Assembly bypolls results 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: INDIA bloc wins 10 seats, BJP gets only 2

BJP leader Govind Singh Thakur on by-election results in Himachal Pradesh said, "One needs to accept the people's mandate in democracy. Out of the three byelections (in Himachal Pradesh), we have won one (Hamirpur), while we lost two (Dehra and Nalagarh). I accept these results. However, Congress shouldn't think that it is a huge victory for them because it is believed that the government will always win the byelections. Therefore, BJP winning Hamirpur Assembly bypoll is a huge thing."

On TMC winning all four seats in the by-elections held in West Bengal, West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar said, "...The way the results have come, BJP has got three votes in some booths, and four votes in some booths, this is fraud in the name of votes…We have complained to the Election Commission earlier also but there was no hearing…"

The by-polls for 13 assembly constituencies across seven states (Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal) concluded on Saturday (July 13), with the INDIA bloc significantly bagging the poll results with 10 victories.

After the INDIA bloc registered victory in 10 out of the 13 Assembly seats across seven states where byelections were conducted, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the results have made it clear that the web of 'fear and confusion' woven by the BJP has been broken.

On Rupauli assembly by-poll election results, JDU leader Rajeev Ranjan said, "This election should serve as a greater lesson for RJD because, while the INDIA bloc's constituent parties are performing well across the country, RJD has created conditions in Bihar similar to the Lok Sabha elections. This by-election has sent several messages to them as well." 

Anniyur Siva, DMK's winning candidate from Vikravandi said, "I thank Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK Chief MK Stalin for allowing me to contest in Vikravandi by poll. I will be so responsible for the Vikravandi people and I will be concentrating on people's welfare..."

On TMC winning all four by-poll seats in West Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee said, "Three out of four seats were of BJP which have now been won by TMC... This victory is the victory of the people and I thank the people, we will dedicate this victory on July 21st..."

The Congress party on Saturday (July 13) registered two major victories as their candidates from Badrinath (Lakhpat Singh Butola) and Manglaur (Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin) secured the assembly seats by significant margins in the by-polls conducted on Wednesday (July 10).

On Independent candidate Shankar Singh winning Bihar’s Rupauli seat, Independent MP Pappu Yadav said, "The BJP should have understood that they would face defeat in Assembly elections. They couldn’t even gather the votes of the Rajput community."

Congress leader Lakhpat Singh Butola won the Badrinath assembly constituency by over 5,224 votes against BJP's Rajendra Bhandari.

Tamil Nadu bypoll: DMK candidate from Vikravandi Assembly constituency Anniyur Siva won the seat by 67,757 votes

West Bengal Bypolls: TMC candidate Supti Pandey who is currently leading from the Maniktala Assembly constituency, said, "I am grateful to every councillor, all my team leaders, block presidents, and on top of that CM Mamata Banerjee..."

Congress candidates for the Badrinath and Manglaur assembly bypolls in Uttarakhand were leading in both the seats on Saturday, officials said. The counting of votes for the by-elections in the two assembly constituencies, held on Wednesday, began at 8 am. In the tenth round of counting, Congress' Qazi Nizamuddin was leading by a slender margin of 422 votes over his nearest rival, BJP's Kartar Singh Bhadana, in Manglaur.

The Congress won the Dehra Assembly seat for the first time on Saturday with its candidate Kamlesh Thakur, the wife of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, defeating BJP candidate Hoshiyar Singh by a margin of 9,399 votes. Thakur polled 32,737 votes in the bypoll against 23,338 votes polled by Singh. The three Independent candidates in this seat could not get even 200 votes each. Of the 86,520 voters in this assembly segment, 65.42 per cent exercised their franchise on July 10. Dehra Assembly constituency was carved out after a delimitation exercise in 2012. Senior BJP leader and former minister Ravi Inder Singh was elected from the seat in 2012. Hoshiyar Singh won the seat as an Independent in 2017 and 2022.

After trailing for several rounds, BJP’s Kamlesh Shah is leading over his Congress rival Dheeran Shah Invati by 713 votes after the 18th round of counting in the bypoll in Madhya Pradesh’s Amarwara assembly constituency, an official said on Saturday. With just two rounds of counting left, it appears that the Scheduled Tribes-reserved seat Amarwara is heading for a cliffhanger. Shah polled 73,527 votes against Invati’s 72,814 after the 18th round of counting was completed, the official said. Devraman Bhalavi of the Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) garnered 27,876 votes, he said.

