EC Bypolls Results 2024 LIVE: Cong Wins 3 Seats In Himachal; BJP Secures 3 In Gujarat

The 12 states in which the bye elections were held are - Bihar, Haryana, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

A bye-election is held in specific constituencies when the sitting legislator has resigned, was disqualified, or died.

Bypolls were held in six constituencies of Himachal Pradesh after the sitting Congress legislators were disqualified on February 29 by the party for cross-voting during Rajya Sabha elections.

The six disqualified Congress MLAs who supported BJP were:

Sudhir Sharma (Dharamshala)

Ravi Thakur (Lahaul & Spiti)

Rajinder Rana (Sujanpur)

Inder Dutt Lakhanpal (Barsar)

Chetanya Sharma (Kutlehar)

Devinder Kumar Bhutto (Gagret)

Four ex-Congress MLAs joined BJP and the party fielded them from the same seats for bypolls:

Dr. C. J. Chavda (Vijapur)

Chiragkumar Arvindbhai Patel (Khambhat)

Arvindbhai Jinabhai Ladani (Manavadar)

Dharmendrasinh Ranubha Vaghela (Vaghodia)

Independent MLA Arjunbhai Devabhai Modhwadia also joined BJP and was fielded from Porbandar constituency.

The counting of votes for the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections is set to take place from 8 am today. The data for counting trends and results will be given as per data from the Election Commission of India.

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Phase 1 - Ramnagar Constituency In Tripura; Vilavancode Constituency In Tamil Nadu

Phase 2 - Bagidora (ST) Constituency In Rajasthan

Phase 3 - Shorapur (ST) Constituency In Karnataka; Vijapur, Khambat, Porbandar, Vaghodia, Manavadar Constituencies In Gujarat; -Bhagawangola Constituency in West Bengal

Phase 4 - Dadraul Constituency In Uttar Pradesh; Secunderabad Cantt.(SC) Constituency In Telangana

Phase 5 - Lucknow East Constituency In Uttar Pradesh; Gandey Constituency In Jharkhand;

Phase 6 - Gainsari Constituency In Uttar Pradesh; Karnal Constituency In Haryana;

Phase 7 - Duddhi (ST) Constituency In Uttar Pradesh; Baranagar Constituency In West Bengal; Agiaon Constituency In Bihar; Dharamshala, Lahaul And Spiti, Sujanpur, Barsar, Kutlehar and Gagret Constituencies In Himachal Pradesh

Former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar resigned from his cabinet in March 2024 leaving his Assembly Constituency Karnal without a legislator and bypolls were held in the seat this time.

There were nine candidates in fray for the Karnal Assembly seat including current CM Nayab Singh Saini.

In Odisha, the main contest for the Vidhan sabha seats is between the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janta Party and the incumbet Biju Janta Dal led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. As per exit polls, its expected to be a close fight between the BJP and BJD.

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The counting trends and results, as per data entered by the Returning Officer/Assistant Returning Officer will be available on the ECI Website at the URL https://results.eci.gov.in/  

It would also be available on the Voter Helpline App, available on both iOS and Android platforms.

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Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, the outgoing MP from Kurukshetra, contested the bypoll to the Karnal assembly seat.

Saini, who is also the state BJP chief, was sworn in as the chief minister on March 12, replacing Khattar. Khattar's resignation as MLA from Karnal had necessitated the by-election.

In Bihar, CPI-ML MLA Manoj Manzil was disqualified from the state legislative assembly following his conviction by a court in connection with a nine-year-old murder case.

The assembly secretariat issued a notification regarding his disqualification on February 16, 2024.

Manzil, along with 22 others, received a life imprisonment sentence from an MP/MLA court in Bihar’s Bhojpur district for their involvement in the murder of J P Singh during the 2015 assembly elections.

The Election Commission said that the counting of votes for all polls will begin at 8 am on June 4, 2024.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad resigned from the membership of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly on January 1, 2024. Ahmad was the MLA from the Gandey constituency and he cited personal reasons for his resignation.

