Assembly, Lok Sabha Bypoll Results Live Updates: BJP wins Azam Khan’s bastion Rampur Sadar; SP’s Dimple Yadav in Mainpuri

In a major setback to the ruling BJP, the party lost the bypoll to the Khatauli Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, which it had won in 2017 and 2022, to the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

RLD candidate Madan Bhaiyya, who was supported by the Samajwadi Party, defeated the BJP’s Rajkumari Saini by over 22,143 votes (getting over 54% votes to the BJP’s 41.72%). Saini is the wife of Vikram Saini, whose disqualification following conviction in a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case, led to the bypoll.

The Khatauli win holds significance for the Opposition, and the RLD in particular, as it was the RLD that had initiated Saini’s disqualification. Saini, an OBC leader, had won the 2022 Assembly elections defeating the RLD’s Rajpal Singh Saini, who also had the SP support.

Lalmani Verma and Amit Sharma write

Addressing party workers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that BJP's win in Kurhani assembly bypoll in Bihar is "an indication of times to come in state". 

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday thanked the people of Mainpuri for the 'historical victory' of party candidate Dimple Yadav in the Mainpuri bypolls, terming it a true tribute to party founder and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Interacting with mediapersons after the results were announced, the SP president said he was happy to declare that "respected chachaji (Shivpal Singh Yadav) and his party (PSPL) have come together with the SP and now, all will work together under one flag." Shivpal Yadav, who had floated his own party after his relationship with nephew Akhilesh Yadav turned sour, campaigned vigorously in the bypolls in favour of Dimple Yadav. Shivpal Yadav's assembly seat Jaswantnagar is part of the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat.

Dimple Yadav won the Mainpuri parliamentary seat, defeating her nearest rival BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya by margin of over 2,88,461 votes. She thanked all party workers and dedicated the win to 'Netaji'.

The bypoll on the seat was necessitated following Mulayam Singh Yadav's death.

Terming the victory of his party as the win of political rapprochement and a reply to those who have been indulging in negativity, Akhilesh Yadav said the result has given new energy and is a message for 2024, when the next Lok Sabha elections are due.

People of Mainpuri have shown that success can be achieved by working on the ideologies of Dr Ambedkar and Ram Manohar Lohia, he said.

"Police carried out a raid at the residence of the Jaswantnagar block pramukh, I will thank Jaswantnagar MLA Shivpal Singh Yadav who reached there. I am happy that Jaswantnagar has broken its own record in this bypoll by voting in favour of SP," he said.

Yadav congratulated Madan Bhaiya of the RLD, an alliance partner of the SP, for winning the Khatauli Assembly segment bypoll.

He, however, claimed that people in the Rampur Sadar assembly segment were not allowed to vote. Had there been a fair election in Rampur, it would have been the biggest win for the Samajwadi Party, Yadav added.

The BJP won SP leader Azam Khan's stronghold Rampur Sadar assembly seat for the first time.

On Mainpuri, he said, "Though the administration worked on the government's signal, the people here did not listen to it and voted for the SP." (PTI)

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday congratulated the winners in the bypolls to Khatauli and Rampur Assembly segments and the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat.

Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav on Thursday won the Mainpuri parliamentary bypoll, defeating her nearest rival and BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya by 2,88,461 votes.

The BJP on the other hand won Azam Khan's stronghold Rampur Sadar assembly seat for the first time while the Khatauli bypoll was won by the Samajwadi Party's ally Rashtriya Lok Dal.

"Heartiest congratulation to winning candidates of Mainpuri, Rampur and Khatauli by-polls in Uttar Pradesh," Adityanath said in a tweet in Hindi.

"BJP has won the Rampur seat for the first time. For this, congratulations to all workers of Rampur, including Akash Saxena, and thanks to the almighty public (for support)," he added. (PTI)

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The ruling Congress clinched the Sardarshahar Assembly constituency bypoll in Rajasthan Thursday, winning the seat with a huge margin.

The Congress’s candidate Anil Kumar Sharma, 52, trounced the BJP’s Ashok Kumar by 26,696 votes. While Sharma garnered 90,915 votes, Kumar got 64,219 votes. The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP)’s nominee Lal Chand Moond came third with 46,628 votes.

