Vote counting for bypolls in 13 states and one union territory in progress.
New Delhi:
The BJP dominated the northeast, however suffered setbacks in Himachal Pradesh and Bengal within the bypolls for 29 meeting and three Lok Sabha seats. The Congress retained its seats in Rajasthan, and posted a shock win in Himachal Pradesh.
Listed here are ten factors on this massive story:
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Within the Lok Sabha seat of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, Pratibha Singh, the spouse of late chief minister Virbhadra Singh, beat the BJP’s Kargil struggle hero Brigadier (Retd) Khushal Thakur. BJP candidate Gyaneshwar Patil received within the Khandwa Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh. The Shiv Sena received the Dadra and Nagar Haveli seat.
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The Congress additionally received the three meeting seats in Himachal Pradesh — Fatehpur, Jubbal-Kotkhai and Arki. INLD’S Abhay Chautala received his conventional stronghold Ellenabad.
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Of the 5 seats in Assam, the BJP has received all three the place it fielded candidates. Alliance accomplice UPPL is forward within the two seats it was allotted.
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The Trinamool Congress continued its profitable streak, sweeping the by-polls in all 4 seats in Bengal. In three seats, the BJP candidates misplaced their deposit. The bypolls in Dinhata and Santipur — which the BJP held — had been seen as a status battle for the social gathering, which is at present grappling with an exodus of MLAs and senior leaders after the Trinamool’s sweeping victory within the April-Might state polls.
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In Meghalaya, former footballer Eugeneson Lyngdoh contesting on a United Democratic Celebration ticket has received. The BJP ally NPP (Nationwide Folks’s Celebration) has received the Rajbala seat and is forward in one other. In Mizoram, the MNF has received the Tuirial seat.
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In Bihar, Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United received each seats. Ally BJP snatched the tribal seat of Jobat from the Congress and is forward in two others.
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In Rajasthan, the Congress received 2 seats — Vallabhnagar and Dhariawad — the place the election is seen as a referendum on the efficiency of the Ashok Gehlot authorities, which confronted a problem final 12 months from the Congress faction led by Sachin Pilot.
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In bittersweet outcomes for Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who had changed B S Yediyurappa in Karnataka, the ruling BJP received the Sindgi meeting section, however misplaced the Hangal seat to Congress. .
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In Telangana’s Huzurabad meeting seat, Eatala Rajender — who stop the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi and joined the BJP – is forward. Mr Rajender, the sitting legislator from the constituency, had stepped down after allegations of land grabbing, which he denied.
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By-elections had been held for 5 seats in Assam, 4 in Bengal, three every in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, two every in Bihar, Karnataka and Rajasthan and one seat every is in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Mizoram and Telangana. The Lok Sabha seats are Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh.
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