<br/>Trinamool Congress and BSP scored spectacular victories in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-elections that saw the rout of Left Front in its bastions, while Congress snatched away the Firozabad Lok Sabha seat from Samajwadi Party. The Congress also put up an impressive show in the assembly by-elections bagging 10 of the 31 seats that went to polls.<br/><br/>Continuing its impressive showing in the Lok Sabha elections, the Trinamool Congress overran CPI-M and other Left partners in their strongholds. It bagged seven of the ten seats that went to polls retaining five and wresting two.<br/><br/> The sole victory for the Left Front came from Forward Bloc, while the widow of CPI-M veteran Subhash Chakraborty was humbled in Belgachia East. Samajwadi Party suffered a humiliating defeat in Uttar Pradesh where the ruling BSP wrested five assembly seats from the party in its tally of nine of the 11 byelections.<br/><br/>In the Lok Sabha by-election, actor-turned- Congress candidate Raj Babbar defeated Dimple Yadav, daughter-in-law of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, by an overwhelming margin of 85,343 votes.<br/><br/>The seat was won in May by Dimple's husband Akhilesh Yadav, who retained Kannauj and gave up Firozabad. Babbar had lost from Sikri constituency in the May elections.<br/><br/>BSP has made a surprise comeback in Uttar Pradesh. The Party wrested Powayan , Issuali, Hainsar Bazar , Etawah and Bharthana assembly seats from Samajwadi Party while Padrauna and Jhansi from Congress. BSP has successfully retained its Lalitpur seat. Main opposition Samajwadi Party is the main loser who has lost all five seats which it won in the last assembly elections. In Kolasala, an Independent won the seat for the fourth time in a row.<br/><br/>Continuing its whitewash of the Left Front in the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, the Congress retained all the three seats, Kannur, Ernakulam and Alappuzha. <br/><br/>The CPI (M), which heads the Left coalition governments in West Bengal and Kerala, drew a blank in a dozen seats. In West Bengal, out of 10 assembly seats, Trinamul Congress and Congress alliance have bagged eight seats. While ruling Left Front partner Forward Bloc has got one an Independent candidate bagged another seat. <br/><br/>In Rajasthan and in Himachal Pradesh, BJP defeated Congress candidates to win a seat each. BJP, however, yielded Vaishali Nagar seat in Chhattisgarh to Congress <br/>Buoyed by results of by polls, key winners Trinamool Congress, Congress and BSP targeted their main political rivals while a bitter Samajwadi Party, suffering a rout in its home turf Uttar Pradesh, alleged money power and official machinery were used against it.<br/><br/>Main opposition BJP, which also put up a dismal show, sought to play down the outcome of by-elections.<br/><br/>Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, whose party retained five seats and wrested two from arch opponent CPI (M) in West Bengal, asked the ruling Left Front government to resign and seek a fresh mandate of the people. <br/><br/>Congress too asked Left parties, which suffered debacle in Kerala and West Bengal, and Samajwadi Party to take lessons from the results and claimed its victory in Firozabad Lok Sabha constituency signals the return of the people's faith in the party.<br/><br/>AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi told this to the reporters in Delhi. <br/><br/>Bahujan Samaj Party supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said her party's spectacular show in the assembly by polls in the state showed the people had "rejected the negative campaign" of opposition parties. <br/><br/>Congress also charged SP with promoting dynastic politics with AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh saying the result in Firozabad as a trend against dynastic politics of Samajwadi Party in the state . <br/><br/>Mulayam Singh Yadav alleged in Varanasi that money power and the administrative machinery were used against his party <br/><br/>His party colleague Amar Singh credited Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his "hard work" during campaign for Congress' win in Firozabad<br/><br/> <br/>West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee declined to comment on the outcome, Left Front Chairman Biman Bose said the Left parties accepted the people's mandate and would analyse the factors responsible for the reverses. <br/>