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NEW DELHI: The BJP confirmed why it’s a formidable battle machine because it gained 4 of the seven Assembly bypolls, outcomes for which have been introduced on Sunday. The largest loser was the Congress as two seats it held Adampur in Haryana and Munugode in Telangana have been wrested by the BJP and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, respectively. Both seats had fallen vacant following the defection of the sitting Congress members to the BJP.
The solely place Congress put up some battle was in Adampur the place it got here second with 39.35% votes. In the opposite two seats it contested, Munugodu and Dhamnagar in Odisha, it managed to ballot simply 10.58% and a couple of.18%, respectively.
The Adamapur seat went to Oxford-educated BJP candidate Bhavya Bishnoi, son Kuldeep Bishnoi who defected to the BJP. In Dhamnagar, the BJP’s Suryabanshi Suraj polled 49.09% votes, defeating the BJD by a margin of 9,881 votes.
The BJP’s Kusum Devi gained the Gopalganj seat by the slimmest of margins, defeating RJD candidate Mohan Prasad Gupta by 1,794 votes. The seat had fallen vacant after the dying of Kusum’s husband Subhash Singh. Kusum acquired 41.6% of the entire votes polled.
Elated at Gopalganj victory, BJP nationwide common secretary (organisation) B L Santosh stated: “The victory is especially sweet in Bihar because the BJP was up against ruling mahagathbandhan.” According to ballot analyst P Ok D Nambiar, it was the Modi magic at work.
In the excessive profile Mokama seat that was billed as a muscleman vs muscleman contest, the RJD’s Neelam Devi defeated BJP’s Sonam Devi by greater than 16,000 votes. The by-election was necessitated after the disqualification of Neelam’s husband Anant Singh by a Patna court docket in an arms case.
Of the six states the place by-elections have been held, Munugode witnessed a prestigious battle between the ruling TRS and the BJP. The bypoll for the seat was necessitated following the resignation of Congress MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, who entered the fray on a BJP ticket. He was defeated by TRS’ Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy by greater than 10,000 votes.
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP comfortably retained its Gola Gokrannath seat, getting 55.88% of the entire votes polled. At 40.52% the SP was a distant second within the race. This seat has additionally fallen vacant after the dying of BJP’s sitting MLA Arvind Giri. The Congress and the BSP had not fielded their candidates this time.
Rutuja Latke, the candidate of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), gained the Andheri (East) seat earlier represented by her late husband. Interestingly, the second-highest variety of votes — 14.7%—went to the None Of The Above (NOTA) choice there.
Who acquired what
BJP holds three seats, Gola Gokarannath in UP, Dhamnagar in Odisha and Gopalganj in Bihar; wrests Adampur in Haryana from Congress
RJD retains Mokama; TRS wrests Munugodu from Cong; Shiv Sena ShivSena (Uddhav) holds Andheri
NEW DELHI: The BJP confirmed why it’s a formidable battle machine because it gained 4 of the seven Assembly bypolls, outcomes for which have been introduced on Sunday. The largest loser was the Congress as two seats it held Adampur in Haryana and Munugode in Telangana have been wrested by the BJP and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, respectively. Both seats had fallen vacant following the defection of the sitting Congress members to the BJP.
The solely place Congress put up some battle was in Adampur the place it got here second with 39.35% votes. In the opposite two seats it contested, Munugodu and Dhamnagar in Odisha, it managed to ballot simply 10.58% and a couple of.18%, respectively.
The Adamapur seat went to Oxford-educated BJP candidate Bhavya Bishnoi, son Kuldeep Bishnoi who defected to the BJP. In Dhamnagar, the BJP’s Suryabanshi Suraj polled 49.09% votes, defeating the BJD by a margin of 9,881 votes.
The BJP’s Kusum Devi gained the Gopalganj seat by the slimmest of margins, defeating RJD candidate Mohan Prasad Gupta by 1,794 votes. The seat had fallen vacant after the dying of Kusum’s husband Subhash Singh. Kusum acquired 41.6% of the entire votes polled.
Elated at Gopalganj victory, BJP nationwide common secretary (organisation) B L Santosh stated: “The victory is especially sweet in Bihar because the BJP was up against ruling mahagathbandhan.” According to ballot analyst P Ok D Nambiar, it was the Modi magic at work.
In the excessive profile Mokama seat that was billed as a muscleman vs muscleman contest, the RJD’s Neelam Devi defeated BJP’s Sonam Devi by greater than 16,000 votes. The by-election was necessitated after the disqualification of Neelam’s husband Anant Singh by a Patna court docket in an arms case.
Of the six states the place by-elections have been held, Munugode witnessed a prestigious battle between the ruling TRS and the BJP. The bypoll for the seat was necessitated following the resignation of Congress MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, who entered the fray on a BJP ticket. He was defeated by TRS’ Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy by greater than 10,000 votes.
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP comfortably retained its Gola Gokrannath seat, getting 55.88% of the entire votes polled. At 40.52% the SP was a distant second within the race. This seat has additionally fallen vacant after the dying of BJP’s sitting MLA Arvind Giri. The Congress and the BSP had not fielded their candidates this time.
Rutuja Latke, the candidate of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), gained the Andheri (East) seat earlier represented by her late husband. Interestingly, the second-highest variety of votes — 14.7%—went to the None Of The Above (NOTA) choice there.
Who acquired what
BJP holds three seats, Gola Gokarannath in UP, Dhamnagar in Odisha and Gopalganj in Bihar; wrests Adampur in Haryana from Congress
RJD retains Mokama; TRS wrests Munugodu from Cong; Shiv Sena ShivSena (Uddhav) holds Andheri
