partners in the Maha Vikas Aghadi that crashed after the Sena coup.
BJP's Ranbir Singh Pathania On Key Election Results
Maharashtra Election: Rituja Latke Celebrates With Uddhav Thackeray In MumbaiUdhhav Thackeray's faction won its first election today after a BJP-backed coup led by Eknath Shinde split his Shiv Sena and unseated his government in Maharashtra.
Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), won the by-election in Andheri (East) in Mumbai by a massive margin of over 66,000 votes. Read
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Telangana Election: KCR's Party Maintains Lead By Over 4,000 Votes
Haryana Election: Deputy Chief Minister Congratulates Bhavya Bishnoi On Adampur WinHaryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Sunday congratulated Bhavya Bishnoi, son of Kuldeep Bishnoi, pitted from the Adampur Constituency after winning the bypolls.
Taking to Twitter, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala expressed his joy over the victory of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) coalition in the Adampur bypolls and congratulated Bhavya Bishnoi.
"Congratulations to our alliance's candidate Bhavya Bishnoi on winning! This victory is the seal of the people on the pro-bono publico works of our government. Hearty thanks to the people of Adampur," he said.
Odisha Election: BJP Widens Lead Over BJD In DhamnagarBJP candidate Suryabanshi Suraj expanded his lead to 6,755 votes over his BJD rival Abanti Das for Dhamnagar bypoll in Odisha's Bhadrak district, Election Commission (EC) trends revealed on Sunday.
According to the EC, Suraj secured 58,332 votes after the 13th round of counting, while Das bagged 51,577. Congress nominee Baba Harekrushna Sethi got 2,602 votes.
Maharashtra Election: Rutuja Latke of Uddhav Thackeray-led faction wins Andheri (East) seat
Bhavya Bishnoi (BJP): 67,376
Jai Prakash (Congress): 51, 662
Kurda Ram (INLD): 5,241
Santinder Singh (AAP): 3,412
JUST IN: Rutuja Latke of Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction wins Andheri (East) Assembly bypoll in Maharashtra.
Odisha Election: BJP widens lead over Naveen Patnaik in Dhamnagar
BJP candidate Suryabanshi Suraj widened his lead to 4,845 votes over his BJD rival Abanti Das for Dhamnagar bypoll in Odisha's Bhadrak district, Election Commission (EC) trends revealed on Sunday. According to the EC, Suraj secured 45,321 votes after the 10th round of counting, while Das bagged 40,476.
Haryana Election: BJP wins Adampur assembly seat
BJP's Bhavya Bishnoi defeated Congress veteran Jai Prakash by over 16,000 votes. BJP's win in Adampur comes after electoral losses in two consecutive bypolls in Haryana.
Telangana Election: TRS leader angry over delay in counting results from Munugode by-poll
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader have expressed anger over the delay in the announcement of counting of votes from Munugode by-polls that started on Sunday morning.
TRS minister for state energy department G Jagdish Reddy expressed his anger over the delay in the declaration of round-wise election counting results of the Munugode by-poll.
The minister complained about the delay and asked officials to announce results after every round of counting.
Bihar Election: BJP wins close contest in Gopalganj
BJP has won the Gopalganj assembly seat.
Haryana Election: BJP's Bhavya Bishnoi leading by over 17,000 votes in Adampur
After nine rounds of counting in Haryana's Adampur bypoll, BJP's Bhavya Bishnoi is leading with a margin of over 17,000 votes. Jai Prakash from Congress, the closest rival, is trailing by a significant margin. The Adampur assembly bypoll will decide if the Bhajan Lal family holds on to its bastion of five decades.
Maharashtra Election: Rutuja Latke of Uddhav-led Sena leads, NOTA at 2nd place
Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), has established a big lead in Andheri (East) assembly seat in Mumbai. She is facing seven independent candidates.
The only surprise in the results is that the NOTA or None of The Above option won more votes than the six other candidates in the contest.
Bihar Election 2022: Mokama seat retained by Tejashwi Yadav's RJD
RJD candidate Neelam Devi contested the Mokama by-polls after the seat fell vacant following her husband Anant Singh's disqualification over a corruption case. She defeated the BJP's Sonam Devi by over 16,000 votes.
