NDA wins 26 seats, Congress 12 of 51 assembly bypolls across 18 states
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Oct 24, 2019, 22:24:28 IST
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NDA wins 26 seats, Congress 12 of 51 assembly bypolls across 18 states
Five months after its landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, the NDA on Thursday won 26 assembly seats in the bypolls held in 51 assembly constituencies across 18 states. The Congress, which was decimated in the general elections in May, bagged 12 seats in the byelections held on October 21.
11:54 (IST) Oct 24
Chhattisgarh bypolls: Congress candidate Rajman Benzam leads by 7,336 votes against BJP's Lachhuram Kashyap in Chitrakot assembly seat after ninth round of counting.
UP bypolls: BJP leads in 7 assembly seats, Congress in 1
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in seven assembly seats, Samajwadi Party (SP) in two and Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) and the Congress in one each.
11:45 (IST) Oct 24
Tamil Nadu byelections: AIADMK candidate Muthamizh Selvan leads by 2,5198 votes in
Vikravandi after 11th round of counting.
11:43 (IST) Oct 24
Kerala byelection results
Congress candidate Shanimol Osman leads by 1,665 votes in Aroor. There are a total of 184 booths, counting completed in 112 booths.
11:38 (IST) Oct 24
Tamil Nadu byelections
AIADMK candidate Muthamizh Selvan leads by 2,2535 votes in Vikravandi after 10th round of counting.
Bypoll results: NCP ahead in Maharashtra's Satara LS seat, BJP trailing
Initial trends of the Election Commission (EC) has suggested that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is leading in Satara Lok Sabha constituency with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trailing, reports ANI
11:31 (IST) Oct 24
Assam byelections: BJP leading in three out of four assembly seats
11:13 (IST) Oct 24
Huzurnagar bypoll: BJP candidate Rama Rao gets just 800 votes after the eighth round of counting. Sapavath Suman, an independent candidate, has got more votes than TDP and BJP in the majority of the seven rounds counting.
11:05 (IST) Oct 24
Bihar: NDA candidates are leading in all four assembly seats.
11:03 (IST) Oct 24
Bihar byelections: Prince Raj, nephew of Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, is leading in Samastipur Lok Sabha seat by around 1 lakh votes.
11:01 (IST) Oct 24
Gujarat assembly byelections
BJP candidates Alpesh Thakor trails in Radhanpur assembly. Congress, BJP lead in 3 seats each
10:57 (IST) Oct 24
Kerala assembly byelections: UDF candidate TJ Vinod wins by 3,517 votes in Ernakulam.
10:54 (IST) Oct 24
Uttar Pradesh byelection results
BJP leading in six seats, SP (2), BSP and Congress in one seat each and Apna Dal leading in Pratapgarh.
10:51 (IST) Oct 24
I thank people for giving a big mandate and making me win. My first priority will be to provide basic necessities to people. I also congratulate my opponents who worked hard but couldn't win Puducherry.
Congress-DMK candiate for bypoll to Kamaraj Nagar constituency, John Kumar
10:45 (IST) Oct 24
Telangana: At the end of the ninth round of counting, TRS leads by 19,200 votes in Huzurnagar.
10:43 (IST) Oct 24
BJP candidate Udayanraje Bhosale is trailing behind NCP nominee Shriniwas Patil by 1,089 votes in Satara Lok Sabha seat bypoll after the first round of counting.
Counting of votes for byelections in three assembly constituencies in Sikkim began at 8am on Thursday. Voting for Gangtok, Martam Rumtek and Poklok Kamrang assembly seats was held on Monday.
Counting of votes is underway for one Lok Sabha and five assembly seats in Bihar on Thursday. Lok Janshakti Party's (LJP) Prince Singh is leading in the Samastipur Lok Sabha seat. The five assembly seats that went to polls on October 21 were Kishenganj, Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Daraundha, Nathnagar amd Belhar. A total of 51 candidates are in the fray, out of which only six are women.