The Trinamool Congress won Raiganj and Bagda assembly seats and secured an unassailable lead in two other constituencies in West Bengal bypolls, continuing its winning streak a month after the party's resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections. The bypolls for Maniktala, Bagda, Ranaghat Dakshin, and Raiganj assembly seats were held on July 10. Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates Krishna Kalyani and Madhuparna Thakur won Raiganj and Bagda respectively, while Mukut Mani Adhikari and Supti Pandey were leading in Ranaghat Dakshin and Maniktala.

Congress' Hardeep Singh Bawa defeated his nearest rival and BJP candidate K L Thakur in the bypoll to the Nalagarh assembly seat in Himachal Pradesh by 8,990 votes, officials said on Saturday. Bawa, a five-time president of the Indian National Trade Union Congress' Himachal Pradesh unit, polled 34,608 votes.

Trinamool Congress candidates were ahead of their rivals in by-polls held in four assembly seats in West Bengal, where counting began on Saturday morning, according to the Election Commission of India website. The by-polls for Maniktala, Bagda, Ranaghat Dakshin and Raiganj assembly seats were held on July 10. TMC's nominee Supti Pandey was leading by 28,781 votes in Maniktala in Kolkata over her nearest rival Kalyan Chaubey of the BJP, while in Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district, Trinamool Congress candidate Krishna Kalyani was ahead of Manas Kumar Ghosh of the saffron party by 50,023 votes.

The ruling DMK continues to lead in the Vikravandi Assembly constituency, where count of votes, polled on July 10 byelection, is underway. When the fifth round of vote-count concluded, Anniyur Siva alias A Sivashanmugam of the DMK secured 31,151 votes, and he was leading by a margin of 19,668 votes over his nearest rival Pattali Makkal Katchi's C Anbumani, who got 11,483 votes. Tamil nationalist party Nam Tamilar Katchi candidate K Abinaya was in the third place with 2,275 votes.

Congress’ Dheeran Shah Invati has established a lead of 5,634 votes over BJP’s Kamlesh Shah after the 10th round of counting in Madhya Pradesh’s Amarwara assembly constituency that went to bypoll on Wednesday, an official said. Invati polled 41,161 votes against Shah’s 35,527 after the 10th round of counting was completed, the official said.
Devraman Bhalavi of the Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) polled 16,710 votes. The bypoll in Amarwara became necessary after three-time Congress MLA Kamlesh Shah crossed over to the BJP on March 29 this year.

Congress candidates, including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife, are in the lead in the two assembly constituencies of Dehra and Nalagarh, while the BJP candidate is ahead in Hamirpur, officials said on Saturday. The counting of votes for the by-elections in all the three assembly constituencies, held on Wednesday, began at 8 am. Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur was leading by 7,860 votes against her nearest rival and BJP candidate Hoshiyar Singh in the Dehra assembly seat after the ninth round of counting, the officials said.

Congress candidates for the Badrinath and Manglaur assembly bypolls in Uttarakhand were leading in both the seats in the initial rounds of counting on Saturday, officials said. In the third round of counting, Congress' Qazi Nizamuddin was ahead by 2,093 votes against BSP's Ubaidur Rahman in Manglaur, the officials said. BJP's Kartar Singh Bhadana was in the third spot in Manglaur, a seat won thrice by Nizamuddin in the past. Congress' Lakhpat Singh Butola was leading by 963 votes against BJP's Rajendra Bhandari in Badrinath, they said. Counting of votes for the bypolls, held on Wednesday, began at 8 am.

Candidates of INDIA bloc parties- Congress, AAP, TMC and DMK- on Saturday were leading in 11 of the 13 assembly seats where bypolls were held earlier this week, according to the counting trends on the Election Commission (EC) website. While the BJP was in the lead in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, its partner in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the JD(U), was leading in Rupauli in Bihar. Voting for the bypolls in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu were held on Wednesday.

It is a neck-and-neck contest in Himachal Pradesh’s Dehra assembly bypoll where Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s wife Kamlesh Thakur, who is making her electoral debut, has been leading by a slender margin, as per trends in the sixth round of counting on Saturday.  The Congress has been leading in Hamirpur and Nalagarh seats too. Kamlesh Thakur is leading by 1,815 votes against the BJP’s nominee Hoshiyar Singh. Stakes are high for Chief Minister Sukhu with his wife Kamlesh Thakur making her electoral debut from Dehra in Kangra district. As much as 70.7 per cent voting was recorded in Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh seats on Wednesday. The polling was conducted to fill vacancies created by the resignation of incumbent members, all Independents, who are now in the fray as BJP nominees. The Chief Minister had campaigned aggressively in Dehra, compared to two other seats, to ensure victory for Kamlesh Thakur, who is in the fray against Hoshiyar Singh, who won the seat as an Independent candidate in 2022 for the second consecutive time.

