Bypoll Results 2024 (Update): The opposition INDIA bloc seems on the brink of a sweeping victory over the ruling NDA in the latest by-elections. Out of the 13 contested seats, the INDIA won ten seats. The BJP, still reeling from its failure to secure a majority in last months Lok Sabha elections, managed to clinch only two assembly seats in the by-polls. Meanwhile, independent candidate Shankar Singh emerged victorious in one constituency.Bypoll Results 2024 (ECI)Bypoll Results 2024: The INDIA bloc has won six seats and is leading in four more as votes are counted for the bypolls in 13 assembly seats across seven states on Saturday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to secure only one seat in these bypolls. The Congress, which had a strong mandate in the recent Lok Sabha elections with 99 seats, is leading in two seats in Uttarakhand. In Himachal Pradesh, the party claimed victory in the Dehra assembly seat, where Kamlesh Thakur, the wife of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, won in bypolls.AAP wins in PunjabThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a key partner in the INDIA bloc, won the Jalandhar West seat in Punjab. AAP candidate Mohinder Bhagat defeated his nearest rival, BJP nominee Sheetal Angural, by a big margin of over 37,000 votes.TMC dominates in West BengalThe Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, secured three assembly seats, including Raiganj and Ranaghat Dakshin. The TMC also took the lead in the Maniktala assembly segment. The bypolls for these seats were held on July 10.DMK leads in Tamil NaduIn Tamil Nadu, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Anniyur Siva is leading in the Vikravandi assembly constituency, adding to the INDIA blocs successes.Close contests in Himachal PradeshHimachal Pradesh is witnessing close competition, where Congress candidates Kamlesh Thakur and Hardeep Singh Bawa are leading in Dehra and Nalagarh. However, the BJPs Ashish Sharma was ahead in Hamirpur. Kamlesh Thakur triumphed over BJPs Hoshiyar Singh in Dehra, while Congress Pushpinder Verma trailed by 1,545 votes behind BJPs Ashish Sharma in Hamirpur. In Nalagarh, Congress Hardeep Singh Bawa led by 4,137 votes against the BJPs K L Thakur.Independent candidate leads in BiharIn Bihars Rupauli seat, independent candidate Shankar Singh is leading, with his closest rival being Janata Dal (United) candidate Kaladhar Mandal. The seat was previously held by Bima Bharti, who had resigned from JD(U) to join Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and contested the Lok Sabha election from the Purnia parliamentary seat, where she was defeated by independent candidate Rajesh Ranjan.BJPs sole victoryThe Bharatiya Janata Party won the Hamirpur seat in Himachal Pradesh and is leading in the Amarwara constituency of Madhya Pradesh. Implications for BJPThese bypoll results are seen as a critical test for the BJP, which won 240 seats in the recent elections, falling short of the 272 majority mark and needing support from allies in the NDA coalition to form a government. With the support of key allies like N Chandrababu Naidus Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Nitish Kumars JD(U), which secured 16 and 12 seats in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar respectively, along with other coalition partners, the NDA surpassed the halfway mark. However, these bypoll results indicate a shift in the political landscape.
