India Political Highlights: 'What is the need to separate ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’?', asks Cong's Digvijaya Singh

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

BJP's Parwati Dass wins Bageshwar Assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand: District Magistrate

JMM's Bebi Devi wins by-election in Jharkhand's Dumri assembly seat by over 17,000 votes, defeats NDA candidate Yashoda Devi

Ranchi: Congress workers and Jharkhand Congress President Rajesh Thakur celebrate JMM Minister Bebi Devi's victory in Dumri bypoll

Karnataka BJP unit staged a state-wide protest against “failure” of Congress government to prevent farmers’ suicides, alleged corruption and various other issues

SP wins Ghosi bypoll as I.N.D.I.A scores over NDA in first face-off in Uttar Pradesh

'What is the need to separate ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’?', asks Cong's Digvijaya Singh

Karnataka BJP MLA from Vijayapura Basanagouda Patil Yatnal said that Congress is “murderer” of freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose.