The Congress is leading in two crucial parliament seats, Alwar and Ajmer, for which bye-elections were held in Rajasthan. Both seats were held by the BJP. The BJP is leading in the Mandalgarh assembly seat. Two Rajasthan Lok Sabha constituencies and one Assembly constituency went to the polls on Monday, January 29. Simultaneously, the Lok Sabha constituency of Uluberia and the Assembly constituency of Noapara - both of which are in West Bengal also went to polls on Monday. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is ahead in by-elections to the parliamentary seat of Uluberia, which it held, and also in the Noapara assembly seat, held by the Congress
In Rajasthan these elections are seen to test of the popularity of the BJP government, which hopes to win a second straight term in assembly elections later this year. The by-elections were held four days after the release of controversial Bollywood film "Padmaavat" and the Rajputs, nearly two lakh voters in Ajmer, had declared that they will vote against the BJP. The Congress hopes an anti-incumbency sentiment and the anger of the Rajputs against the ruling party will help it win all three - the Alwar and Ajmer Lok Sabha seats and the Mandalgarh assembly seat. All three are BJP seats. They fell vacant due to the death last year of the BJP lawmakers who held them. The counting of all the three seats have begun.
Here are the Highlights of the By-Poll results:
Feb 01, 2018 18:40 (IST)
In Noapara, one of 44 assembly seats the Congress had won in the 2016 state elections, it could win only 10,527 votes. The vote margin between winner Trinamool Congress and runners-up BJP was 63,018.
Feb 01, 2018 18:16 (IST)
Mamata Banerjee's ruling Trinamool Congress snatched the Noapara Assembly seat from the Congress while retaining the Uluberia parliamentary constituency. The BJP has kept up its recent good run in the state and is second in both.
Feb 01, 2018 16:41 (IST)
BJP Accepts Defeat In Rajasthan Bypolls, Vows To Work Harder
Feb 01, 2018 16:20 (IST)
Trinamool Congress' Uluberia win historic, victory by a huge margin, say reports
Feb 01, 2018 15:58 (IST)
Congress wins Mandalgarh seat despite a party rebel leading to a triangular contest
Feb 01, 2018 13:19 (IST)
Congress set to win all three seats in Ajmer, Alwar, and Mandalgard in Rajasthan bypoll. It is leading by leading by 72,101 votes in Alwar, 66,920 in Ajmer and in Assembly seat mandalgarh, it is leading by 11,136 votes.
Feb 01, 2018 12:08 (IST)
Karan Singh Yadav of the Congress was ahead of Jaswant Singh Yadav of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Alwar by around 10,000 votes.
Feb 01, 2018 11:31 (IST)
In both the Bengal seats, the BJP put up a tough fight looking to bolster its claim that it is now Bengal's chief opposition party. The CPM too attempted to put up a fight to try and gain ground in the seats that were earlier strongholds. The Congress, however, was in the fourth position in both the constituencies.
Feb 01, 2018 11:01 (IST)
The Trinamool Congress today surged ahead of its rivals in both Noapara assembly seat and Uluberia parliamentary constituency after the initial rounds of counting of votes for the bypolls.