• TMC candidate Supti Pandey takes lead on Maniktala seat by 20,818 votes.
• TMC candidate Krishna Kalyani takes lead on Raygunj seat by 21,403 votes.
• TMC candidate Madhuparna Thakur takes lead on Bagdah seat by 11,745 votes.
• TMC candidate Mukutmani Adhikari takes lead on Ranaghat South seat by 1380 votes.

The Congress' candidates for the Badrinath and Manglaur bypolls in Uttarakhand were leading in both seats on Saturday, according to initial trends. While Congress' Lakhpat Singh Butola was leading by 195 votes against BJP's Rajendra Bhandari in Badrinath, Congress' Qazi Nizamuddin was ahead by 1,586 of BSP's Ubedur Rehman. BJP's Kartar Singh Bhadana was in the third spot in Manglaur, a seat won thrice by Nizamuddin in the past. Counting of votes for the bypolls, held on Wednesday, began at 8 am.

AAP's Jalandhar West assembly bypoll candidate Mohinder Bhagat appears to be heading for a victory from the seat in Punjab as he was leading by more than 23,000 votes against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Surinder Kaur, officials said on Saturday. Bhagat, a leader of the ruling party in Punjab, was ahead by 23,240 votes after eight rounds of counting of votes that began at 8 am at the Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women here. There will be a total of 13 rounds of counting. BJP candidate Sheetal Angural was at the third spot, according to the trends. Celebrations broke out at the residence of Bhagat in Jalandhar as his family members and supporters were ecstatic over the lead.

Uttarakhand: Congress' Qazi Mohammad is leading by 1,600 votes against BSP's Ubaidur Rahaman in Manglaur.

Uttarakhand: Congress' Lakhapat Singh is leading by 963 votes against BJP's Rajendra Singh in Badrinath.

West Bengal: TMC's Mukut Adhikari is leading by 498 votes against BJP's Manoj Biswas in Ranaghat Dakshin.

West Bengal: TMC's Madhuparna Thakur is leading by 2,304 votes against BJP's Binay Biswas in Bagda.

West Bengal: TMC's Supti Pandey is leading by 4,846 votes against BJP's Kalyan Chaubey in Maniktala.

West Bengal: TMC's Krishna Kalyani is leading by 10,146 votes against BJP's Manas Ghosh in Raiganj.

Madhya Pradesh: BJP's Kamlesh Shah is leading by 2,945 votes against Congress' Dheeran Sah in Amarwara.

Himachal Pradesh: Congress' Hardeep Singh Bawa is leading by 1,571 votes against BJP's KL Thalur in Nalagarh.

Himachal Pradesh: Congress' Kamlesh Thakur is leading by 636 votes against BJP's Hoshyar Singh in Dehra.

JDU's  Kaladhar Prasad Mandal is leading by 2,433 votes in Rupauli against Independent candidate Shankar Singh.

Trinamool Congress candidates have taken an early lead over their rivals in by-polls held in four assembly seats in West Bengal, where counting began on Saturday morning, TV channels reported. The bypolls for Maniktala, Bagdah, Ranaghat Dakshin, and Raiganj assembly seats were held on July 10. However, there was no official word from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, as the EC website showed counting in progress. Bengali news channel TV9 Bangla showed TMC leading in Maniktala in Kolkata, Ranaghat Dakshin, and Bagdah in North 24 Parganas, which are in South Bengal, and Raiganj in North Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district.

The DMK on Saturday took early lead in the Vikravandi Assembly constituency, where the counting of votes polled in the July 10 bypoll was underway. According to reports, DMK nominee Anniyur Siva was leading ahead of his nearest PMK rival, C Anbumani, by about 5,000 votes. Counting of votes began at 8 am with postal ballots being taken up first.
The by-election was necessitated due to the death of DMK legislator N Pugazhenthi in April this year. The DMK-led alliance had won all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone Puducherry segment in the just concluded Parliamentary elections.

Counting of votes for the bypolls to the Manglaur and the Badrinath assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand was underway on Saturday. Voting took place on both the seats on Wednesday. The bypoll to the Manglaur seat was marred by violence that left four people injured, even as a 67.28 per cent polling was recorded in the constituency. The voter turnout in Badrinath was 47.68 per cent and polling there remained peaceful. The counting of votes began at 8 am. The Manglaur bypoll was necessitated following the death of sitting BSP MLA Sarwat Karim Ansari in October last year. The Badrinath seat fell vacant after sitting Congress MLA Rajendra Bhandari resigned and switched to the BJP in March. The BSP fielded Ansari's son Ubedur Rehman against Congress nominee Qazi Nizamuddin in Manglaur.

