Uttar Pradesh, Bihar bypoll results 2019 HIGHLIGHTS: Results of bye-elections to 11 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh and five in Bihar besides the Samatipur Lok Sabha seat will be declared today. (File)
UP, Bihar Assembly Bye-Election Results 2019 HIGHLIGHTS: The BJP-led NDA alliance witnessed mixed results in the bypoll results declared for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Assembly seats on Thursday. While the saffron party and its allies managed to win 8 seats in UP, they managed to get just 1 seat in Bihar.
Results to 11 Assembly seats in UP and five in Bihar were declared today. In UP, BJP’s Kirat Singh won from Gangoh, Suresh Chandra Tiwari from Lucknow Cantt, Rajkumar Sahyogi from Iglas, Surendra Maithani from Govindnagar, Saroj Sonkar from Balha, Vijay Kumar Rajbhar from Ghosi, and Aanand Shukla won from Manikpur seat. BJP’s ally Apna Dal (Soneylal) candidate Rajkumar Pal won from Pratapgarh seat. Samajwadi Party’s Tazeen Fatma won from Rampur seat, Gaurav Kumar from Zaidpur and Subhash Rai won from Jalalpur seat.
In Bihar, the BJP-JDU alliance had a forgettable result as they lost on four out of five seats. AIMIM’s Qamrul Hoda won his party a maiden birth in the Bihar Assembly by winning from the Kishanganj seat. He defeated BJP’s Sweety Singh by over 10,000 votes. The results brought good news for RJD, which won on two seats. RJD’s Zafar Alam and Ramdeo Yadav won from Simri Bakhtiarpur and Belhar seats respectively. The only saving grace for the NDA came from Nathnagar where JD(U)’s Lakshmikant Mandal defeated RJD’s Rabiya Khatun by 5,131 votes. Independent candidate Karnjeet Singh won from the Daraundha seat.
Meanwhile, Lok Janshakti Party’s Prince Raj registered a comprehensive victory in the bye-election for Samastipur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, defeating Congress Ashok Kumar by over 1 lakh votes. The BJP, however, faced a setback in the bye-elections to five Assembly seats as none of its candidates managed to win.
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Results to 11 Assembly seats in UP and five in Bihar were declared today. In UP, BJP's Kirat Singh won from Gangoh, Suresh Chandra Tiwari from Lucknow Cantt, Rajkumar Sahyogi from Iglas, Surendra Maithani from Govindnagar, Saroj Sonkar from Balha, Vijay Kumar Rajbhar from Ghosi, and Aanand Shukla won from Manikpur seat. BJP's ally Apna Dal (Soneylal) candidate Rajkumar Pal won from Pratapgarh seat. Samajwadi Party's Tazeen Fatma won from Rampur, Gaurav Kumar from Zaidpur and Subhash Rai won from Jalalpur.
The results of bye-elections on all 11 Assembly seats in UP are out, with the BJP-led NDA winning 8 seats and the Samajwadi Party getting 3 seats.
The results on all five Assembly seats are out, with the RJD winning two seats and the BJP, AIMIM and an independent candidate winning one seat each.
JD(U) candidate Lakshmikant Mandal won the Nathnagar Assembly seat in Bihar bypolls, defeating RJD's Rabiya Khatun by 5131 votes.
The results on all five Assembly seats are out, with the RJD winning two seats and the BJP, AIMIM and an independent candidate winning one seat each.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath on UP bypolls win: "I congratulate all the candidates who have won today. PM Modi's 'mantra' of 'Sabka saath sabka vikas' has become the 'mantra' of the politics in India." (ANI)
In Uttar Pradesh, results have been declared on 8 out of 11 seats. BJP's Kirat Singh won from Gangoh, Suresh Chandra Tiwari from Lucknow Cantt, Rajkumar Sahyogi from Iglas, Surendra Maithani from Govindnagar, and Aanand Shukla won from Manikpur seat. BJP's ally Apna Dal (Soneylal) candidate Rajkumar Pal won from Pratapgarh seat. Samajwadi Party's Tazeen Fatma and Gaurav Kumar won from Rampur and Zaidpur seats respectively. Results to three seats are yet to be declared.