The outcome of the Sardarshahar bypoll seemed to be along expected lines, for which three major factors were said to have worked for the Congress. Firstly, Sharma’s father Bhanwarlal Sharma, the sitting Congress legislator whose demise had necessitated the bypoll, was a seven-term MLA from the seat.

Hamza Khan writes

In a major setback to the Bihar Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance), the BJP defeated the JD(U) in the Kurhani Assembly bypoll. The BJP’s victory held importance because it wrested the seat from the RJD, the leading constituent of the Grand Alliance. It also gives a subtle hint that the combination of the OBCs, the Kushwahas and the Yadavs — the main vote banks of the JD(U) and the RJD respectively — may not be working as expected.

BJP’s Kedar Gupta, who had lost the seat in the 2020 Assembly polls by less than 1,000 votes, sprung a surprise on the JD(U) candidate Manoj Kumar Singh aka Manoj Kushwaha, who had won the seat in 2005 and 2010. Gupta had won the seat for the BJP in 2015. While Gupta got 76,648 votes, Kushwaha got 73,016, losing by a margin of 3,632 votes.

Among spoilers, while AIMIM’s Ghulam Murtaza, who got 3,202 votes, did not play much of a role, rebel RJD leader Shekhar Sahani, who contested as an Independent, left his mark by getting 3,716 votes in a tight contest. NOTA, too, played a role in the final outcome, scoring 4,416 votes and coming fourth. VIP (Vikassheel Insaan Party) candidate Nilabh Kumar, an upper caste Bhumihar, may have narrowed the BJP’s victory margin by getting 9,988 votes.

Santosh Singh writes

Samajwadi Party ally Rashtriya Lok Dal on Thursday won the Khatauli bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, with its candidate Madan Bhaiya defeating his BJP rival Rajkumari Saini by a margin of over 22,000 votes.

Madan Bhaiya polled 97,071 votes, while Saini received 74,996, according to the Election Commission.

Saini is the wife of former BJP MLA Vikram Singh, whose disqualification from the state assembly following his conviction in a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case necessitated the bypoll.

The RLD thanked the people of Khatauli for its victory.

"Thank you Khatauli. This historic victory of alliance candidate Madan Bhaiya is the victory of the hard-working workers of Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party and Azad Samaj Party," the RLD said in a tweet in Hindi. (PTI)

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The state Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat have concluded. As with all elections, while there will be candidates who will rake in huge victory margins, there will also be contestants who will lose their security deposit – an indicator of clear rejection at the hands of the voters.

What exactly is ‘losing the deposit’, and why is this deposit mandated in the first place?

We explain

BJD’s Barsha Singh Bariha has won the Padampur Assembly bypoll by a margin of 42,679 votes.Though BJP lost the seat, it manages to retain its 2019 vote share; meanwhile, Congress has lost its deposit.

The ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh on Thursday won the Bhanupratappur Assembly bypoll, retaining the seat by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The counting of votes for the December 5 byelection was held on Thursday.

With this, the opposition BJP has suffered a fifth successive defeat at the hands of the ruling Congress in the assembly bypolls held after the 2018 Chhattisgarh elections.

Congress candidate Savitri Mandavi won the bypoll by a margin of 21,171 votes against her nearest rival Brahmanand Netam of the BJP, a poll official here said.

Mandavi polled 65,479 votes, while the BJP's Netam secured 44,308 votes, he said.

Former IPS officer Akbar Ram Korram, who contested as an independent, gave a spirited fight and polled 23,417 votes.

A voter turnout of 71.74 per cent was recorded in the bypoll to this seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates and located in the Maoist-affected Kanker district.

The byelection was necessitated due to the death of sitting Congress MLA Manoj Singh Mandavi. The grad old party had fielded his wife.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said people of Bhanupratappur put their stamp of approval to the works done by his government in the last four years.

The deceased MLA Mandavi's cordial relations with people of his constituency and efforts for the development of the area also worked in favour of the party, he added.

He thanked the people of Bhanupratappur for reposing faith in his government.

