Karnataka update
The BJP has won the Rajareshwari Assembly constituency in Karnataka by 58,113 votes, the Election Commission website shows. The BJP is leading in the other AC by election in the state.
In Madya Pradesh the Mandhata AC has been won by the BJP by 22,129 votes. The party is leading in 20 other AC, the website shows. In Haryana, the Congress won the Baroda AC defeating the BJP rival by 10566 votes, according to the EC website
Updates
The BJP has won the Rajareshwari Assembly constituency in Karnataka by 5,8113 votes, the Election Commission website shows. The BJP is leading in the other AC by election in the State.
In Madya Pradesh, the BJP has won Mandhata seat by 22,129 votes. The party is leading in 20 other constituencies, the website shows. In Haryana, the Congress won the Baroda AC defeating the BJP rival by 10566 votes, according to the EC website
Gujarat update:
The results for the by-polls have started trickling in. The BJP has won three of the eight seats for which by-polls were held in Gujarat, as per the EC website. In Abdasa Assembly Constituency, the BJP candidate defeated the Congress rival by 3,6778 votes while in Morbi the BJP candidate won by 4,649 votes, the website shows. The BJP is leading in the five other seats for which by polls were held in the State, the website shows.
Manipur update:
BJP candidate Oinam Lukhoi Singh has won the by-election to the Wangoi seat, while Y Antas Khan, an Independent candidate supported by the saffron party, bagged the Lilong seat in Manipur, officials said on Tuesday. BJP candidates Paonam Brojen Singh and Ngamthang Haokip were leading from Wangjing Tentha and Saitu seats respectively, they said.
Oinam Lukhoi Singh won the Wangoi seat by defeating his nearest rival Khuraijam Loken Singh of the National People’s Party by 257 votes, as per the ECI website. In the Lilong seat, Y Antas Khan won by defeating his nearest rival Mohd Abdul Nasir by 3,078 votes.
Paonam Brojen Singh was leading over his nearest rival Moirangthem Hemanta Singh of the Congress by over 1,560 seats in the Wangjin Tentha seat. In Saitu constituency, Ngamthang Haokip was ahead of his Congress rival Lamtinthang Haokip by 4,297 votes. (PTI)
Telangana update:
The ruling TRS and opposition BJP were locked in a neck-and-neck contest in the Dubbak Assembly bypoll, and the saffron party has gained a slender lead of 240 votes after the completion of 20 rounds of counting of votes.
The BJP was ahead of the TRS in initial rounds, but the ruling party bounced back and secured a lead subsequently. The TRS was ahead by 251 votes after 19 rounds, but the BJP again managed to gain upper hand after the 20th round with 240 votes. The counting of votes is expected to be completed in 23 rounds. (PTI)
Updates: 3 pm
Data from the Election Commission website shows that the 'NOTA' button, or the None of the Above option, has been pressed by voters in all 11 States that went to polls.
NOTA accounted for 3.82 per cent of the votes counted till now in the Valmiki Nagar Parliamentary constituency, while they accounted for 1.75 per cent of the votes counted till now in all the 243 AC in Bihar.
In Chhattisgarh, NOTA accounted for 2.60 per cent of all the votes counted till now, in Gujarat it accounted for 2.14 per cent of all the votes counted till now while this figure stood at 1.64 per cent of all the votes counted till now in Jharkhand, the website shows.
In the remaining eight States where by polls were held, the NOTA button was pressed less than 1 per cent of the voters. This figured varied from 0.93 per cent of the votes counted till now in Madhya Pradesh to 0.37 per cent of the votes counted till now in the Dubbak constituency in Telangana.
The Supreme Court ruled that the right to register “None of the Above” vote in elections should apply in 2013 and ordered the EC to provide a button for this in the Electronic Voting Machines. NOTA is the last button in the EVM.
Updates: 2.14 pm
Madhya Pradesh
In Madhya Pradesh where by polls were held for 28 ACs, the BJP candidate is currently leading over his Congress rival by 31420 votes in Bamori AC while in Sanchi the BJP candidate is currently leading over his Congress rival by 31229 votes. '
In Agar AC the Congress candidate is currently ahead by 342 votes over the BJP rival. In Morena the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate is currently ahead by 7620 over the BJP candidate. In Gujarat in the Morbi AC the BJP candidate is currently ahead by 4173 votes over the Congress rival.
Gujarat
The BJP held sway over the party-ruled state with leads in all eight seats and the Congress trailing. A total of 60.75 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the bypolls held in Abdasa (Kutch), Limbdi (Surendranagar), Morbi (Morbi district), Dhari (Amreli), Gadhada (Botad), Karjan (Vadodara), Dang (Dang district) and Kaprada (Valsad).