11 candidates including Kalpana Soren, wife of jailed former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, are contesting in the Gandey assembly by-election.

The BJP has fielded Dilip Kumar Verma from the Gandey assembly seat.

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and former Maharashtra minister Govardhan Sharma died on November 3, 2023 at the age of 74 in Akola after battling cancer.

Sharma, popularly known as 'Lalaji, represented Akola West Assembly seat six times since 1995.

On March 26, The Bombay High Court did not allow a bypoll to be held in this constituency as the Maharashtra Assembly elections are due in October 2024 so the new MLA will not even have a year to serve in this constituency.

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The Election Commission official website will also be updating with results.

In the Ramnagar Assembly by-election, the battle line has been drawn between BJP candidate, Agartala Mayor Dipak Majumer, and former CPI(M) MLA Ratan Das.

The by-poll was necessitated following the death of BJP MLA Surajit Datta.

The assembly seat of Dadraul fell vacant following the death of BJP MLA Manvendra Singh on January 5 after a prolonged illness.

There are 10 candidates were in the fray for the Dadraul assembly by-election.

The Lucknow East bypoll elections are crucial as the Opposition alliance is standing against the BJP which has been held by the saffron party since 1991.

A bypoll in the constituency was necessitated following the death of sitting MLA Ashutosh Tandon on November 9, 2023.

Bypolls were also held in Gainsari and Duddhi constituencies of UP following the death and disqualification of its sitting MLAs respectively.

The Gainsari assembly constituency became vacant following the demise of sitting Samajwadi Party MLA Shiv Pratap Yadav on January 26 at the age of 74. Yadav had started his political career from Lok Dal and was a four-time MLA from Gainsari.

Duddhi assembly constituency, reserved for Scheduled Tribes, fell vacant following the disqualification of the BJP's Ramdular Gond from the House the after being convicted in a rape case. Gond was sentenced to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl nine years ago. He was disqualified as a member of the Uttar Pradesh assembly in December 2023.

The ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday nominated actor-turned-politician Sayantika Banerjee for the June 1 bypoll to Baranagar assembly seat in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal which fell vacant after former TMC leader Tapas Roy resigned as the MLA before quitting the party.

The party also named Reyat Hossain Sarkar for the May 7 by-election to Bhagabangola assembly seat in Murshidabad district.

The Bhagabangola assembly constituency in Murshidabad district fell vacant following the death of TMC MLA Idris Ali.

The BJP has named Bhaskar Sarkar for Bhagabangola.

The current figures shared by the Election Commission of India, BJP is leading in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 with 111 seats while the INDIA Bloc is trailing with 42 seats so far.

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Bypolls were held in six constituencies of Himachal Pradesh after the sitting Congress legislators were disqualified on February 29 by the party for cross-voting during Rajya Sabha elections.

The six disqualified Congress MLAs who supported BJP were:

Sudhir Sharma (Dharamshala)

Ravi Thakur (Lahaul & Spiti)

Rajinder Rana (Sujanpur)

Inder Dutt Lakhanpal (Barsar)

Chetanya Sharma (Kutlehar)

Devinder Kumar Bhutto (Gagret)

BJP candidate CJ Chavda is leading in Gujarat's Vijapur Constituency while INC candidate Dineshbhai Tulsibhai Patel and independent candidate Ankitkumar Harshadbhai Gohil are trailing along with 5 more candidates.

BJP candidate Arjun Devabhai Modhwadia is leading in Porbandar Constituency while INC candidate Odedara Raju Bhima and Viro Ke Vir Indian Party candidate Rasik Ghela Mangera are trailing along with three others.

BJP candidate Chiragkumar Arvindbhai Patel is leading in Gujarat's Khambat Constituency while INC candidate Mahendrasinh Harisinh Parmar and independent candidate Chauhan Mahipatsinh Kesarisinh are trailing another independent candidate.

