The BJP has retained Vadodara Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat while Samajwadi party is ahead in Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh, TRS is leading in Medak Lok Sabha seat. The counting began this morning.
In Uttar Pradesh, out of 11 Vidhan Sabha seats, ruling Samajwadi Party is leading in nine seats after over 18 rounds. In lone Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, the Samajwadi Party candidate has taken a lead of over one lakh 50 thousand votes.
In Gujarat, BJP has won prestigious Vadodara Loksabha seat vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP candidate Ranjanben Bhatt has won Vadodara Loksabha seat by more than 3 lakh votes over her nearest Congress rival Narendra Rawat. BJP won six assembly seats, while Congress won two and is leading on one seat. In a set back to BJP, Congress has snatched 3 assembly seats from the ruling party. Out of 9 assembly seats, BJP has won 6 seats while Congress won 3 seats earlier held by BJP. Congress has snatched Khambhaliya, Mangrol and Deesa Assembly seats from BJP, while BJP retained Maninagar, Talaja and Tankara, Limkheda, Anand and Matar Assembly seats.
In Rajasthan, all four results have been declared.Congress won three and BJP won in one seat.
In West Bengal, BJP candidate Mr.Shamik Bhattacharjee has won in Basirhat South assembly by-election. Mr.Bhattacharjee defeated his nearest Trinamool Congress candidate Mr.Dependu Biswas over a margin of 1400 votes while the ruling Trinamool Congress has retained the Chowringhee seat in Kolkata.Our Kolkata correspondent reports that the BJP has opened its account in the state assembly after many years.
Tangirala Soumya of Telugu Desam Party has won the by-elections for Nandigama Assembly Constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Two other independent candidates K. Pullaiah got 941 votes while M. Pulla Rao secured 647 votes, while NOTA had 1,177 votes.
In Sikkim, an Independent Candidate Rup Narayan Chamling has won the Bye-Election of Rangang-Yangang seat in south district with margin of 706 votes. He has defeated the Sikkim Democratic Front candidate Kumari Manger. While the BJP candidate Bikas Basnet secured third position.Rup Narayan Chamling who is the younger brother of the Chief Minister, Pawan Chamling has got total 4749 votes.