UP Election: BJP candidate leading by over 28,000 votes
BJP candidate Aman Giri has taken a comfortable lead of about 28,000 votes over his nearest rival as counting of votes progressed in the Gola Gokarannath assembly bypolls on Sunday. While Mr Giri has got 73,371 votes so far, Samajwadi Party's Vinay Tiwari got 48,739 votes, officials said after the 18th round of counting.
Election Results 2022: BJP candidate leading by over 10,000 votes
BJP candidate Aman Giri has taken a comfortable lead of over 10,000 over his nearest rival as counting of votes progressed in the Gola Gokarannath assembly bypolls on Sunday. While Mr Giri got 36,528 votes so far, Samajwadi Party's Vinay Tiwari got 25,621 votes, officials said.
Haryana Election: BJP's Bhavya Bishnoi leading by 6,000 votes
After the third round, BJP's Bhavya Bishnoi is leading with a margin of over 6,000 votes.
Bhavya Bishnoi, BJP: 17,633
Jai Prakash, Congress: 11, 398
Telangana Election: KCR's party ahead in Munugode
The TRS is ahead of its rival BJP by over 1,000 seats in Munugode after the fourth round. Here the Congress MLA had resigned and is now fighting on the BJP ticket.
Haryana Election: BJP candidates leading in Adampur
BJP's Bhavya Bishnoi leading after the first round of counting.
Bhavya Bishnoi, BJP: 6,399
Jai Prakash, Congress: 3,567
Satinder Singh, AAP: 1175
Bihar Election 2022: BJP ahead in Gopalganj, RJD in Mokama
After nine rounds, BJP is leading by 2,000 votes in Gopalganj. Meanwhile, the RJD leading by over 6,000 votes in Mokama after six rounds.
Election 2022: Rutuja Latke leading in Andheri (East)
Shiv Sena (Uddhav) candidate Rutuja Latke is leading in Andheri (East) after first round. Rutuja Latke is the widow of former Sena MLA from Andheri (East), who died after a heart attack in May 2022 in Dubai.
Bihar Election 2022: RJD's Neelam Devi leading in Mokama
RJD candidate Neelam Devi, wife of Anant Singh who was disqualified after being convicted of illegally keeping guns, is leading in Mokama.
Election 2022: Results of Gopalganj and Mokama election to be announced today
Counting of votes for Gopalganj and Mokama by-elections taking place today. Visuals from Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna that has been designated as a counting centre. (ANI)
Haryana Election 2022: Kuldeep Bishnoi says confident of winning family seat
Haryana BJP leader Kuldeep Bishnoi said he was confident of winning the election. His son Bhavya Bishnoi is looking forward to carry forward the family legacy in Admapur. The polls were necessitated after his father Kuldeep Bishnoi, who led the family into the BJP, resigned as Adampur MLA as he defected.
"People will celebrate Diwali again": BJP candidate says confident of winning Haryana seat
"This poll wasn't about winning or losing, but about victory margin. With the blessings I've received from my Adampur family since the beginning I'm confident that people will once again celebrate Diwali within a few hours: Bhavya Bishnoi, the BJP candidate for Adampur Election, said.
Counting of votes for elections to seven assembly seats in six states begins.
Election 2022: Adampur election witnessed 75% voter turnout
Former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal's family seat, Admapur will decide whether his grandson Bhavya Bishnoi can carry the 68-year legacy forward after switching from the Congress to BJP. Bhavya's father Kuldeep Bishnoi, who led the family into the BJP, resigned as Adampur MLA as he defected, leading to this bypoll. Over 75 per cent of the voters exercised their rights in the election. Counting will take place in 13 rounds.
In Gopalganj, the RJD is hoping to oust the BJP which has held it for nearly two decades now. It has put up Mohan Prasad Gupta, from among the older party cadre, against the BJP's Kusum Devi, whose husband Subhas Singh's death necessitated the election.
Election Results 2022: Bihar sees first contest since Nitish Kumar's dumped BJP
Bihar is seeing the first contest - on two seats - since Nitish Kumar dumped the BJP and joined hands with Tejashwi Yadav's RJD. In Mokama, RJD's candidate was Neelam Devi, wife of Anant Singh, a strongman-politician disqualified after being convicted of illegally keeping guns.
Election Results 2022: Among the seven seats which witnessed a tough contest between the BJP and the regional parties, the BJP held three and the Congress two, while the Shiv Sena and the RJD had one each.
Counting begins at 8 am and results are usually expected by noon.