BJP wins 5 of 10 assembly seats in by-polls, stands 2nd in rest of seats

Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party has won 5 of 10 assembly seats that went to by-polls in 8 states. Congress has won two seats – both in karnataka where it is in power. Trinamool has won one seat in West Bengal with BJP at second position leaving Communists and Congress behind. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has won one seat in Jharkhand.

BJP: Dhemji(Assam), Bhoraj(Himachal Pradesh), Bandhavgarh(Madhya Pradesh), Dholpur(Rajasthan), Rajouri Garden(Delhi).

Congress: Gundlupet and Nanjangud(Karnataka), Ater(Madhya Pradesh).

Trinamool: Kanthi Dakshin(West Bengal).

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha: Littipara(Jharkhand)

Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has won Dhemji assembly by-poll in Assam. BJP candidate Ranoj Pegu defeated nearest rival candidate Babu Sonowal of Indian National Congress by 9285 votes. BJP candidate got 50.13% of total votes.

BJP candidate Dr. Anil Dhiman won Bhoraj assembly by-poll in Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh. Dhiman won against nearest rival candidate Parmila Devi of Congress party by 8290 votes. BJP candidate got 52.16% of total votes.

In Madhya Pradesh, ruling BJP candidate Arvind Singh Bhadoria was defeated by nearest rival Hemant Katare of Congress in Ater by-poll by margin of merely 857 votes.

On Bandhavgarh seat of Madhya Pradesh, BJP candidate Shivnarayan Singh “Lallu Bhaiya” won against nearest rival Savitri Singh of Congress by margin of 22994 votes.

On Dholpur seat in Rajasthan, BJP candidate Shobha Rani Kushavah won against nearest candidate Banwari Lal Sharma of Congress by margin of 22577 votes.

In Delhi, BJP candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa won Rajouri Garden seat against nearest rival of Congress party by margin of 14,652 votes. Ruling AAP stood at distant third position.

Ruling Congress candidate M.C.Mohan Kumari alias Geetha won Gundlupet assembly by-poll in Karnataka with 51.74% votes in her favor. She defeated her nearest rival candidate C.S. Niranjan Kumar from BJP by margin of 10,903 votes.

Congress candidate also won Nanjangud assembly by-poll in Karnataka against nearest rival candidate of BJP. Congress candidate Kalale. N. Keshavamurthy won Nanjangud by-poll with 55.15% votes in favor against V.Srinivasa Prasad of BJP by margin of 21,334 votes.

Victory on both seats that went to by-poll has brought relief to Congress as Karnataka is going to witness general election of assembly next year.

In West Bengal, ruling All India Trinamool Congress candidate Chandrima Bhattacharya won against nearest rival Sourindra Mohan Jana of BJP by margin of 42,526 votes on Kanthi Dakshin seat. BJP candidate got 30.97% votes. Communist Party stayed on distant third position with 10.21% votes while Congress on fourth position with merely 1.33% votes.

In Jharkhand, Simon Marandi of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha won by-poll of Littipara seat against nearest rival Hemlal Murmu of ruling BJP by margin of 5029 votes.

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