When asked about Korram, a candidate of Sarva Adivasi Samaj (SAS), securing the third position, Baghel said, "Statistics shows that number of votes secured by the SAS nominee was the same as polled by Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 2018 assembly election. This time, both JCC (J) and AAP did not contest. I don't think that SAS has its own vote base. It seems SAS's candidate has received votes of JCC (J) and AAP." He also took a jibe at the BJP and said the opposition party was struggling to even secure the second position as seen in the counting of votes.

This victory kept the tally of the Congress in the 90-member state assembly remained unchanged at 71.

In 2018, the Congress had registered a landslide victory by winning 68 seats out of 90 in the state while the BJP had won 15. The JCC (J) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) contested the poll in coalition and bagged 5 and 2 seats respectively.

In 2019, the Congress had won bypolls to Dantewada and Chitrakot assembly constituencies. In 2020, Congress won Marwahi seat and later in April this year clinched Khairagarh assembly bypoll.

The current strength of BJP in the state assembly is 14 and JCC(J) 3 while Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has 2 MLAs. (PTI)

The ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh on Thursday won the Bhanupratappur Assembly bypoll, retaining the seat by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The counting of votes for the December 5 byelection was held on Thursday.

With this, the opposition BJP has suffered a fifth successive defeat at the hands of the ruling Congress in the assembly bypolls held after the 2018 Chhattisgarh elections.

Congress candidate Savitri Mandavi won the bypoll by a margin of 21,171 votes against her nearest rival Brahmanand Netam of the BJP, a poll official here said.

Mandavi polled 65,479 votes, while the BJP's Netam secured 44,308 votes, he said.

Former IPS officer Akbar Ram Korram, who contested as an independent, gave a spirited fight and polled 23,417 votes.

A voter turnout of 71.74 per cent was recorded in the bypoll to this seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates and located in the Maoist-affected Kanker district.

The byelection was necessitated due to the death of sitting Congress MLA Manoj Singh Mandavi. The grad old party had fielded his wife.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said people of Bhanupratappur put their stamp of approval to the works done by his government in the last four years.

The deceased MLA Mandavi's cordial relations with people of his constituency and efforts for the development of the area also worked in favour of the party, he added.

He thanked the people of Bhanupratappur for reposing faith in his government.

When asked about Korram, a candidate of Sarva Adivasi Samaj (SAS), securing the third position, Baghel said, "Statistics shows that number of votes secured by the SAS nominee was the same as polled by Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 2018 assembly election. This time, both JCC (J) and AAP did not contest. I don't think that SAS has its own vote base. It seems SAS's candidate has received votes of JCC (J) and AAP." He also took a jibe at the BJP and said the opposition party was struggling to even secure the second position as seen in the counting of votes.

This victory kept the tally of the Congress in the 90-member state assembly remained unchanged at 71.

In 2018, the Congress had registered a landslide victory by winning 68 seats out of 90 in the state while the BJP had won 15. The JCC (J) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) contested the poll in coalition and bagged 5 and 2 seats respectively.

In 2019, the Congress had won bypolls to Dantewada and Chitrakot assembly constituencies. In 2020, Congress won Marwahi seat and later in April this year clinched Khairagarh assembly bypoll.

The current strength of BJP in the state assembly is 14 and JCC(J) 3 while Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has 2 MLAs. (PTI)

The rift that divided Mulayam Singh Yadav’s family in the run-up to the 2017 Assembly elections came to an end in full public view on Thursday as the Samajwadi Party (SP) headed towards a massive victory in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll.

Mulayam’s brother Shivpal Singh Yadav quit the party at the time following a dispute with his nephew and SP president Akhilesh Yadav, and floated the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) in 2018. But following the success in Mainpuri — SP candidate and Akhilesh’s wife Dimple was leading by more than 2.88 lakh votes as of 4.40 pm — Shivpal merged his party with the SP.

Both Akhilesh and Shivpal sat together in Saifai in Etawah district, where the SP chief touched his uncle’s feet and presented him with his party’s flag. Later, they posted photographs of the event on Twitter. SP workers also placed a party flag on Shivpal’s car.

Lalmani Verma writes

The rift that divided Mulayam Singh Yadav’s family in the run-up to the 2017 Assembly elections came to an end in full public view on Thursday as the Samajwadi Party (SP) headed towards a massive victory in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll.