Uttar Pradesh
In UP, the BJP leads in six AC with the Bulandshahr AC showing the BJP candidate is currently ahead by 13849 votes while in Malhani AC in the state the Samajwadi candidate is currently ahead of an Independent by 4707 votes.
Manipur
According to Election Commission trends, the BJP had won two seats and was leading in two with an Independent ahead in one. The by-elections were necessitated by Congress MLAs in four seats resigning from the Assembly and quitting the party to join the BJP.
Karnataka
In the Rajarajeshwari Nagar Assembly Constituency in Karnataka, the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party is currently leading by 53,480 votes over his Congress rival, the Election Commission website shows.
Jharkhand
The BJP was ahead in one seat and the Congress in the other. BJP’s Lois Marandi was leading in Dumka over Basant Soren, Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s brother. In Bermo, Congress nominee Anup Singh was ahead of BJP’s Yogeshwar Mahato.
Odisha
The state’s ruling Biju Janata Dal was ahead in both the Balasore and Tirtol seats for which by-elections were held. While state BJP general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan had claimed his party will win both as voters were “fed up with the ruling party , BJD leader DP Mishra said people voted as they are keen to see speedy development in their areas.
Chhattisgarh
In Chhattisgarh, the Congress candidate is currently ahead of the BJP rival by 19876 votes in the Marwahi AC.
Nagaland
Independent candidates were leading in the two assembly seats - Southern Angami-I in Kohima and Pungro-Kiphire in Kiphire district. The elections were necessitated following the deaths of the sitting legislators Vikho-o Yhoshu and T Torechu.
Telangana
In the Sira AC, the BJP candidate is currently leading by 7184 votes over his Congress rival. In Dubbak AC in Telangana, the BJP candidate has a lead currently of 4030 over the Congress candidate.
Haryana
Congress’ Indu Raj Narwal was ahead in the Baroda seat that had fallen vacant following the death of Krishan Hooda, who had won it in 2009, 2014 and 2019 assembly polls. Narwal was leading over his nearest rival and BJP nominee, Olympian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt. (PTI and Our Bureau)
Karnataka update:
The ruling BJP has continued to maintain its lead over opposition Congress and JD(S) in the by-polls for two assembly constituencies in the State, poll officials said on Tuesday.
Votes polled in the November 3 by-elections to Sira in Tumakuru district and Rajarajeshwari Nagar (RR Nagar) in Bengaluru were taken up for counting at 8 am and the results are expected to be out in a few hours from now.
According to the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer’s office, the trends show- BJP candidate was ahead with a margin of over 7,800 votes in Sira, while the party has maintained a lead with a margin of over 34,500 votes in RR Nagar.
BJP’s Dr C M Rajesh Gowda is leading with 37,808 votes in Sira, followed by Congress’ T B Jayachandra with 29,938.
In R R Nagar too BJP’s N Munirathana is leading with 73,932 votes, followed by Congress’ Kusuma H with 39,415. JD(S) is in third place here too with party candidate V Krishtramurthy so far securing 4,660 votes.
As the trends clearly showed BJP leading in both seats, the Chief Minister’s office released a video of Ministers R Ashoka, Basavaraj Bommai, Seiramulu, Byrathi Basavaraj and others greeting CM Yediyurappa with sweets.
The bypoll has been necessitated in Sira following the death of JD(S) MLA B Sathyanarayana in August, while RR Nagar seat here fell vacant due to disqualification of the then Congress MLA N Munirathna last year under anti-defection law.
(PTI)
Haryana update:
Olympian wrestler and BJP candidate Yogeshwar Dutt is trailing by a margin of 10,330 votes from the Baroda Assembly seat in Haryana after eleven rounds of counting, as per the Election Commission data. Congress candidate Indu Raj Narwal has continued to maintain a lead over Dutt, his nearest rival, as per initial trends.
After the completion of eleven rounds of counting, Narwal polled 35,301 votes while Dutt got 24,971 votes.
Indian National Lok Dal nominee Joginder Singh Malik polled 3,548 votes while Loktantra Suarkasha Party candidate Raj Kumar Saini got 3,241 votes.
The Baroda assembly seat fell vacant in April following the death of Congress MLA Shri Krishan Hooda, who had won it thrice consecutively in the 2009, 2014 and 2019 assembly polls. This poll is being seen as a direct contest between the ruling BJP and the Congress. The ruling BJP would like to register a victory from the Baroda seat which it never won while the Congress would like to retain it.
The Baroda bypoll is also a battle of prestige for former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda as this Jat-dominated constituency lies adjacent to his own Garhi-Sampla Kiloi seat in Rohtak and is considered his stronghold.