BJP candidate and Haryana CM Nayab Saini is leading in Haryana's Karnal Constituency while INC candidate Tarlochan Singh and Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party candidate Rohatash are trailing with 6 others.

INC Candidate Haribhai Govindbhai Kansagara is currently leading by 1020 votes in Manavadar constituency, while Arvindbhai Jinabhai Ladani from the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing by 3581 votes. Also, Parmar Mahesh Ramjibhai is in the running as an independent candidate.

Dharmendrasinh Vaghela (Bapu) from the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading with 13259 votes in Gujarat's Vaghodia constituency while Kanubhai Punjabhai Gohil from Congress is trailing with 5799 votes.

BJP candidate Sudhir Sharma is leading with 6763 votes in Himahcla Pradesh's Dharamshala constituency while Devinder Singh (Jaggi) from Congress is trailing along with Rakesh Chaudhary, an Independent candidate.

Dr. Ram Lal Markanda who is an Independent candidate is leading with 3240 votes in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul & Spiti. While Congress candidate Anuradha Rana is trailing with 1835 votes. And Ravi Thakur from the Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing with 593 votes.

Congress candidate Captain Ranjit Singh is leading with 12144 votes in Sujanpur constituency of Himachal Pradesh. BJP candidate Rajinder Rana is trailing along with four other candidates

In the Assembly Constituency of Barsar in Himachal Pradesh, BJP candidate Inder Dutt Lakhanpal fis leading with 6327 votes. Subhash Chand from Congress is trailing with 5296 votes and independent candidate Vishal Sharma is also trailing with 94 votes.

Congress candidate Rakesh Kalia is leading with 7921 votes in Gagret Constituency of Himachal Pradesh. BJP's Chaitanya Sharma is trailing with 6617 votes along with three other independent candidates.

BJP candidate Davinder Kumar (Bhutto) is leading with 6151 votes in Kutlehar seat of Himachal Pradesh. Congress candidate Vivek Sharma (Vicku) is trailing with 5260 votes and has two independent candidates trailing behind him.

Congress Raja Venugopal Naik from Shorapur of Karnataka is leading with 21525 votes. BJP candidate Narasimha Nayak is trailing along with 4 independent candidates.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading from Varanasi seat of Uttar Pradesh after trailing briefly as counting of votes for 542 of 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country remains underway. Among other big names, Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah, Shashi Tharoor are also leading from their seats.

Jaikrishn Patel from the Bharat Adivasi Party is leading with 31771 votes, in Bagidora seat of Rajasthan. BJP candidate Subhash Tamboliya and Congress candidate Kapursingh are trailing.

Congress candidate Sriganesh is leading with 12048 votes in Secunderabad Cantt seat in Telangana. Niveditha Sayanna from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi is trailing along with Dr. Vamsha Tilak T. N. from the Bharatiya Janata Party.

There are 12 more candidates running from this seat.

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BJP Candidate Dipak Majumder is leading with 8967 votes in Ramnagar seat of Tripura. CPI(M) candidate Ratan Das is trailing with 2272 votes.

BJP Candidate Arvind Kumar Singh is leading with 12431 votes from Uttar Pradesh's Dadraul seat. Avadhesh Kumar Verma from the Samajwadi Party is trailing with 8778 votes and Sarvesh Chandra Mishra from the Bahujan Samaj Party is trailing with 1069 votes.

There are seven other candidates in this seat.

BJP candidate O. P. Srivastava is leading with 15929 votes in Lucknow East seat of Uttar Pradesh. while Congress candidate Mukesh Singh Chauhan is trailingalong with Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Alok Kushwaha and an independent candidate.

BJP candidate Shailesh Kumar Singh aka "Shailu" is leading with 6612 votes in Gainsari seat Uttar Pradesh. SP candidate Rakesh Kumar Yadav and BSP's Mohd. Haris Khan "Fida Baba" are trailing.

