<span style="color: #222222;">In Kerala, the United Democratic Front candidate Uma Thomas defeated her nearest rival Dr Jo Joseph of the Left Democratic Front by a margin of 25,016 votes in Thrikkakara  Assembly By-Poll. Ms Thomas polled 72,770 votes, against 47,754 polled by Dr Joseph.<br />''<br />''NDA candidate, A. N. Radhakrishnan polled 12,957 votes.The By-Poll was necessitated following the death of sitting MLA P. T. Thomas. The UDF had fielded Uma Thomas, his wife, as its candidate from the constituency.<br />''<br />''The LDF had left no stones unturned in their bid to wrest the seat from Congress control. Led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the entire cabinet and the top brass of the CPI-M and its allies campaigned for almost a month in the constituency in support of the LDF candidate.<br />''<br />''This victory is a big morale booster for the UDF. It will take the total strength of the UDF to 41 in the 140-member State Assembly.<br />''<br />''The NDA candidate A. N. Radhakrishnan could garner only   12,957 votes, less than the 15,218 votes it polled during the 2021 Assembly Elections.<br />''<br />''In Odisha, counting of votes for the By-Poll for the Brajrajnagar Assembly Constituency is in progress.<br />''<br />''As per the available information, BJD's Alaka Mohanty is leading by a margin of more than 45 thousand votes from her nearest Congress rival at the end of 13th round of counting.<br />''<br />''While BJD has secured more than 62 thousand votes, Congress has got about 17 thousand votes and BJP has secured about 13 thousand votes.</span><br />