AAP candidate Mohinder Bhagat takes lead in Punjab's Jalandhar West. 

Hoshyar Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading in the Dehra seat of Himachal Pradesh. 

Counting of votes for the Jalandhar West assembly bypoll in Punjab was underway on Saturday. Polling in the seat took place on Wednesday and a voter turnout of 54.98 per cent was recorded, a sharp drop from the 67 per cent the assembly segment saw in the 2022 state elections. Votes are being counted at a centre set up at the Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women here and the process began at 8 am, officials said. The Jalandhar West (Reserve) assembly constituency saw a multi-cornered contest among major political outfits like the ruling AAP in Punjab, the Congress and the BJP. Fifteen candidates were in the fray. The seat fell vacant after Sheetal Angural resigned as the AAP legislator and joined the BJP in March.

Preparations underway for counting of votes at Nalagarh counting station in Himachal Pradesh. The voting in Nalagarh seat was held on July 7.   

Counting of votes began on Saturday for the by-election to the Rupauli assembly seat in Bihar’s Purnea district, officials said. The counting of votes commenced at 8 am. The voter turnout was 52.75 per cent in the July 10 bypoll. The by-election was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MLA Bima Bharti, who had won the seat for JD(U) several times but quit the party recently to contest the Lok Sabha election on an RJD ticket. Following her loss in the parliamentary election, she contested the bypoll as an RJD candidate. The RJD hopes that Bharti will win the seat. Pappu Yadav, the Independent MP from Purnea, announced his support for Bharti.Altogether 11 candidates were in the fray in the bypoll, in which the JD(U) had fielded Kaladhar Prasad Mandal, who had contested the 2020 assembly polls from the seat as an Independent.

Counting of votes for the bypolls held in four assembly seats in West Bengal began on Saturday, amid tight security arrangements, an Election Commission official said. The counting of votes commenced at 8 am. "We have made adequate security arrangements in and around the counting centres. Apart from the state police, central forces are also deployed," the official told PTI. The bypolls for Maniktala, Bagdah, Ranaghat Dakshin and Raiganj assembly seats were held on July 10. Raiganj witnessed the highest voter turnout at 71.99 per cent, followed by Ranaghat Dakshin at 70.56 per cent, Bagdah at 68.44 per cent and Maniktala at 54.98 per cent.

• 4 seats in West Bengal
• 3 seats in Himachal Pradesh
• 2 seats in Uttarakhand
• 1 seat each in Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab

In West Bengal, the bypolls were held for Raiganj, Ranaghat-Dakshin, Bagda, and Maniktala seats amid violence and alleged malpractices. The polling saw 62.71 per cent voter turnout by 5 pm. The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office has said that the final polling percentage will be available only on Thursday after the completion of the tabulation of reports coming from different polling booths. The maximum polling percentage was reported from Raiganj in North Dinajpur district at 67.12 per cent, while the lowest was reported from Maniktala in Kolkata at 51.39 per cent.

In Tamil Nadu’s Vikravandi Assembly seat, where the contest is between the state's ruling DMK and NDA constituent PMK, with the AIADMK not contesting, around 77.73 per cent turnout was recorded.

In Madhya Pradesh, 78.38 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the Amarwara Assembly seat in Chhindwara district - the erstwhile bastion of senior Congress leader Kamal Nath - where the bypoll was necessitated by sitting Congress MLA Kamlesh Shah resigning and joining the BJP, which fielded him.

In Bihar, the Rupauli Assembly segment in Purnea district, where RJD candidate Bima Bharti the only woman among the 11 candidates, registered 52.75 per cent polling till 6 p.m.. Bharti, who had resigned from the Rupauli seat to contest the Lok Sabha elections, faces ruling JD-U's Kaladhar Mandal (JD-U). Several incidents of violence were also reported during the day leaving four persons, including an SHO, injured in clashes. The people allege that the district police forcibly stopped them from polling their votes, leading to a scuffle that escalated into stone-pelting. The district police, however, have denied these allegations. Another incident was reported in Gorier village, where the wife of independent candidate Shankar Singh accused the police of carrying out a baton charge on voters. She sat on a dharna, but the situation soon stabilised while the voting resumed.

The bypolls were held in West Bengal (4 seats), Himachal Pradesh (3 seats), Uttarakhand (2 seats), Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, and Punjab (1 seat each) to fill the seats falling vacant due to the demise or resignation of incumbent members.

The counting of votes on 13 seats across the seven states in India will commence today (July 13). Bypolls were held in 13 Assembly constituencies across seven states on Wednesday (July 10) in the first electoral contest since the Lok Sabha polls 2024 with the results likely to have an impact on the political fate of the state's ruling and opposition parties.