Mulayam’s brother Shivpal Singh Yadav quit the party at the time following a dispute with his nephew and SP president Akhilesh Yadav, and floated the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) in 2018. But following the success in Mainpuri — SP candidate and Akhilesh’s wife Dimple was leading by more than 2.88 lakh votes as of 4.40 pm — Shivpal merged his party with the SP.

Both Akhilesh and Shivpal sat together in Saifai in Etawah district, where the SP chief touched his uncle’s feet and presented him with his party’s flag. Later, they posted photographs of the event on Twitter. SP workers also placed a party flag on Shivpal’s car.

Lalmani Verma writes

Congress' Anil Sharma wins assembly bypoll from Sardarshahr constituency of Churu district in Rajasthan, according to the Election Commission. (PTI)

Sitting in his stationery shop in the market around Shahbad Gate in Rampur, Mohammed Shahrod, 25, articulates the agony of many a young man in the city.

“Rampur is a historic city… Azam Khan is as old as the city itself. He has given us a lot – from roads and bridges, to a university. But you can’t eat roads. People are now looking for jobs. There are no factories here, no economy. Our businesses are small. We need someone who can generate some work. The BJP is promising this, and we want to try it at least once,” he says.

About six kilometres away, at a tea shop in Shutarkhana, Mohd Haneef, 65, discusses with his friends how Muslims are not as troubled under the Modi-Yogi regime as is made out to be. “You are getting free ration, gas cylinders and housing. Only those doing wrong are going to jail. You can’t complain about that. But yes, there is a distance between hearts. Our loudspeakers (from mosques) were removed. They were put back ahead of the elections. We know they will be removed again after the polls,” he says.

There is a yearning for change among Muslims in Rampur, but it sits rather uncomfortably with the alternative available: the BJP.

Deeptiman Tiwary writes

The BJP on Thursday won the Rampur Sadar assembly seat for the first time as its candidate Akash Saxena defeated his nearest Samajwadi Party rival Asim Raja.

Bypoll to the Rampur Sadar seat, considered an Azam Khan stronghold, was necessitated after the SP leader was sentenced to three years in jail in a hate speech case, and subsequently disqualified as MLA.

Saxena, who won by a margin of 33,702 votes, has been handed over the winners certificate by the Returning officer.

This is the first time the BJP has won the Rampur Sadar assembly seat.

Azam Khan cannot contest elections for the next six years due to his conviction.

The bypoll was held on December 5. (PTI)

The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is set for a landslide victory in the Padampur Assembly seat bypoll in Odisha with party candidate Barsha Singh Bariha sprinting far ahead of her BJP rival Pradeep Purohit in the race.

Barsha established a lead of 26,352 votes after 14th round of counting of votes Thursday, garnering 74,666 votes against Pradeep’s 48,314 votes, even as nine more rounds are still left. The BJP is the principal Opposition party in the state.

Going by the current trend, another Opposition party Congress’s candidate is likely to lose his deposit in the Padampur bypoll. The grand old party has fielded the three-time former MLA, Satya Bhusan Sahu, from the seat.

Sujit Bisoyi writes

With Congress' Anil Sharma poised to win the Sardarshahar assembly bypoll after taking a 26,852-vote lead over his nearest rival, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Thursday termed it "people's seal on his government's good governance and public welfare schemes".

It is a clear message from the public that in 2023, the Congress will retain power in Rajasthan with an absolute majority, he claimed.

The Election Commission is yet to announce the bypoll result. However, after the final counting of votes, Sharma has taken a decisive lead of 26,852 votes over his nearest rival BJP candidate Ashok Kumar.

"Congratulations to Congress candidate Anil Sharma for the victory in the Sardarshahar bypoll and heartfelt gratitude to all voters. This victory is people's seal of approval for the Congress government's transparent, sensitive, accountable good governance and public welfare schemes for education, health and social security," Gehlot tweeted in Hindi.

