Assembly bypoll results: BJP wins 4 seats, RJD bags Mokama, TRS in Munugode

KCR party won by 10,000 votes in Telangana's Munugode bypoll. 

Andheri (East) candidate accepts the letter of victory

The ruling TRS in Telangana appeared to be heading for a victory in the high-voltage Munugode bypoll as its lead over the BJP widened after 12 rounds of counting of votes on Sunday. TRS candidate Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy cumulatively secured 82,025 votes after 12 rounds, while his nearest BJP rival Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy got 74,224 votes.

This is the win of the people of Mokama & the defeat of BJP's pride. We knew the win would be ours, as we had the blessings of the people of Mokama, says RJD's Neelam Devi, after winning the Mokama by-poll

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday retained the Mokama assembly seat of Bihar in a by-poll necessitated by the disqualification of its MLA Anant Kumar Singh, an Election Commission.

BJP candidate Aman Giri won the Gola Gokarannath assembly bypolls on Sunday by defeating his nearest rival and Samajwadi Party candidate by over 34,000 votes, a senior official sai

BJP candidate Bhavya Bishnoi is leading by a margin of 10,228 votes over his nearest rival and Congress candidate Jai Prakash in Adampur assembly after five rounds of counting on Sunday. According to trends, BJP's Bhavya so far polled 28,669 votes while Congress's Prakash got 18,441 votes.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate Koosukuntla Prabhakar Reddy is currently leading the Munugode bypolls with 26,443 votes after the four rounds of counting. While Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy is trailing with 25,729 votes in the assembly constituency of Telangana's Munugode. Counting of the votes for the bypolls, which were held on November 3 is currently underway at the godown of the Food Corporation of India in the state's Nalgonda.

My victory was certain. I had already said there's nobody else in my contest. It was just a formality. Mokama is the land of Parshuram, people won't get lured. Vidhayak ji (Anant Singh) served people. They're giving the result now: Neelam Devi, RJD's candidate from Bihar's Mokama

Telangana: BJP candidate Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy leads with a margin of 1100 votes after fourth round of counting for Munugode by-election

Rutuja Latke, the candidate of Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena, continues her lead with 11,361 votes after the third round of counting for Andheri East bypoll

As per initial trends, Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena, is leading with 4277 votes in the Andheri East bypoll

As per initial trends, BJP candidate Bhavya Bishnoi is leading by 2846 votes from Haryana's Adampur byelection assembly constituency, in the first round of counting

The RJD is leading from Gopalganj and Mokama seats in Bihar, as the counting of votes through postal ballot is underway. 

Reports Nitish (India TV)

I am 100 per cent confident of winning, says TRS candidate for Munugode bypoll, Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy

The counting of votes in the by-election to seven assembly constituencies in six states is underway.

This poll wasn't about winning or losing, but about the victory margin.With the blessings I've received from my Adampur family since the beginning I'm confident that people will once again celebrate Diwali within a few hours: BJP candidate for Adampur byelection Bhavya Bishnoi

In Odisha's Dhamnagar bypoll, there seems to be a tough contest between ruling BJD candidate Abanti Das and BJP candidate Suryabanshi Suraj Sthitaprajana, the son of Bishnu Sethi, BJP MLA after whose death, the assembly seat fell vacant, as its candidate for the by-election. 

• The BJP is seeking to retain the Gola Gokarannath seat in Uttar Pradesh, which fell vacant after the death of BJP MLA Arvind Giri in September
• With the BSP and the Congress keeping away from the bypolls, the fight is between the BJP's Aman Giri and the SP candidate and former Gola Gokarannath MLA Vinay Tiwari

• In Bihar, this was the first major election after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar parted his ways with BJP and joined hands with RJD and Congress to form a Grand Alliance government
• The main contest is between the BJP and the RJD in Bihar
• For the Mokama bypolls, the BJP has fielded Sonam Devi against RJD's Neelam Devi, whose husband Anant Singh's disqualification has necessitated the by-election
• Notably, Mokama is said to be the stronghold of Anant Singh since 2005. He won the seat twice on JD(U) tickets
• BJP has given the ticket to Kusum Devi, the wife of incumbent BJP MLA Subhash Singh while RJD has fielded Mohan Prasad Gupta for Gopalganj by-election

• The bypoll Telangana's Munugode Assembly constituency was necessitated after Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy quit the Congress and also as MLA in August and joined the BJP
• While 47 candidates are in the fray, the eye is on BJP's Raj Gopal Reddy, former TRS MLA Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy and Congress' Palvai Sravanthi
• The bypoll results is a prestige battle for Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who is planning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

• In Andheri East, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction's candidate Rutuja Latke, the wife of incumbent Sena MLA Ramesh Latke whose death in May necessitated the poll, is expected to comfortably win the by-polls as the BJP had decided not to contest
• This was the first election after the revolt in the Shiv Sena by Eknath Shinde and 39 other legislators which led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government
• The NCP and Congress have also supported the candidature of Rutuja Latke

• Haryana's Adampur seat witnessed the contest between BJP, Congress, Indian National Lok Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
• In Adampur, the by-election was necessitated after former chief minister Bhajan Lal's son Kuldeep Bishnoi resigned as MLA from the seat and switched from the Congress to the BJP in August. Bishnoi's son Bhavya contested the bypoll as the BJP candidate
• The Congress fielded former Union minister Jai Prakash while the INLD picked Congress rebel Kurda Ram Nambardar as its candidate
• Satender Singh was AAP's candidate
• Notably, the Adampur seat is considered a stronghold of Bishnoi

• Munugode constituency in Telangana recorded the highest voter turnout at 77.55 per cent
• Bihar's Gopalganj constituency recorded 48.35 per cent voter turnout, while Mokama recorded 52.47 per cent turnout
• Haryana's Adampur constituency recorded 75.25 per cent voter turnout
• Odisha's Dhamnagar Assembly constituency recorded 66.63 per cent voter turnout
• UP's Gola Gokran Nath constituency recorded 55.68 per cent voter turnout 
• Maharashtra's Andheri East constituency witnessed the lowest voter turnout at 31.74 per cent

Among the seven seats where by-polls were held, the BJP held three seats, the Congress two while the Shiv Sena and the RJD had one each.

The counting of votes in the by-elections to the seven Assembly constituencies spread across six states will be held on Sunday. The fierce battle is between Bharatiya Janata Party and regional parties such as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).