Shehbaz, 70, was the only candidate left in the race after former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced that his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party will boycott the voting and staged a walkout.
By-elections were held in 14 states and one union territory on Oct 30 of which the results were announced on Nov 2.
According to results announced by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday, Ramesh Bhusanur of BJP won in Sindgi seat by a margin of 31,185 votes, by securing 93,865 votes, while his closest rival Congress' Ashok Managuli secured 62,680 votes.
These instructions were issued to check surge in COVID-19 cases when counting was to be held for assembly elections held in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, West Bengal and Kerala earlier this year.
The assembly by-elections which saw a high turnout were held in five seats in Assam, four in West Bengal, three each in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, two each in Bihar, Karnataka and Rajasthan and one seat each is in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Mizoram and Telangana.
In a letter sent to the Election Commission of India, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal has submitted a list of 20 star campaigners -- which also includes new inductee Kanhaiya Kumar -- for the by-elections to Mandi Lok Sabha and Arki, Fatehpur and Jubbal-Kotkhai Assembly seats of Himachal Pradesh.
The Congress said Jowel Tudu, Bhaskar Dahal and Manoranjan Konwar will contest from Gossaigaon, Tamulpur and Thowra seats in Assam while Jitesh Antapurkar will contest for Deglur in Maharashtra.
The BJP has announced Subhash Pirajirao Savane from Deglur (SC) assembly constituency of Maharashtra. The saffron party has fielded K. Ladinthara from Tuirial (ST) assembly seat in Mizoram.
The by-election was necessitated following the death of BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathy in October last year.
The MP Rajya Sabha seat got vacant after BJP leader and former Union cabinet minister Thaawarchand Gehlot was elevated as K'taka Governor.
The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC registered a landslide victory in polls winning 213 seats in the 294-member West Bengal assembly.
The ruling NCP and opposition BJP are in a direct fight in this bypoll, which was necessitated following the death NCP legislator Bharat Bhalke due to post-COVID complications.
Among voters from all three segments, over 11.37 lakh are men and over 11.22 lakh are women.
The ruling BJP on Thursday announced its candidates for the April 17 by-elections in Karnataka, fielding Mangala Suresh Angadi, wife of late Union Minister Suresh Angadi, from Belgaum Lok Sabha seat.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on December 1 met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi.
The ruling BJP in Karnataka on Tuesday won the byelections to two assembly constituencies, wresting the seats from opposition Congress and JDS.
With the BJP winning nine out of the 28 assembly seats in bypolls in Madhya Pradesh so far on Tuesday, the ruling party has already attained a simple majority in the 230-member house.
Sanchi bypoll result: Bhartiya Janta Party candidate and Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary won the Sanchi bypoll by 63,809 votes.
Dubbak bypoll: The victory in the bypoll to the Dubbak Assembly constituency has come as a shot in the arm for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is a sure boost to its claim of being the viable alternative to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a lead in Madhya Pradesh by-polls, party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday congratulated all the winning candidates and thanked the voters as well.
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