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In a significant shot in the arm, the INDIA bloc has emerged victorious in the recent bypolls, winning 10 out of 13 seats. The NDA managed to secure only two seats, while an Independent candidate won in Bihar’s Rupauli Assembly constituency.
Votes were counted on Saturday for the by-elections held for 13 seats across seven states. The bypolls were held in four seats in West Bengal, three in Himachal Pradesh, two in Uttarakhand, and one each in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu.
The Indian National Congress (INC), All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), Aam AAdmi Party (AAP) and DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) are among the INDIA bloc parties that fielded candidates in the bypolls.
In Bihar, the Rupauli constituency was won by Independent candidate Shankar Singh. He defeated his nearest rival, JD(U)’s Kaladhar Prasad Mandal, by a margin of 8,246 votes.
In Himachal Pradesh, the Dehra seat was won by Kamlesh Thakur of the Indian National Congress (INC), who is the wife of incumbent Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, while Ashish Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won in Hamirpur and Hardeep Singh Bawa of the INC won in Nalagarh. Kamlesh Thakur defeated BJP’s Hoshiyar Singh by a margin of 9,399 votes, Bawa won against BJP’s K L Thakur by 25,618 votes.
The BJP, however, won the Hamirpur seat with its candidate Ashish Sharma polling 27,041 votes against Congress’s Pushpinder Verma 25,470 votes.
Kamlesh Pratap Shah of the BJP emerged victorious in the Amarwara constituency in Madhya Pradesh. Shah won the assembly seat by a margin of 3,027 votes against Congress’ Dheeran Sah Invati.
In Punjab, the Jalandhar West seat was won by Mohinder Bhagat of the AAP. Bhagat defeated his nearest rival and BJP nominee Sheetal Angural by a margin of 37,325 votes. The seat had fallen vacant after Angural resigned as the AAP legislator and joined the BJP in March.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the victory with a big lead in the seat shows that the people of the state are “very happy” with his government’s work.
In Tamil Nadu, Anniyur Siva, also known as Sivashanmugam A, of the DMK party won the Vikravandi constituency. He defeated his nearest rival, NDA constituent Pattali Makkal Katchi’s Ambumani C, by a margin of 67,757 votes.
Uttarakhand saw wins for Lakhapat Singh Butola of the INC in Badrinath and Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin, also of the INC, in Manglaur. While Butola won the Badrinath seat by defeating former minister and MLA BJP’s Rajendra Singh Bhandari by 5,224 votes, Nizamuddin defeated BJP’s Kartar Singh Bhadana by a slender margin of 422 votes.
In West Bengal,the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) dominated the bypolls, with Krishna Kalyani winning in Raiganj, Mukut Mani Adhikari in Ranaghat Dakshin, Madhuparna Thakur in Bagda, and Supti Pandey in Maniktala.
On the four seats in West Bengal, Kalyani defeated BJP’s Manas Kumar Ghosh by a margin of 50,077 votes in the Raiganj assembly seat, and Mukut Nami Adhikari defeated BJP’s Manoj Kumar Biswas by 74,485 votes in Ranaghat Dakshin. Thakur defeated BJP’s Binay Kumar Biswas by 74,251 votes in Bagda, and Supti Pandey defeated BJP’s Kalyan Choubey by 62,312 votes.
After the results were announced, Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hailed the victory of the INDIA alliance as victory of the constitution and the nation. Taking to X, he wrote: “The results of the by-elections in 7 states have made it clear that the web of ‘fear and confusion’ woven by the BJP has been broken. Every class including farmers, youth, labourers, businessmen and employed people want to completely destroy dictatorship and establish the rule of justice. The public is now standing with INDIA for the betterment of their lives and protection of the Constitution. Hail India, Hail Constitution.”
INC spokesperson Pawan Khera called the mandate “a resounding verdict against the BJP’s policies and governance,” and said, “The people have once again rejected the arrogance and rigidity of the BJP. We won both the seats in Uttarakhand and also won two seats in Himachal Pradesh, while the BJP could only manage to win 2 seats out of the 13 that went to the polls.”
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