JD(U)'s Lakshmikant Mandal is back in lead in Bihar's Nathnagar Assembly seat, leading RJD's Rabiya Khatun by over 1,400 votes. The seat has seen a see-saw battle between the two leaders since morning.
BJP's Kirat Singh wins Gangoh Assembly seat by 5,419 votes against Congress' Nooman Masood. Interestingly, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has accused the BJP of trying to subvert the people's verdict by putting pressure on the district magistrate to reduce Masood's lead.
In a tweet, Gandhi said the BJP is insulting democracy with one of its ministers telephoning the district magistrate again and again to reduce the Congress candidate's margin.
BJP's Suresh Chandra Tiwari wins 175-Lucknow Cantt. seat by 35,428 votes against Samajwadi Party's Ashish Chaturvedi.
Samajwadi Party's Gaurav Kumar wins UP's Zaidpur seat, defeating the BJP's Ambrish by 4,165 votes.
AIMIM's Qamrul Hoda won the Kishanganj Assembly seat by over 10,000 votes against the BJP's Sweety Singh.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday accused the BJP of sabotaging people's mandate by manipulating counting figures to defeat Congress candidate in the bye-election for UP's Gangoh Assembly seat. Congress candidate Nooman Masood is trailing against BJP's Kirat Singh by over 5,000 votes from the seat.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Ramdeo Yadav has won the Belhar assembly constituency against JD(U)'s Laldhari Yadav and an Independent candidate Karanjeet Singh has won Daraunda seat against JD(U)'s Ajay Kumar Singh.
Results of bye-elections to five assembly seats in Bihar and the Samastipur Lok Sabha seat will be declared on Thursday. Latest trends show Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) candidate Prince Raj having established a lead of 31,375 votes over his nearest rival Ashok Kumar of the Congress in Samastipur. Read More
Results of bye-elections to five assembly seats in Bihar and the Samastipur Lok Sabha seat will be declared on Thursday. Latest trends show Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) candidate Prince Raj has established a lead of 31,375 votes over his nearest rival Ashok Kumar of the Congress in Samastipur.
The ruling BJP is ahead in six assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh and ally Apna Dal (S) in one, as per the latest trends on Thursday. The Samajwadi Party is ahead in two, while the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party are leading in the two remaining seats. The BJP is leading in Manikpur, Ghosi, Iglas, Lucknow Cantt, Govindnagar and Balha, while its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) is ahead in Pratapgarh. The SP is ahead in Rampur and Zairpur, the BSP in Jalalpur and the Congress in Gangoh.
In Rampur, Azam Khan's wife Tazeen Fatma, Samajwadi Party candidate from Rampur assembly constituency is leading by a margin of 19,333 votes against BJP's Bharat Bhushan. SP's Gaurav Kumar is leading by a margin of 8034 votes against BJP's Ambrish. In Gangoh, Congress's Nooman Masood is ahead by 9226 votes against BJP's Kirat Singh and in Ziadpur, while the BSP candidate Chhaya Verma is leading by a margin of 4178 votes against BJP's Rajesh Singh.
According to the Election Commission, BJP candidate Rajkumar Sahyogi is leading in Iglas by a margin of 9,942 votes against BSP's Abhay Kumar. In Lucknow Cantt, BJP's Suresh Chandra Tiwari is leading by a margin of 15,443 votes against SP's Major Ashish Chaturvedi. In Govindnagar, the saffron party is ahead by a margin of 1536 votes against Congress candidate Karishma Thakur, while in Manikpur, party's Aanand Shukla is surging ahead by a margin of 8850 votes against SP's Nirbhay Singh Patel. BJP is also ahead in Ghosi and in Balha its candidate Saroj Kumar is leading by a margin of 15,411 votes against SP's Kiran Bharti. Apna Dal's Rajkumar Pal is ahead by 5375-margin in Pratapgarh.
So, in Bihar, out of five, JD(U) is leading in two seats and RJD, AIMIM and an Independent Candidate is leading in one seat each.
In Simri Bakhtiarpur, JD(U)'s Arun Kumar has taken a lead over RJD's Zafar Alam by a margin of 2,845 votes. In Nathnagar also, JDU is leading by a margin of 4,486 votes against RJD's Rabiya Khatun. While in Belhar, RJD's Ramdeo Yadav is leading by a margin of 5,754 votes against JD(U)'s Laldhari Yadav. Also, in Saraundha, Independent candidate Karnjeet Singh alias Vyas Singh is leading by a margin of 2,050 votes against another Independent candidate Shailendra Kumar Yadav.
