Bypolls Results Updates: Cong gets first MLA in West Bengal assembly as Bayron Biswas wins Sagardighi bypoll

The assembly bypoll results on Thursday brought some solace for the Congress as it wrested one seat each from the BJP and the TMC in Maharashtra and West Bengal respectively and retained a seat in Tamil Nadu with DMK's support, while the BJP and its ally AJSU bagged one seat each in the western state and Jharkhand.

BJP bags Chinchwad seat with 35K vote margin

In a big relief, BJP candidate Ashwini L. Jagtap has won the bypoll to the Chinchwad Assembly seat on the outskirts of Pune, the results of which were announced here on Thursday.

She trounced her nearest Nationalist Congress Party-Maha Vikas Aghadi rival Vithal 'Nana' Kate and Shiv Sena (UBT) rebel Rahul Kalate who contested as an Independent.

BJP-backed AJSU Party candidate Sunita Choudhary wins Ramgarh bypoll by 21,970 votes

Erode East bypoll performance an endorsement of Dravidian model governance, says Stalin

As the ruling DMK-backed Congress nominee took a virtually unassailable lead in the Erode East bypoll, the party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said the good show was a public endorsement of the "Dravidian model of governance" of his 22-month old government.

Counting of votes polled on February 27 was on in Erode East constituency and Congress' EVKS Elangovan was comfortably leading against his nearest rival, KS Thennarasu of the AIADMK. At the end of eight rounds of counting, Elangovan secured 61,125 votes and was leading by over 38,000 votes. With the "historic and grand win", the ground was being prepared for an even bigger victory of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Stalin told reporters here amidst emerging trends indicating at Elangovan's victory.

Immoral alliance between Cong-CPI(M) and BJP in Sagardighi, claims Mamata after TMC's bypoll loss

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the victory of the Congress at Sagardighi by-elections as "immoral", alleging that the grand old party, besides the CPI(M), had entered into an understanding with the BJP to defeat the Trinamool Congress.

Addressing a press meet, Banerjee said that her party will go it alone in the 2024 elections, "with the support of common people".

"For the Sagardighi loss, I do not blame anyone. Sometimes, in a democracy, developments may usually be positive or negative. But, there is an immoral alliance, which we strongly condemn. The BJP transferred its votes to the Congress," Banerjee told reporters here.

Cong gets first MLA in present West Bengal assembly as its candidate Bayron Biswas wins Sagardighi bypoll

Congress's Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj collects winning certificate as he wins Kasba Peth bypoll

Ashwini Laxman Jagtap of BJP extends lead with over 39,000 votes in Chinchwad

AJSU Party's Sunita Choudhary leads with 83,677 in Ramgarh

Congress candidate Bayron Biswas leads Sagardighi constituency with over 70,000 votes

Congress candidate Elangovan eyes win in Erode (East) with over 39,000 votes

Kasba Peth: Congress's Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj leads against BJP's Hemant Narayan Rasane by over 10,000 votes

Ashwini Laxman Jagtap of BJP still leads in Maharashtra's Chinchwad

AJSU Party's Sunita Choudhary leads with 72,398 votes in Jharkhand's

Congress candidate E.V.K.S.Elangovan leads Erode (East) Bypoll by over 20,000 votes

Congress candidate Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj maintains lead in Maharashtra's Kasba Peth

BJP's Ashwini Laxman Jagtap maintains steady in lead in Chinchwad

AJSU Party's Sunita Choudhary leads with massive margin in Jharkhand's Ramgarh

Celebrations at DMK headquarters in Chennai as party-backed Congress candidate Elangovan continues lead

Congress workers celebrate in Sagardighi as candidate Bayron Biswas maintains lead

Congress's E.V.K.S.Elangovan attains massive lead in Erode (East)

Congress's Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj maintains lead in Kasba Peth

BJP's Ashwini Laxman Jagtap maintains lead in Chinchwad

Congress's Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj maintains steady lead in Maharashtra's Kasba Peth

Congress's Bayron Biswas leads in West Bengal's Sagardighi constituency

BJP's Ashwini Laxman Jagtap maintains lead in Maharashtra's Chinchwad; NCP's Nana Kate close second

Sunita Choudhary of AJSU Party maintains lead in Jharkhand's Ramgarh constituency

Congress's E.V.K.S.Elangovan leads in Tamil Nadu's Erode (East) constituency

Congress's Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj leads in Maharashtra's Kasba Peth constituency; BJP's Hemant Narayan Rasane close second

AJSU Party's Sunita Choudhary currently leads in Jharkhand's Ramgarh constituency

Congress's Bayron Biswas leads from West Bengal's Sagardighi constituency; TMC's Debashish Banerjee close second

BJP's Ashwini Laxman Jagtap leads from Maharashtra's Chinchwad constituency

BJP candidate Tsering Lhamu declared unopposed winner from Arunachal's Lumla

Counting for byeelections for Lumla assembly seat of Arunachal Pradesh, Ramgarh (Jharkhand), Erode East (Tamil Nadu), Sagardighi (West Bengal) & Kasba Peth, Chinchwad assembly seats of Maharashtra also begins.

Sagardighi Bypolls: The bypoll was necessitated following the sudden demise of Trinamool MLA Subrata Saha on December 29 last year.

He was a three-time Trinamool legislator from Sagardighi, securing victories in 2011, 2016 and 2021.

Erode Bypolls: The main opposition AIADMK strained every nerve to take on the ruling party over a string of issues including rise in electricity tariff and DMK regime not getting exemption for the State from NEET to make its electoral mark.

The campaign was led by Edappadi K Palaniswami and challenger O Panneerselvam's camp, which withdrew its candidate disappeared from the poll scene. For the AIADMK, the Supreme Court's directive allowing Palaniswami to continue to lead the party proved to be the much needed shot in the arm for the party.

Erode Bypolls: A test for Stalin

The Erode bypoll, termed by DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin as 'Edai podum therthal,' a byelection to weigh all the good work completed within 22 months after he took over the reins of power, is expected to be a test of the government's popularity and set the mood for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

All arrangements are in place to count votes on March 2 for the bypoll held to Erode East Assembly constituency

The vote counting exercise is set to begin at 8 AM and expected to be completed before 5 PM.

In Chinchwad, an industrial town near Pune, the fight is between Ashwini Jagtap of the BJP, Nana Kate of the NCP and independent Rahul Kalate.