The bypoll is equally important for the INLD which had slumped to its worst-ever performance in the 2019 assembly polls when the party could win only one out of 90 seats.
The BJP had won 40 of the 90 assembly seats in 2019 and later formed the government with the JJP’s support, which had won 10 seats. A win in Baroda will take the saffron party’s tally to 41 while if Congress wins, its tally will remain unchanged at 31 as the seat was earlier held by it. The INLD’s strength will rise to two if they win the seat. (PTI)
MP update:
The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh is leading in 20 of the 28 Assembly constituencies for which by-elections were held, while the Congress is ahead in seven seats, as per the trends of counting on Tuesday. However, three ministers, Aidal Singh Kansana (Sumaoli), Girraj Dandotia (Dimani) and OPS Bhadoria (Mehgaon) are trailing.
BJP candidates are also ahead in Gwalior, Gwalior East, Dabra, Bhander, Pohari, Bamori, Ashok Nagar, Mugaoli, Surkhi, Bada Malhera, Anuppur, Sanchi, Agar, Hatpiplya, Mandhata, Nepanagar, Badnawar, Saver, Suwasara and Jaura seats.
The BSP is leading in Morena constituency. (PTI)
Manipur update:
BJP candidate Oinam Lukhoi Singh won the by-election to the Wangoi seat in Manipur, while saffron party candidates were leading from two other constituencies and an Independent from one, officials said.
Singh won the Wangoi seat defeating his nearest rival Khuraijam Loken Singh of the National People’s Party by 257 votes, as per the ECI website.
BJP candidates Paonam Brojen Singh and Ngamthang Haokip were leading from Wangjing Tentha and Saitu seats by over 1,560 and 2,799 votes.
Independent candidate Y Antas Khan was leading over his nearest Independent rival Mohd Abdul Nasir by 3,078 votes. (PTI)
Telangana Poll update:
The BJP is maintaining its lead over ruling TRS after the completion of seven rounds of counting of votes for Dubbak assembly by-poll in Telangana. BJP candidate M Raghunandan Rao is leading over his nearest TRS rival Solipeta Sujatha by 2,485 votes after seven rounds.
The counting of votes, which began at 8 am, is expected to be completed in 23 rounds. The bypoll, held on November 3, has been necessitated due to the death of sitting TRS MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy in August this year due to health issues. (PTI)
Jharkhand Poll update:
BJP's Lois Marandi was leading over his nearest rival Basant Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) by over 4,749 votes in Dumka seat, as per the ECI website.
In Bermo Assembly constituency, Congress nominee Anup Singh was ahead of his nearest rival BJP candidate Yogeshwar Mahto ‘Batul’ by 7,212 votes.
MP Poll update:
Three State Ministers are trailing behind their Congress rivals, even as the ruling BJP has taken a lead in 17 of the 28 Assembly constituencies, as per the trends of counting on Tuesday. Ministers Aidal Singh Kansana, Girraj Dandotia, and OPS Bhadoria are struggling in Sumaoli, Dimani and Mehgaon seats, respectively, where their Congress rivals have taken a lead.
The opposition Congress is ahead in nine seats out of the 27 constituencies for which trends are available. The BSP is leading in Morena seat.
A total of 355 candidates, including 12 ministers, contested the by-elections held on November 3. (PTI)
General update:
In the 28 Assembly constituencies that went for by polls in Madhya Pradesh, the BJP is leading in 18 seats, while the Congress leading in eight and the Bahujan Samaj Party is leading in 2, the EC shows.
In UP, the BJP is ahead in five seats and an Independent and SP candidate in one seat each.
In the Gujarat by-polls, the BJP is leading in all eight seats, while the party continues to maintain its leads in two seats in Karnataka and one in Telangana. In Jharkhand, the Congress is leading in one seats while the BJP is leading in the other, the EC website shows.
In Chhattisgarh and Haryana, the Congress continues to maintain a lead over the other candidates in the single AC going to polls in the two States.
UP Polls update:
The BJP is now leading in five seats in UP, while the SP and an independent candidate are leading in one each as counting is underway.
SP’s Javed Abbas is leading from Naugawan Sadat, which was held by State Minister Chetan Chauhan. Abbas is leading by a margin of 4028 over BJP's Sangeeta Chauhan. In Malhani, independent Dhananjay Singh is leading over SP’s Lucky Yadav by a margin of about 1,236 votes.
In Bulandshahr, BJP’s Usha Sirohi is leading by a margin of 3,725 votes from BSP’s Mohd Yunus. In Tundla, BJP's Prempal Singh Dhanghar is leading by a margin of 2,890 votes from SP's Mahraj Singh Dhangar. In Bangarmau, BJP’s Shrikant Katiyar is leading by a margin of 7230 votes over SP’s Suresh Kumar Pal.
