Madhya Pradesh By-election Results

The BJP was looking set to sweep the recently held assembly bypolls with leads and wins in more than 40 of 58 seats across 11 states, including Madhya Pradesh where it was ahead in 19 of 28 constituencies, according to Election Commission trends.

The BJP today won big in bypolls across a dozen states, making crucial gains in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and scooping up key seats in states like Telangana and Gujarat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a series of tweets, thanked the people for choosing his party. Powered by Congress alum Jyotiraditya Scindia, the BJP won enough seats and m...

If the Gujarat assembly elections were a wake-up call for the BJP, this win is a reality check for the Congress.

If BJP wants to rejoice in the margin of its defeat in the Madhya Pradesh by-elections, it can jolly well do that but only at its own peril.

The Congress on Wednesday won crucial by-elections in two assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, seen as a semi-final before assembly elections later this year. The Congress held both seats - Mungaoli and Kolaras - which were vacated by the death of its sitting legislators. The ruling BJP had gone flat out to try and wrest the seats away from the opposi...

Voting begins for the by-elections of the two constituencies of Madhya Pradesh. Mungaoli and Kolaras have seen high-voltage campaigns from the ruling BJP and the Congress that's keen on retaining the two seats. Mahendra Singh Yadav and Brijendra Singh Yadav are the Congress candidates from Kolaras and Mungaoli respectively, while Baisahab Yadav Dev...

In face of a super-aggressive BJP campaign, the Congress retained its stronghold, the assembly seat of Chitrakoot, by a margin of more than 14,000 votes. The seat had fallen vacant after the death of sitting legislator Prem Singh, who won it three times.

Congress candidate Nilanshu Chaturvedi was leading by 15,000 votes over his nearest BJP rival Shankar Dayal Tripathi at the end of the seventh round of counting in Chitrakoot Assembly by-eleciton in Madhya Pradesh.

The BJP and the Congress split Madhya Pradesh's two seats where by-elections were held, retaining seats they had held. The by-polls were watched closely as a bellwether for assembly elections next year.

The counting of votes for by-election in 11 constituencies in eight states began at 8 am this morning and most of the results for eight of the ten constituencies have been declared. The BJP has won five of the ten constituencies so far - with results for two yet to be declared. The Congress has retained both the seats it had in Karnataka, while the...

The BJP has won five of 10 assembly seats in eight states for which by-elections were held, retaining three and gaining two from other parties, including Delhi's Rajouri Garden, where last time's winner Aam Aadmi Party has lost its deposit ahead of key civic elections. The Congress has won three, two in Karnataka and one in Madhya Pradesh, all seat...

The BJP and Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress won crucial by-elections on Tuesday - and both parties said the results prove that the people support their stand on the ban of old notes.

The by-election results today are a mixed bag for the BJP. The party made its electoral debut in the Manipur assembly, winning both by-polls in the north eastern state but lost the Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha seat to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh. Results have been declared for two Lok Sabha seats and five assembly seats across four states.

Counting took place for by-elections to 18 assembly seats in four states - Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab. This is being considered as the first major test of strength for the BJP since the Lok Sabha polls.

Madhya Pradesh is swathed in saffron - and today's by-polls in three seats are only expected to deepen the hue. But even so, these elections are important for both BJP and the Congress. While the Congress is trying to recapture lost ground, for the BJP, the results would provide valuable feedback ahead of the municipal elections.

The BJP was looking set to sweep the recently held assembly bypolls with leads and wins in more than 40 of 58 seats across 11 states, including Madhya Pradesh where it was ahead in 19 of 28 constituencies, according to Election Commission trends.

The BJP today won big in bypolls across a dozen states, making crucial gains in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and scooping up key seats in states like Telangana and Gujarat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a series of tweets, thanked the people for choosing his party. Powered by Congress alum Jyotiraditya Scindia, the BJP won enough seats and m...

If the Gujarat assembly elections were a wake-up call for the BJP, this win is a reality check for the Congress.

If BJP wants to rejoice in the margin of its defeat in the Madhya Pradesh by-elections, it can jolly well do that but only at its own peril.

The Congress on Wednesday won crucial by-elections in two assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, seen as a semi-final before assembly elections later this year. The Congress held both seats - Mungaoli and Kolaras - which were vacated by the death of its sitting legislators. The ruling BJP had gone flat out to try and wrest the seats away from the opposi...

Voting begins for the by-elections of the two constituencies of Madhya Pradesh. Mungaoli and Kolaras have seen high-voltage campaigns from the ruling BJP and the Congress that's keen on retaining the two seats. Mahendra Singh Yadav and Brijendra Singh Yadav are the Congress candidates from Kolaras and Mungaoli respectively, while Baisahab Yadav Dev...

In face of a super-aggressive BJP campaign, the Congress retained its stronghold, the assembly seat of Chitrakoot, by a margin of more than 14,000 votes. The seat had fallen vacant after the death of sitting legislator Prem Singh, who won it three times.

Congress candidate Nilanshu Chaturvedi was leading by 15,000 votes over his nearest BJP rival Shankar Dayal Tripathi at the end of the seventh round of counting in Chitrakoot Assembly by-eleciton in Madhya Pradesh.

The BJP and the Congress split Madhya Pradesh's two seats where by-elections were held, retaining seats they had held. The by-polls were watched closely as a bellwether for assembly elections next year.

The counting of votes for by-election in 11 constituencies in eight states began at 8 am this morning and most of the results for eight of the ten constituencies have been declared. The BJP has won five of the ten constituencies so far - with results for two yet to be declared. The Congress has retained both the seats it had in Karnataka, while the...

The BJP has won five of 10 assembly seats in eight states for which by-elections were held, retaining three and gaining two from other parties, including Delhi's Rajouri Garden, where last time's winner Aam Aadmi Party has lost its deposit ahead of key civic elections. The Congress has won three, two in Karnataka and one in Madhya Pradesh, all seat...

The BJP and Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress won crucial by-elections on Tuesday - and both parties said the results prove that the people support their stand on the ban of old notes.

The by-election results today are a mixed bag for the BJP. The party made its electoral debut in the Manipur assembly, winning both by-polls in the north eastern state but lost the Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha seat to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh. Results have been declared for two Lok Sabha seats and five assembly seats across four states.

Counting took place for by-elections to 18 assembly seats in four states - Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab. This is being considered as the first major test of strength for the BJP since the Lok Sabha polls.

Madhya Pradesh is swathed in saffron - and today's by-polls in three seats are only expected to deepen the hue. But even so, these elections are important for both BJP and the Congress. While the Congress is trying to recapture lost ground, for the BJP, the results would provide valuable feedback ahead of the municipal elections.