Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh.
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Results for seven Assembly bypolls today
The results for bypolls to seven assembly seats in six states will be declared today in what is being seen as a major test for the opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A against the BJP-led NDA ahead of the polls in five states later this year and Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
The seven seats -- Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, Puthuppally in Kerala, Dhupguri in West Bengal, Dumri in Jharkhand, and Boxanagar and Dhanpur in Tripura -- went to poll on September 5.
Of the seven seats where vote counting will take place, three (Dhanpur, Bageshwar and Dhupguri) were held by the BJP and one each by the SP (Ghosi), CPI(M) (Boxanagar), JMM (Dumri) and the Congress (Puthuppally).
Counting of votes for seven Assembly constituencies has begun.
Security tightened in Bengal's Jalpaiguri
Security stepped up at counting centre in Kerala's Puthuppally
Snapshot of bypoll counting in progress
Snapshot of bypoll counting.
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Initial trends in favour of Oommen Chandy's son in Kerala by-poll
The Congress camps were quite certain of Oommen's victory and were only concerned whether he would get a record margin as expected. The CPM already raised allegations of Congress-BJP vote trade during the September 5 polling.
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Watch: Security outside a counting station in Mau, Uttar Pradesh; the Ghosi bypoll will mark a showdown between the I.N.D.I.A coalition and the BJP government
Snapshot of counting in progress; BJP only leading in Tripura's Boxanagar
Snapshot of bypoll counting.
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BJP has taken the lead in both Tripura seats - Boxanagar and Dhanpur where Tafajjal Hossain and Bindu Debnath are contesting for the saffron party
INC's Chandy Oommen leads in Kerala's Puthuppally, SP's Sudhakar Singh leads in Uttar Pradesh's Ghosi, INC's Basant Kumar leads in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar
Snapshot of the counting: BJP now lead in Tripura's Boxanagar and Dhanpur, and have also taken the lead in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar
Snapshot of bypoll counting.
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BJP tried all conspiracy theories, but it seems people have decided to go in favour of Samajwadi Party: SP spox Abbas Hair
SP's Sudhakar Singh has gotten 10334 votes as of now.
Bebi Devi leads in Jharkhand's Dumri seat
In Kerala, the son one-ups the father
BJP wins Dhanpur seat in Tripura, lead in Boxanagar, West Bengal's Dhupguri and Uttarakhand's Bageshwar
Snapshot of bypoll counting.
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BJP's win inTripura's Dhanpur: Key takeaways
BJP's Bindu Debnath defeats CPM's Kaushik Chanda by 18871 votes
Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik had resigned from the seat necessitating bypoll
This seat was earlier represented by CPM's Manik Sarkar for 5 terms
Snapshot of the bypoll counting results
Snapshot of bypoll counting.
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BJP has clinched both Tripura seats and leads in Uttarakhand and West Bengal. However, the closely watched Ghosi seat seems to be going the way of the Samajwadi Party.
TMC's Nirmal Chandra Roy takes the lead in Bengal's Dhupguri
The spectacular victory in the Puthuppally by-elections is a clear message to the Modi & Pinarayi Vijayan govt: Cong
"Both BJP & CPM have been thrown by the people of Puthuppally...No by-election in Kerala has got such a landslide margin", Congress's Ramesh Chennithala said.
Watch: Celebrations in Congress office in Thiruvananthapuram as bypoll win nears
People are with us, and we believe that the (Ghosi bypoll) result will be in our favour: UP Minister Sanjay Nishad
Chandy Oommen wins the Puthuppally bypoll
Congress leader and Kerala former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's son Chandy Oommen has won the by-poll to Puthuppally Assembly constituency of Kottayam district in Kerala with a record margin of around 37,000 votes.
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Snapshot of the bypoll counting
Snapshot of bypoll counting.
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Abhishek Banerjee showered praises as TMC has cemented the lead in Bengal's Dhupguri seat
While the EC has not called it yet, the TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy has managed to secure 83,545 votes, with two rounds of counting left.
"Thank you", he said, "for embracing the politics of development over hatred and bigotry. Saluting every AITC worker for their tireless efforts in connecting with the people. We're committed to leaving no stone unturned in ensuring Dhupguri's all-round development".