Assembly bye-poll results: INDIA bloc parties win 10 out of 13 seats, BJP gets two
The AAP won the Jalandhar West constituency in Punjab, whereas the TMC won all four seats in West Bengal where elections held.
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The Congress on Saturday won four out of 13 seats where bye-election results were held, according to the Election Commission data. The Bharatiya Janata Party, on the other hand, won two seats.
The bye-polls, held on Wednesday, were the first elections to take place after the 2024 Lok Sabha election, in which the National Democratic Alliance retained power with a reduced majority.
The votes were counted on Saturday in Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda and Maniktala in West Bengal; Badrinath and Manglaur in Uttarakhand, Jalandhar West in Punjab, Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh, Rupauli in Bihar, Vikravandi in Tamil Nadu and Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh.
The Congress has secured victory in Dehra, Nalagarh, Badrinath and Manglaur. In West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress won all four seats – Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda and Maniktala.
The Aam Aadmi Party won the Jalandhar West constituency in Punjab, while the Trinamool Congress won three Assembly seats in West Bengal.
In Tamil Nadu’s Vikravandi, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam secured victory.
The Congress, Trinamool Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam are part of the Opposition INDIA bloc that fought the Lok Sabha elections against the National Democratic Alliance.
In the bye-elections, the BJP won from the Hamirpur and Amarwara constituencies.
In Bihar, independent candidate Shankar Singh won the Rupauli seat.
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The bye-polls in Jalandhar West were...