Four other candidates are running from this seat.

BJP candidate Saravan Kumar is leading with 2980 votes in Duddhi seat in Uttar Pradesh. While SP candidate Vijay Singh is trailing with 1897 votes.

There are four other candidates running from this seat.

Congress Raja Venugopal Naik from Shorapur of Karnataka is leading with 38759  votes. BJP candidate Narasimha Nayak is trailing along with 4 independent candidates.

BJP candidate Dilip Kumar Verma is leading with 5285 votes in Jharkhand's Gandey constituency.

Whereas ex-Jharkhand CM's wife Kalpana Murmu Soren from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is trailing with 3346 votes.

There are nine other candidates running from this seat.

TMC candidate Reyat Hossain Sarkar is leading with 19104 votes in the Bhagabangola Assembly seat of West Bengal. Congress candidate Anju Begam is trailing with 17170 votes and BJP candidate Bhaskar Sarkar is trailing with 7691 votes.

BJP candidate Sajal Ghosh is leading with 6618 votes in Baranagar Assembly seat in West Bengal. TMC candidate Sayantika Banerjee is trailing with 6497 votes. CPI(M) candidate Tanmoy Bhattacharya is also running for the seat along with five other candidates.

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) candidate Shiv Prakash Ranjan is leading with 13998 votes in Agiaon Assembly seat in Bihar. Janata Dal (United) candidate Prabhunath Prasad is trailing with 8801 votes and there are 7 other candidates trailing behind him.

Dharamshala

Sudhir Sharma (BJP) - Leading

Devinder Singh (INC) - Trailing

Lahaul & Spiti

Anuradha Rana (INC) - Leading

Ravi Thakur (BJP) - Trailing

Sujanpur

Captain Ranjit Singh (INC) - Leading

Ravinder Rana (BJP) - Trailing

Barasar

Inder Dutt Lakhanpal (BJP) - Leading

Subhash Chand (INC) - Trailing

Gagret

Rakesh Kalia (INC) - Leading

Chaitanya Sharma (BJP) - Trailing

Kutlehar

Vivek Sharma (INC) - Leading

Davinder Kumar (BJP) - Trailing

Bypolls were held in six constituencies of Himachal Pradesh after the sitting Congress legislators were disqualified on February 29 by the party for cross-voting during Rajya Sabha elections.

The six disqualified Congress MLAs who supported BJP were:

Sudhir Sharma (Dharamshala)

Ravi Thakur (Lahaul & Spiti)

Rajinder Rana (Sujanpur)

Inder Dutt Lakhanpal (Barsar)

Chetanya Sharma (Kutlehar)

Devinder Kumar Bhutto (Gagret)

Dadraul

Arvind Kumar Singh (BJP) - Leading

Avadesh Kumar Verma (SP) - Trailing

Lucknow East

OP Srivastava (BJP) - Leading

Mukesh Singh Chauhan (INC) - Trailing

Gainsari

Rakesh Kumar Yadav (SP) - Leading

Shailesh Kumar Singh (BJP) - Trailing

Duddhi

Saravan Kumar (BJP) - Leading

Vijay Singh (SP) - Trailing

Ex-Jharkhand CM's wife Kalpana Murmu Soren from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is leading with 16203 votes.

Whereas BJP candidate Dilip Kumar Verma is trailing with 15055 votes in Jharkhand's Gandey constituency.

There are nine other candidates running from this seat.

Vijapur

Dr. C. J. Chavda (BJP) - Leading

Khambhat

Chiragkumar Arvindbhai Patel (BJP) - Leading

Manavadar

Arvindbhai Jinabhai Ladani (BJP) - Leading

Vaghodia

Dharmendrasinh Ranubha Vaghela (BJP) - Leading

Porbandar

Arjunbhai Devabhai Modhwadia (BJP) - Leading

Arjunbhai Devabhai Modhwadia who was independent candidate and joined BJP recently has won from the Porbandar Assembly seat in Gujarat.