In Deoria, BJP’s Satyaprakash Mani Tripathi is leading by a margin of 2,403 votes over SP’s Brahma Shankar Tripathi. Meanwhile, in Ghatampur, BJP’s Upendra Nath Paswan has a slim lead of 807 votes over Kuldeep Shankhwar of BSP. (PTI)
Manipur Polls update:
The ruling BJP in Manipur is ahead in two seats while the Congress and an Independent candidate were leading in one constituency each. The election for the bypolls were held on November 7.
BJP candidate Oinam Lukhoi Singh has a slim lead of 268 votes over his nearest rival Khuraijam Loken Singh of the National People’s Party in the Wangoi seat, according to early trends. In Saitu constituency, BJP's Ngamthang Haokip was ahead Congress' Lamtinthang Haokip by 1,827 votes, as per the ECI website.
Congress candidate Moirangthem Hemanta Singh is ahead of BJP's Paonam Brojen Singh by 675 votes in the Wangjing Tentha seat. In the Liong seat, Independent candidate Y Antas Khan was leading over his nearest rival Independent candidate Mohd. Abdul Nasir by 1,992 votes. (PTI)
Karnataka Polls:
In the by-polls in Karnataka, the BJP continues to lead in both the Rajarajeshwari and Sira Assembly Constituency (AC), the Election Commission shows.
In the Rajarajeshwari, the BJP candidate is leading by 19,772 votes over the Congress candidate. While in the Sira AC, the BJP candidate had a lead of 1488 votes.
In Dubbak Assembly constituency in Telangana, the BJP continues to lead.
Similarly, the BJP is leading 16 of the 25 Assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh with the Congress leading in eight and Bahujan Samaj Party in one. By elections were held for 28 Assembly constituencies in the state.
In Gujarat, the BJP is leading seven AC with the Congress leading in one AC, the website shows while in Haryana and Chhattisgarh the Congress is leading in each of the AC which went to polls.
In Jharkhand, the BJP is leading in both the AC while in Nagaland Independent candidates are leading in both the AC.
54 AC in 10 states went to polls along with the Bihar.
UP Polls update:
The BJP was leading in four seats and trailing in two others as counting of votes polled in seven Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats, where bypolls were held last week, progressed on Tuesday.
Of the seven seats, the BJP -- which held six -- is leading in four, while Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Independent candidates in one each by margins varying from 1,000 to 2,000 votes.
BJP’s Usha Sirohi is leading in Bulandshahr, while Prem Pal Dhangar is leading from Tundla, Shrikant Katiyar from Bangarmau and Satya Prakash Mani Tripathi from Deoria. SP’s Javed Abbas is leading from Naugawan Sadat and BSP’s Kuldeep Shankhwar from Ghatampur. Independent Dhananjay Singh is leading from Malhani seat.
Significantly, the BJP is trailing in seats held by UP ministers Chetan Chauhan (Navgawan Sadat) and Kamla Rani Varun (Ghatampur), while the SP was trailing in Malhani. (PTI)
MP Polls update:
The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh is leading in 14 of the 28 Assembly constituencies for which byelections were held while the Congress is ahead in five seats, as per the early trends of counting on Tuesday.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is leading in one seat.
BJP candidates are leading in 14 seats by a margin ranging from 96 to 5,668 votes, while the Congress contestants are ahead in Hatpipalya, Sumaoli, Ambah, Dimni, and Biora constituencies.
BSP’s Ram Prakash Rajoriya is leading by 2,178 votes from Morena, as per the Election Commission data.
Tulsiram Silawat of the BJP is leading by a margin of 5,668 votes from Sanver against his Congress rival.
BJP candidates are ahead in Badnawar, Mungaoli, Suwasara, Ashok Nagar, Bamori, Anuppur, Bada Malhara, Nepanagar, Surkhi, Gohad, Sanchi, Agar, and Mandhata. (PTI)
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Counting votes-- MP, UP, Gujarat, Manipur
The BJP is leading in seven of the eight seats in the Gujarat Assembly and Congress is leading in one seat, the Election Commission website shows.
In Madhya Pradesh where by polls were held for 28 Assembly seats results are currently available for 13, wherein BJP is leading in 11 and the Congress in the remaining two seats.
In Uttar Pradesh, by elections were held for seven Assembly seats but currently trends are available for five seats with BJP leading in three, and the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party leading in one each.
In Manipur trends are available for one of the five Assembly constituencies where the Congress is currently leading while in Nagaland results are available for one of the two Assembly seats in which an Independent candidate is ahead.
In Odisha, the Biju Janata Dal is leading in one of the two Assembly constituency for which results are currently available.