Himachal Chief Minister’s Spouse Wins Dehra Seat, AAP Secures Jalandhar West

Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Kamlesh Thakur defeated her nearest rival, BJP nominee Hoshyar Singh, by over 9,000 votes within the Dehra constituency. Her occasion colleague can also be main within the Nalagarh seat, whereas the BJP is forward in Hamirpur.

AAP’s Mohinder Bhagat received the bypoll in Punjab’s Jalandhar West meeting phase by greater than 30,000 votes.

In West Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is at the moment main on all 4 seats. The ruling occasion received the Maniktala seat within the 2021 West Bengal Meeting elections whereas the BJP received Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, and Bagda. Later, the BJP MLAs switched to the Trinamool.

In Uttarakhand, the Manglaur constituency is witnessing a three-cornered combat within the bypoll, which was held after the dying of BSP MLA Sarwat Karim Ansari in October final yr. The BJP is at the moment trailing in Manglaur, a Muslim- and Dalit-dominated seat that has been held both by the Congress or the BSP thus far. The ruling occasion can also be trailing in Badrinath.

The Bihar byelection was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MLA Bima Bharti, who had received the seat for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) a number of instances up to now however stop the occasion just lately to contest Lok Sabha elections on an RJD ticket. The JD(U) is at the moment forward.

In Tamil Nadu’s Vikravandi meeting constituency, the bypoll was necessitated by the dying of DMK legislator N Pughazhendhi on April 6. It’s a triangular contest with ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s candidate Anniyur Siva (alias Sivashanmugam A) main over Pattali Makkal Katchi’s (PMK) C Anbumani and Naam Tamilar Katchi’s Ok Abinaya.

The by-election within the Amarwara meeting seat in Madhya Pradesh Chhindwara district was held after three-time Congress MLA Kamlesh Shah crossed over to the BJP in March. The principle contest on this Scheduled Tribes-reserved seat is between the BJP, which fielded Kamlesh Shah, the Congress’s Dheeran Shah Invati, and Gondwana Gantantra Get together’s (GGP) Devraman Bhalavi. Mr Invati is at the moment main.

The voting was held in 13 Meeting seats throughout seven states — 4 in West Bengal, three in Himachal Pradesh, two in Uttarakhand, and one every in Bihar, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.

The 13 Meeting seats that went to polls have been Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda and Maniktala in West Bengal; Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh; Badrinath and Manglaur in Uttarakhand; Jalandhar West in Punjab; Rupauli in Bihar; Vikravandi in Tamil Nadu and Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh. 4 of those states are dominated by INDIA bloc constituents whereas the remainder have a BJP or NDA authorities.

These bypolls have been the primary because the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which noticed the BJP successful 240 seats – 32 in need of the bulk. The NDA, nonetheless, managed to cross the midway mark of 272 with a complete tally of 293 seats. The Congress-led INDIA bloc clinched 232 seats.