Bypolls in UP, Odisha, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh: Who gained and who misplaced

Results of the by-elections held for six meeting seats in 5 states and the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh are out. While the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress secured 2 meeting seats every, Rashtriya Lok Dal and Biju Janata Dal managed to win 1 seat every in varied states.

Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav gained the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat which was vacant after Mulayam Singh Yadav’s demise earlier this 12 months.

Assembly by-elections in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Rajasthan

Kedar Prasad Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party gained the Kurhani meeting seat of Bihar. He obtained 76648 votes and defeated Janata Dal (United) candidate Manoj Kushwaha by 3649 votes. Mukesh Sahni’s Vikassheel Insaan Party’s candidate Neelabh Kumar is at quantity three.

In Chhattisgarh, the by-election for the Bhanupratappur meeting seat was held. Congress candidate Savitri Manoj Mandavi gained this seat. She obtained 65327 votes. She defeated the BJP candidate Bramhanand Netam who obtained 44229 votes. The victory margin was 21171.

In Odisha, the Padampur meeting constituency underwent a by-election. Biju Janata Dal candidate Barsha Singh Bariha secured 104183 votes right here which accounts for greater than 57% of the votes. She defeated Pradeep Purohit of the BJP who obtained 68887 votes amounting to greater than 37% of the whole votes.

By-polls had been carried out for the Sardarshahar meeting seat of Rajasthan the place Congress candidate Anil Kumar Sharma defeated the BJP candidate Ashok Kumar in a straight battle. While Sharma obtained 91357 votes, Ashok Kumar obtained 64505 votes. So, Anil Kumar Sharma gained by a margin of 26852 votes.

By-elections in UP

By-elections had been held on two seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Rampur meeting seat was extra mentioned within the information as a result of it’s the stronghold of the Samajwadi Party’s controversial chief Azam Khan. BJP candidate Akash Saxena defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Mohammed Asim Raja. Akash Saxena obtained 66382 votes which make up a whopping 58.48% of the whole votes forged. Asim Raja of SP needed to be content material with 45063 votes.

Khatauli was the opposite meeting seat in Uttar Pradesh the place the by-elections passed off. Madan Bhaiya of Rashtriya Lok Dal emerged because the successful candidate for this seat. He obtained 86478 votes that are 52.96% of the whole votes forged. He defeated Rajkumari of the BJP by 16979 votes.

Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency by-polls

Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency has historically been a robust fortress of the Samajwadi Party. Party’s founder Mulayam Singh Yadav would usually choose this constituency. The by-polls had been held right here after his demise. Samajwadi Party fielded the late chief’s daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav on this seat. There was a clear-cut sympathy wave in help of the SP candidate. She obtained 617625 votes. In phrases of share, she secured 64.08% votes. She defeated BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya by a margin of 288461 votes.