UP Bypoll Results 2024: BJP wins 7 out of nine seats, SP settles with 2

SP MP Dimple Yadav said, "The whole country saw how administrative action was taken in the UP assembly by-election. This raises serious questions on democracy and the administration was preventing people from casting their votes... Strict action should be taken against those officials (who prevented people from casting their votes)."

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Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said, "The BJP has worked to win the trust of the people of Uttar Pradesh. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has succeeded in taking Prime Minister Modi's Garib Kalyan Yojana to the people... This is a victory of law and order in Uttar Pradesh. We made the lotus bloom in Kathari, we will make it bloom in Karhal too. Today the lotus could not bloom but on 27, we will make it bloom there too... The blessings the public has given to the BJP today are extraordinary... Those who called 27 a semi-final have been completely defeated today... The SP that ran fake PDA, 'Parivar Development Agency' has been wiped out."

"The victory of the BJP-NDA in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-elections is a testament to the people's unwavering faith in the successful leadership and guidance of the esteemed Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This victory is the result of the security, good governance and public welfare policies of the double engine government and the tireless hard work of dedicated workers. I express my gratitude to the respected voters of Uttar Pradesh who voted for the good governance and development of Uttar Pradesh and hearty congratulations to all the winning candidates."

"In this election, SP's vote bank and votes both have reduced."

The tactics of those who have made 'election' synonymous with 'corruption' have been captured in photographs and exposed before the world. The world, the country and Uttar Pradesh saw the most distorted form of electoral politics in this by-election. There may be a time for falsehood but not an era. Now the real struggle has begun…

Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary on BJP's win said, "I thank the people of UP and PM Modi for instilling confidence in us."

UP BJP President, Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary said, "The way trends are being displayed, BJP is moving forward towards a big win. I congratulate the people of Uttar Pradesh who voted for peace, security, development and betterment of the state...The agenda is to weaken the country by dividing the society in the name of caste and language and the people of Uttar Pradesh rejected that agenda. Uttar Pradesh is moving forward on PM Modi's 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' formula...When Samajwadi Party wins, they will not say anything and when they lose, they will raise questions on the constitutional bodies, blame the police administration..."

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tweets, "The victory of the BJP-NDA in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-elections is a testament to the people's unwavering faith in the successful leadership and guidance of PM Narendra Modi. This victory is the result of the security, good governance and public welfare policies of the double-engine government and the tireless hard work of dedicated workers. I express my gratitude to the respected voters of Uttar Pradesh who voted for the good governance and development of Uttar Pradesh and hearty congratulations to all the winning candidates!   Batenge toh Katenge. Ek Rahenge-Safe Rahenge."

On UP Assembly by-elections, SP MP Dimple Yadav said, "I would like to thank everyone who voted despite the tough situation in which the by-elections were held...I think we can still win 4 seats."

On counting for UP by-elections, Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai said, "It was already decided in Uttar Pradesh that the government is fighting the elections with the help of its machinery. The result of that has come out... All the machinery of the government, from police administration was deployed. Voters were intimidated and threatened. This is a complete murder of democracy."  

On counting for Uttar Pradesh by-election, Samajwadi Party candidate from Karhal Assembly seat, Tej Pratap Singh Yadav said, "The way the administration abused power and constantly harassed our people, our activists and the people here contested the elections very strongly and we hope that we will win the elections with a good margin. The whole country knows that all the videos of the election day went viral on social media and the way the police contested the elections in Mirapur in Kundarki on behalf of the BJP, everyone has seen that and everyone knows it. I hope that we will win with a good number of votes..."

On UP Assembly by-elections, UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak said, "Of the 9 seats in Uttar Pradesh, BJP will win 8. We have posed a tough competition to Samajwadi Party. Since there are more voters from their community, they are in a better position there..."

As counting of votes in Meerapur bypoll is underway in Muzaffarnagar,  SSP Abhishek Singh said, "Three-tier security arrangements have been made for counting of votes. 4 companies of PAC, one platoon of CRPF and 1000 Constabulary,  12 COs, and 4 Additional SPs are deployed here...Those with valid IDs are being allowed inside the counting centre after checking..."

SP candidate Naseem Solanki got 4684 votes in the first round of EVM. Whereas BJP candidate Suresh Awasthi got 2333 votes

In Kanpur's Sisamau seat, SP candidate Naseem is ahead in postal ballots counting

In Ghaziabad, BJP's Sanjeev Sharma is ahead in counting of postal ballots

BJP leading in seven seats including in - Katehari, Ghaziabad, Majhawan, Raver- out of nine in early trends

Byelections were held for nine assembly seats, a direct faceoff between BJP and Samajwadi Party. Counting begins

Counting to begin shortly. The results of the nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh are expected to come out today.

Ninety candidates are in the fray for the bypolls. Ghaziabad has the most candidates in the fray with 14, followed by Khair and Sisamau with five each. Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has fielded candidates from Ghaziabad, Kundarki and Mirapur while Chandrashekhar Azad-led Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) is contesting on all seats except Sisamau.

While eight seats fell vacant following the incumbent MLAs' election to the Lok Sabha, polling in Sisamau is being conducted due to Samajwadi Party lawmaker Irfan Solanki's disqualification from the assembly after his conviction in a criminal case. The Congress is not contesting these bypolls and has lent support to the Samajwadi Party, its INDIA bloc ally. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting on all nine seats solo.

About 49.3 per cent of voters cast their votes in bypolls to nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh 

The results of the nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh are expected today.