Now, AIMIM's Qamrul Hoda has taken a lead by a margin of 1,552 votes against BJP's Sweety Kumari in Bihar's Kishanganj. Follow Our LIVE blog to get all the latest updates
According to the Election Commission, in Kishanganj, Bharatiya Janata Party's Sweety Singh is leading by a margin of 1,151 votes against AIMIM's Qamrul Hoda.
According to the Election Commission, in Uttar Pradesh's Gangog, Congress candidate Nooman Masood is leading by a margin of 320 votes against BJP's Kirat Singh. In Iglas, BSP's Abhay Kumar is leading against BJP's Rajkumar Sahyogi by a marhin of 3,841 votes. While in Lucknow Cantt, BJP's Suresh Chandra Tiwari is leading by a margin of 1,032 votes against SP's Major Ashish Chaturvedi and In Zaidpur, SP's Gaurav Kumar is leading by a margin of 3500 votes against BJP's Ambrish.
According to the Election Commission, Vikashsheel Insaan Party (VIP) candidate Dinesh Kumar Nishad is leading against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)'s Zafar Alam by a margin of 796 votes in Simri Bakhtiarpur. Follow our LIVE blog to get all the latest updates from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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In Tamil Nadu, where two seats went to bypolls, a delay in counting of votes is being reported from Vikravandi. The ruling AIADMK and DMK are both looking for a moral edge with victory in Vikravandi and Nanguneri Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu. Follow LIVE updates from TN here
Meanwhile in Kerala, with results of the October 21 bypolls to five assembly constituencies just hours away, it is an anxious wait for leaders of the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF, opposition Congress-headed UDF and the BJP-NDA who are keeping their fingers crossed on the outcome. The bye-elections were held in five seats – Manjeswar, Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu. While the Manjeswar bypoll fell vacant after the death of the sitting legislator last year, bypolls in four other seats were necessitated when the sitting MLAs were elected to the Lok Sabha in the recent parliamentary elections. Click here to follow LIVE updates from Kerala.
Among the states ruled by the BJP and its allies, counting will be held for the maximum 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh, followed by six in Gujarat, five in Bihar, four in Assam and two each in Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The other states where bypolls were held are Punjab (4 seats), Kerala (5 seats), Sikkim (3 seats), Rajasthan (2 seats) and one seat each in Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Meghalaya and Telangana. Counting of votes will also be held in Satara (Maharashtra) and Samastipur (Bihar) Lok Sabha seats, which were held by the NCP and the LJP respectively.
In the Uttar Pradesh assembly, the BJP currently has 302 members, followed by the SP (47) and the BSP (18). BJP ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) has eight legislators, while the Congress has seven MLAs in the House.
The BJP, BSP, SP and the Congress fielded their candidates on all the 11 seats. According to the office of the state chief electoral officer, 109 candidates are in the fray for the bypolls to the assembly seats of Gangoh, Rampur, Iglas (SC), Lucknow Cantonment, Govind Nagar, Manikpur, Pratapgarh, Zaidpur (SC), Jalalpur, Balha (SC) and Ghosi.
On Monday, 47.05 per cent voters had exercised their franchise in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, mostly necessitated after sitting legislators got elected to the Lok Sabha in May. Of the 11 seats where bypolls were held, eight were held by the BJP and one by its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal). Two other seats were shared by the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party. The Ghosi seat fell vacant following the resignation of sitting MLA Phagu Chauhan after he was appointed as Bihar governor.
Apart from 11 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh and five assembly seats in Bihar, Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar also went to polls on Monday. The counting of votes will began at 8 am and the results will be updated real-time on the Election Commission website.
For the BJP it is a matter of prestige in Uttar Pradesh where 11 seats went to polls. While the saffron party hopes to retain the eight seats apart from registering a win in Rampur (SP seat) and Jalalpur (BSP seat), the opposition parties are expecting to repeat the success they tasted in the bypolls to Gorakhpur, Phulpur and Kairana Lok Sabha seats.
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