
Hamirpur, Dantewada, Badharghat bye-election results 2019 Highlights: Results of bye-elections held at four constituencies across the country were declared by the Election Commission on Friday. In Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur, BJP candidate Yuvraj Singh emerged victorious in a tough race with Samajwadi Party’s candidate Manoj Prajapati, with a margin of 17,000 votes.
Mani C Kappan of the LDF won in Kerala’s Pala, securing a nail-biting victory over his UDF opponent Jose Tom by 2,943 votes. Meanwhile, in Tripura’s Badharghat seat, the BJP emerged victorious beating the CPI(M).
In Chhattisgarh, Congress candidate Devti Karma wone by over 10,000 votes. The party now hold all 12 seats from Bastar and 69 of 90 seats overall in the state, while the BJP will drop to 14 seats.
The bypoll in Dantewada, which recorded a turnout of 53.25 per cent, was necessitated after the death of BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi in a Naxal attack in April. Pala Assembly seat, which fell vacant after Kerala Congress (M) veteran K M Mani died in April, recorded a 71.41 per cent turnout.
Congress wins Assembly byelection in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh.
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has won Hamirpur Assembly bypoll in Uttar Pradesh with a margin of over 17,000 votes.
In Kerala's Pala constituency, Mani C Kappan, nominated by the ruling LDF, clinched a close victory over his UDF-backed opponent Jose Tom on Friday.
Results were also declared for the Tripura's Badharghat seat bypoll. The BJP, which has been leading since the counting began, emerged victorious with a margin of more than five thousand votest over CPI(M).
Meanwhile, Congress candidate for Dantewada seat, Devti Karma is currently leading by over 10,000 votes. Even though results are yet to be officially announced, the Bhartiya Janata Party has already conceded defeat.
Ending the five-decade-old supremacy of the Kerala Congress (M) in the Pala Assembly constituency in central Kerala, Mani C Kappan, nominated by the ruling LDF, clinched a close victory over his UDF-backed opponent Jose Tom on Friday. The bypoll was necessitated in Pala due to the death of sitting legislator and 13-time MLA KM Mani, the founder-chief of the KC(M) in April this year. Over 71 per cent voters had registered their ballot in the bypoll conducted on September 23. Read more here.
Ahead of the official announcement, the Congress party congratulated Devathi Karma who is currently leading the Dantewada seat. Earlier, former state CM Raman Singh also congratulated Karma but alleged that the party had used government machinery to win.
This win, once officially announced, will mean Congress hold all 12 seats from Bastar, and 69 of 90 overall in the state.
In the Dantewada by-elections, Devti Karma of Congress is leading by over 10,000 votes, while the Bhartiya Janata Party has conceded defeat. Former chief minister Raman Singh congratulated Karma, however, alleged Congress used government machinery to win the bypolls. He further said, the BJP will now turn its focus to the Chitrakote bypolls.
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has won Hamirpur Assembly bypoll in Uttar Pradesh with a margin of over 17,000 votes.
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The final picture is in. Mani C Kappan of the LDF has registered a close, nail-biting victory over his UDF opponent Jose Tom by 2,943 votes. BJP candidate N Hari came in third. LDF: 54137 votes UDF: 51197 votes NDA: 18044 votes
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After the 15th round, Congress' Devti Karma has taken a lead of 8838 votes and the party workers have begun their celebrations. In the previous round, the BJP pulled back slightly and in the third round of counting, Congress took lead by 7938 votes.
Results have been declared at Tripura's Badharghat seat. The BJP, which has been leading since the counting began, emerged victorious with a marging of more than five thousand votest over CPI(M).
Results of the sixth and final round of counting revealed that BJP candidate Mimi Majumder has secured 20, 471 votes while the nearest contestant and CPI(M) candidate Bulti Biswas wrapped up with 15,211 votes.
Meanwhile, the Congress party came third with 9,101 votes.
The leads only increasing for Devti Karma of the Congress. Now ahead by 9,052 votes after the 13th round
The final picture is in. Mani C Kappan of the LDF has registered a close, nail-biting victory over his UDF opponent Jose Tom by 2,943 votes. BJP candidate N Hari came in third.
LDF: 54137 votes
UDF: 51197 votes
NDA: 18044 votes
After 12 rounds, Congress is ahead by 8,753 votes in Dantewada. Stay tuned!
After ten rounds in counting of the Dantewada bypoll, Congress now ahead by 7,247 votes. Congress workers already in upbeat mood. They believe this lead is now unassailable with counting for urban centres, expected to be BJP strongholds, now mostly over.
Jose K Mani, of the Kerala Congress (M): We accept the mandate of the people. We will examine the reasons for the defeat. Kerala Congress and the UDF will rectify its mistakes and win back confidence of the people. Politics is not about fearing defeat and brimming in confidence in a victory. Where has the BJP's votes gone? It has gone definitely to the LDF. The UDF is united. Congress has fully supported us.
Pala bypoll results: Mani C Kappan of the LDF has a lead of just over 2000 votes, but with just eight booths left to be counted, he came out in front of reporters and claimed victory in Pala. He thanked the Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, leaders of the CPM and other allies for campaigning for him. He also alleged that the BJP entered into a vote-trading deal with the UDF.
Jose Tom, the trailing candidate of the UDF, was all smiles during the initial rounds of counting. But as the gap between him and Mani C Kappan of the LDF widened, he quickly slipped out of the area and has entered to start talks with Jose K Mani, a senior leader of the KC(M).
Dantewada asembly bypoll results: Congress wins the ninth round of polling by 800 votes. It's lead has now extended to 6,244 votes.
Tense scenes were witnessed on the road in front of the residence of late KM Mani as LDF supporters celebrated their impending win in the Pala bypoll. Supporters of the Kerala Congress (M) blocked the LDF celebrations for a brief while as police stepped in to quash violence. As of now, the LDF candidate is leading by over 3,000 votes.