He also said, "It is a clear message to the public that in 2023, the Congress will form government in Rajasthan with full majority." "In the nine bypolls held in Rajasthan in the last four years, the Congress has won seven seats. The BJP has been able to win only one seat. In these too, the BJP candidate's deposit was forfeited on one seat and it landed on the third position in another." "This shows that the people of Rajasthan have completely rejected the BJP. No matter how much the BJP lies, the people of Rajasthan are with the truth and in 2023, the tradition will change and they will make the Congress win again," Gehlot said in a series of tweets. (PTI)

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday presented his party's flag to Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) founder Shivpal Singh Yadav in Saifai, indicating a possible merger of the SP and the PSPL.

As SP candidate Dimple Yadav gained a massive lead of over two lakh votes in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, both the leaders sat together in Saifai in Etawah district, where Akhilesh Yadav presented his party's flag to his uncle.

Later, they posted photographs of the event on Twitter.

A SP flag was also put on Shivpal Singh Yadav's car by the party's workers reflecting the possible coming together of the two parties.

Amid ups and downs in their relations, 'chacha-bhatija' (Shivpal Yadav and nephew Akhilesh Yadav) came together to ensure the victory of Dimple Yadav in the bypoll necessitated after the demise of SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav. (PTI)

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In the Rampur Assembly bypoll, BJP has taken a lead of 3161 votes.

The margin between BJP and SP has been steadily declining.

In Muhammad Azam Khan’s Rampur segment, BJP candidate Akash Saxena has finally taken the lead after trailing for several rounds. While Saxena has bagged 39,378 votes (53.86%) so far, Asim Raja is trailing now with 32,632 votes (44.63%).

The BJP on Thursday wrested from Bihar's ruling Mahagathbandhan the Kurhani assembly seat where its candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta defeated Manoj Singh Kushwaha of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) by 3,645 votes.

In the cliffhanger of a contest, Gupta polled 76,653 votes while Kushwaha finished with 73,008 votes.

The by-election was necessitated by the disqualification of RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani.

The RJD is a constituent of the Mahagathbandhan. (PTI)

Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party founder and Jaswantnagar MLA Shivpal Singh Yadav Thursday announced that his party has been merged with the Samajwadi Party. "In 2024, we will fight unitedly. From today, there will be Samajwadi Party flag (on the car)," he said at Saifai. (ANI)

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta is currently leading in Kurhani Assembly segment in Bihar, figures shared by the ECI show. Gupta has received 70,789 votes (42.05%) so far. Meanwhile, Janata Dal (United) candidate Manoj Singh Kushwaha is right behind him with 69,022 votes (41%).

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Uttar Pradesh | SP candidate for #MainpuriLokSabhaBypoll, Dimple Yadav offers prayers at a temple in Saifai as she continues her comfortable lead. She is currently leading over BJP's Raghuraj Singh Shakya, with a margin of 1,69,248 votes. pic.twitter.com/tQVUzKMXY2

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Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Barsha Singh Bariha is leading in Padampur Assembly constituency in Odisha by 21,919 votes.

Bariha has received 64,079 votes (57.4%) so far. Meanwhile, BJP candidate Pradeep Purohit is trailing with 42,160 votes (37.76%).

In Muhammad Azam Khan’s Rampur segment, his close aide and Samajwadi Party nominee Asim Raja is leading against BJP candidate Akash Saxena by a margin of 6,375 votes.

While Asim Raja has received 25,604 votes (56.31%) so far, Saxena is trailing with 19,229 votes (42.29%).

Janata Dal (United) candidate Manoj Singh Kushwaha is continuing his lead in Kurhani Assembly segment in Bihar, figures shared by the ECI show. Kushwaha has received 58,536 votes (42.38%) so far.

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta is right behind Kushwaha with 56,352 votes (40.79%).

While party candidate Dimple Yadav is leading with a total of 3,05,326 votes (62.94%), the Samajwadi Party, in a tweet in Hindi, said that it was heading towards a "historic victory." She is currently ahead of BJP’s Raghuraj Singh Shakya by a margin of 1,33,935 votes.

It may be recalled that the Mainpuri parliamentary constituency had fallen vacant after the demise of Samajwadi party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.

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Congress candidate Savitri Mandavi is continuing her lead in Bhanupratappur Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh.

