Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey said today that the "politics of fatwa" devoid of any principles has temporarily overpowered the politics of development.
While the LS bypoll results were equally divided at 2-2 between the BJP-led alliance and the opposition parties, figures for the 10 assembly bypolls came as a big setback for the ruling party which could win just one (in Uttarakhand).
The ruling BJP today suffered a major jolt in bypolls across the country, including in Kairana Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh where opposition parties had together supported the RLD candidate against the rival saffron party nominee.
In a big setback to the ruling BJP, opposition parties today appeared winning 11 bypolls, limiting the saffron party and its allies to just three, out of four Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats across 11 states -- riding high on strengthening non-BJP unity in run-up to the 2019 general elections.
The opposition's united effort seems to be developing into a major challenge for the BJP ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections as the saffron party suffered defeat on multiple seats among the 10 Assembly constituencies where bypolls were held May 28.
RR Nagar Assembly Bypoll Counting Result 2018: In a major victory for Congress, its candidate Muniratna has won from the RR Nagar constituency by a margin of 25492 votes. After 18 rounds of counting Congress Munirathna secured 108064, BJP Thulsi Muniraju Gowda Secured 82572 and JDS Candidate G H Ramachandra secured 60380.
Babita Devi of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) defeated All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) nominee Lambodar Mahto by nearly 19,000 votes.
Jokihat Assembly Bypoll Result: RJD candidate Shahnawaz Alam defeated Murshid Alam of JD(U) by over 41,000 votes, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Baiju Nath Kumar said.
The Chenganur Assembly registered at least 76 per cent voter turnout in the bypoll necessitated by the death of sitting MLA KK Ramachandran Nair (CPI(M)) in January this year due to illness.
The seat fell vacant following the death of sitting Akali Dal legislator Ajit Singh Kohar in February. Kohar, a former minister, was elected five times from this seat.
The bypoll in Silli was necessitated after sitting MLA Amit Mahto of the JMM was convicted in a criminal assault case in March.
Maheshtala Assembly Bypoll Results: TMC's Dulal Chandra Das trounced his nearest rival Bharatiya Janata Party's Sujit Kumar Ghosh by 62,896 votes.
A total of 10 candidates were in the fray in Noorpur Assembly seat.
The by-elections for the four Lok Sabha seats have turned into a prestige issue for the BJP, which is now at the halfway mark of 272 seats in the Lok Sabha after failing to form a government in Karnataka.
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