Won

• Arjun Devabhai Modhwadia (Bharatiya Janata Party) - 133,163 votes

Lost

• Odedara Raju Bhima (Indian National Congress) - 16,355 votes

• Jungi Jivanbhai Ranchhodbhai (Independent) - 1,089 votes

• Rasik Ghela Mangera (Viro Ke Vir Indian Party) - 806 votes

• Ashvin Devaji Motivaras (Independent) - 477 votes

• Dilawar Lakhabhai Jokhia (Independent) - 386 votes

In this seat, 2,633 voters opted for NOTA (None of the Above) option.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won one and was leading in the other four assembly seats in Gujarat where by-elections were held last month. The bypolls to Porbandar, Manavadar, Khambhat, Vaghodiya and Vijapur assembly seats were necessitated after their sitting Congress and independent MLAs joined the BJP.

While BJP's Arjun Modhwadia won Porbandar, its leader CJ Chavda was leading in Vijapur assembly seats Arvind Ladani, Chirag Patel and Dharmendrasinh Vaghela were also ahead of their rivals in Manavadar, Khambat and Vaghodiya seats, respectively.

BJP wins second bypoll assembly seat of the day with Khambat in Gujarat. Chiragkumar Arvindbhai Patel has won the polls with 88457 votes.

Won

• Chiragkumar Arvindbhai Patel (Bharatiya Janata Party) - 88,457 votes

Lost

• Mahendrasinh Harisinh Parmar (Indian National Congress) - 50,129 votes

• Chauhan Mahipatsinh Kesarisinh (Independent) - 15,816 votes

• Manubhai Jethabhai Vankar (Independent) - 806 votes

In this seat, 1,909 voters opted for NOTA (None of the Above) option.

Congress candidate Anuradha Rana has won from Lahaul & Spiti Assembly constituency.

Another party candidate Captain Ranjit Singh from Sujanpur Assembly Constituency also won the bypolls.

Congress Raja Venugopal Naik has won the bypoll elections from Shorapur of Karnataka with 114886  votes.

Congress candidate Tharahai Cuthbert is leading with 39,295 votes in Vilavancode Assembly seat in Tamil Nadu.

BJP candidate Nanthini V S is trailing with 17,266 votes and it is followed by Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate Jemini R and seven other candidates.

Won

• Captain Ranjit Singh (Indian National Congress) - 29,529 votes

Lost

• Rajinder Rana (Bharatiya Janata Party) - 27,089 votes

• Ravinder Singh Dogra (Nationalist Congress Party) - 334 votes

• Anil Rana (Independent) - 134 votes

• Sher Singh (Independent) - 71 votes

• Rajesh Kumar (Independent) - 46 votes

In this seat, 241 voters opted for NOTA (None of the Above) option.

Another win for Congress as candidate Rakesh Kalia wins Gagret Asssembly seat in bypolls with 35768 votes.

BJP candidate Dharmendrasinh Vaghela won Gujarat's Vaghodia Assembly seat at the bypolls with 127,446 votes.

While Congress candidate Kanubhai Punjabhai Gohil lost.

Himachal Pradesh's Barasar Assembly seat has been won by BJP candidate Inder Dutt Lakhanpal with 33,086 votes.

BJP candidate Dipak Majumder has won the bypoll from Ramnagar Assembly in Tripura with 25380 votes.

CPI(M) candidate Ratan Das lost the race as he gain 7366 votes.

Congress candidate Sriganesh has won in the bypoll of Telangana's Secunderabad Cantt Assembly seat with 53651 votes.

There were 15 candidates running for this seat including BJP and BRS.

With the win of Congress candidate Vivek Sharma from Kutlehar assembly seat, the incumbent party in the state wins four out of the six seats after the previous MLAs cross voted and got disqualified from the part earlier this year.