She has received 33,823 votes (44.09%) so far. BJP candidate Bramhanand Netam is trailing with 17,897 votes (23.33%). Meanwhile, Independent candidate Akbar Ram Korram is right behind Netam with 16,650 votes (21.71%).

Congress candidate Anil Kumar Sharma continues to lead in Sardarshahar Assembly constituency in Rajasthan, figures shared by the ECI show. Sharma has received 76,710 votes (44.85%) so far.

Meanwhile, BJP candidate Ashok Kumar is trailing with 54,011 votes (31.58%). Rashtriya Loktantrik Party candidate Lal Chand Moond is currently in the third position with 34,524 votes (20.19%).

Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate Madan Bhaiya continues to lead in Khatauli Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Madan Bhaiya has received 32,915 votes (55.08%) so far.

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkumari is trailing with 24,381 votes (40.8%).

Janata Dal (United) candidate Manoj Singh Kushwaha is continuing his lead in Kurhani Assembly segment in Bihar, figures shared by the ECI show. Kushwaha has received 49,435 votes (42.61%) so far.

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta is right behind Kushwaha with 47,810 votes (41.21%).

In Muhammad Azam Khan’s Rampur segment, his close aide and Samajwadi Party nominee Asim Raja is leading against BJP candidate Akash Saxena.

While Asim Raja has received 19,213 votes (56.23%) so far, Saxena is trailing with 14,476 votes (42.37%).

Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Barsha Singh Bariha continues to lead in Padampur Assembly constituency in Odisha. Bariha has received 54,173 votes (57.85%) so far, figures after round 10 showed. Meanwhile, BJP candidate Pradeep Purohit is trailing with 34,748 votes (37.11%).

According to trends, BJD is heading for a big win in Padampur, which clearly indicates that Congress votes went to the ruling party.

Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party founder and Jaswantnagar MLA Shivpal Singh Yadav Thursday thanked the voters of his constituency for their support and blessings given to Dimple Yadav.

In a tweet in Hindi, Yadav said: "Heartfelt gratitude to the respected public, well-wishers, friends and hardworking activists for the blessings, love and immense public support received from the voters of Mainpuri parliamentary constituency. Heartfelt thanks to the residents of Jaswantnagar for the blessings given to Mrs Dimple Yadav."

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Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav is continuing her comfortable lead in Mainpuri Lok Sabha segment. She has received 1,83,089 votes (63.76%) so far. BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya is trailing with 99,023 votes (34.49%).

Mainpuri parliamentary constituency fell vacant after the death of Samajwadi party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.

In Muhammad Azam Khan’s Rampur segment, his close aide and Samajwadi Party nominee Asim Raja is leading against BJP candidate Akash Saxena.

While Asim Raja has received 13,080 votes (64.44%) so far, Saxena is trailing with 6903 votes (34.01%).

Congress candidate Anil Kumar Sharma continues to lead in Sardarshahar Assembly constituency in Rajasthan, figures shared by the ECI show. Sharma has received 46,588 votes (46.39%) so far.

Meanwhile, BJP candidate Ashok Kumar is trailing with 29,198 votes (29.07%). Rashtriya Loktantrik Party candidate Lal Chand Moond is currently in the third position with 21,207 votes (21.12%).

Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate Madan Bhaiya continues to lead in Katauli Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Madan Bhaiya has received 7,888 votes (65.02%) so far.

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkumari is trailing with 3,858 votes (31.8%).

Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav is continuing her lead in Mainpuri Lok Sabha segment. She has received 84,251 votes (67.17%) so far. BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya is trailing with just 38,988 votes (31.08%).

Mainpuri parliamentary constituency fell vacant after the death of Samajwadi party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Samajwadi Party candidate Mohd. Asim Raja is continuing his lead in Rampur Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh, figures shared by the ECI show. Asim Raja has received 5,767 votes (68.25%) so far.

Meanwhile, BJP candidate Akash Saxena is trailing with 2,543 votes (30.09%). 

Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Barsha Singh Bariha continues to lead in Padampur Assembly constituency in Odisha. Bariha has so far received 15,916 votes (58.31%). Meanwhile, BJP candidate Pradeep Purohit is trailing with 10,150 votes (37.18%).

Congress candidate Anil Kumar Sharma continues to lead in Sardarshahar Assembly constituency in Rajasthan, figures shared by the ECI show. Sharma has received 24,404 votes (41.97%) so far.

Meanwhile, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party candidate Lal Chand Moond is trailing with 15,713 votes (27.02%). BJP candidate Ashok Kumar is currently in third position with 15,495 votes (26.65%).

Janata Dal (United) candidate Manoj Singh Kushwaha is currently leading in Kurhani Assembly segment in Bihar, figures shared by the ECI show. Kushwaha has received 18,893 votes (44.14%) so far.

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta is right behind Kushwaha with 18,211 votes (42.54%).

Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate Madan Bhaiya is currently leading in Katauli Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Madan Bhaiya has received 3,803 votes (59.34%) so far.

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rajkumari is trailing with 2,416 votes (37.7%).

Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Dimple Yadav's lead over BJP's Raghuraj Singh Shakya is growing in Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll that was necessitated by the death of her father-in-law and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.

At 10 am, Dimple was leading over Shakya by 20,240 votes, almost double the lead she had half an hour back. 

According to leaders in Mainpuri, Dimple a major contribution in her lead came from Jaswantnagar and Karhal Assembly segments. SP president Akhilesh Yadav is the MLA from Karhal and his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav is the MLA from Jaswantnagar. Both had bitter relations in the past but had joined hands ahead of the Lok Sabha bypoll.   

It was the first time when Akhilesh had campaigned for a bypoll. He had camped in Mainpuri during the entire election and led the campaign for his wife Dimple.

The opposition BJP established an initial lead in the by-election to the Kurhani assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in Bihar on Thursday, a CEO official said. BJP candidate Kedar Gupta secured 4,194 votes while the JD(U)'s Manoj Singh Kushwaha bagged 2,195 votes after the first round of counting.

Altogether 13 candidates, five of them Independents, are in the fray though the contest is being seen, primarily, as between Gupta and Kushwaha. Both are former MLAs. The by-poll was necessitated by the disqualification of sitting RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani.

Gupta had lost to Sahani by less than 700 votes in the 2020 assembly polls which BJP and JD(U) had fought in alliance. Now, the JD(U) is a part of “Mahagathbandhan” comprising RJD, Congress and the Left parties. (PTI)

Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav is currently leading in Mainpuri Lok Sabha segment. She has received 16,933 votes (71.99) so far. BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya is trailing with 6,216 votes (26.43%)

Mainpuri parliamentary constituency fell vacant after the death of Samajwadi party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) Barsha Singh Bariha is currently leading in Padampur Assembly constituency in Odisha. Bariha has so far received 5,501 votes (56.15%). Meanwhile, BJP candidate Pradeep Purohit is trailing with 3,789 votes. (38.68%)

Congress candidate Savitri Mandavi is currently leading in Bhanupratappur Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh. She has polled 3,397 votes (47.72%) so far. BJP candidate Bramhanand Netam is trailing with 1,490 votes (20.93%).

Samajwadi Party candidate Mohd. Asim Raja is currently leading in Rampur Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh, figures shared by the ECI show. Asim Raja has received 1,277 votes (51.76%) so far.

However, BJP candidate Akash Saxena is right behind Raja with 1,148 votes (46.53%). 

Chhattisgarh | Counting of votes in Bhanupratappur Assembly bypoll underway in Kanker pic.twitter.com/K9lvFZNxai

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Congress candidate Anil Kumar Sharma is currently leading in Sardarshahar Assembly constituency in Rajasthan, figures shared by the ECI show. Sharma has received 6,853 votes (46.87%) so far.

Meanwhile, BJP candidate Ashok Kumar is trailing with 3,862 votes (26.41%). Rashtriya Loktantrik Party candidate Lal Chand Moond is currently in third position with 3,007 votes (20.57%).

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta is currently leading in Kurhani Assembly segment in Bihar, figures shared by the ECI show. Gupta has received 4,194 votes (54.74%) so far.

Meanwhile, Janata Dal (United) candidate Manoj Ku. Singh is trailing with 2,195 votes (28.65%).