Bypolls Results Highlights: Dimple Yadav dedicates her victory to late leader Mulayam Singh Yadav

The counting for the bypolls, conducted across five states on December 5, concluded today, with BJP winning 2 seats, while Congress, RLD, BJD and SP won 1 each. Mainpuri constituency was the prime focus of the bypolls which saw Dimple Yadav continuing Mulayam Singh's legacy, with a landslide victory.

RLD's Madan Bhaiya maintains wins Khatauli constituency

BJD's Barsha Singh Bariha wins from Padampur

Dimple Yadav dedicates her victory to Mulayam Singh Yadav

Bypoll results:

Dimple Yadav wins Mainpuri seat with over 6 lakh votes

BJP's Akash Saxena wins from Rampur constituency with a total of 80,964 votes

Congress's Savitri Manoj Mandavi wins from Chattisgarh's Bhanupratappur

Cong takes clear lead in Rajasthan, Gehlot terms it 'people's seal on good governance'

With Congress' Anil Sharma poised to win the Sardarshahar assembly bypoll after taking a 26,852-vote lead over his nearest rival, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Thursday termed it "people's seal on his government's good governance and public welfare schemes".

It is a clear message from the public that in 2023, the Congress will retain power in Rajasthan with an absolute majority, he claimed.

SP's Asim Raja leads in Rampur with 31,106

RLD's Madan Bhaiya maintains lead in Khatauli with 55,065 votes

Congress's Anil Kumar Sharma leads with over 91,000 votes in Sardarshahar

BJD's Barsha Singh Bariha maintains lead in Padampur with 89,465 votes; BJP's Pradeep Purohit second with 10,150 votes

Congress's Savitri Manoj Mandavi maintains steady lead in Bhanupratappur with 52,389 votes

Dimple Yadav offers prayers at temple in Saifai

Bihar bypoll: BJP wrests Kurhani from ruling Mahagathbandhan

The BJP on Thursday wrested from Bihar's ruling Mahagathbandhan the Kurhani assembly seat where its candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta defeated Manoj Singh Kushwaha of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) by 3,645 votes.

BJP trailing in one Lok Sabha and six Assembly seats

Congress's Anil Kumar Sharma nears halfway mark with over 70,000 votes in Sardarshahar

BJD's Barsha Singh Bariha maintains lead in Padampur with 54,173 votes

Savitri Manoj Mandavi still leads in Bhanupratappur with 26,660 votes

JD(U)'s Manoj Kumar Singh maintains narrow lead in Kurhani

Dimple Yadav continues Mulayam's legacy; crosses halfway mark in Mainpuri

Mohammed Asim Raja leads in Rampur with 13,080 votes

RLD's Madan Bhaiya maintains lead in Khatauli

Congress's Anil Kumar Sharma maintains lead in Sardarshahar

BJD's Barsha Singh Bariha maintains lead in Padampur

Congress's Savitri Manoj Mandavi maintains lead in Bhanupratappur; Independent candidate Akbar Ram Korram in second place

JD(U)'s Manoj Kumar Singh overtakes BJP's Kedar Prasad Gupta with a narrow margin in Kurhani

Steady lead for Dimple in Mainpuri, with 1,35,521 votes

RLD's Madan Bhaiya maintains lead in Khatauli

Dimple Yadav takes strong lead with 84,251 votes in Mainpuri

SP's Asim Raza maintains lead in Rampur with 7,778 votes

Congress's Anil Kumar Sharma maintains lead in Sardarshahar with 30,152 votes

BJD's Barsha Singh Bariha maintains lead in Padampur with 15,916 votes; BJP's Pradeep Purohit second with 10,150 votes

Congress's Savitri Manoj Mandavi maintains lead in Bhanupratappur with 5,812 votes

RLD's Madan Bhaiya leads in UP's Khatauli with 3,803 votes

Kurhani seat sees tight race between BJP's Kedar Prasad Gupta and JD(U)'s Manoj Kumar Singh

SP's Dimple Yadav leads in Mainpuri with 34,599 votes

Congress's Anil Kumar Sharma leads in Rajasthan's Sardarshahar with 13,075 votes

BJD's Barsha Singh Bariha leads in Odisha's Padampur with 5,501 votes

Congress's Savitri Manoj Mandavi leads in Chhattisgarh's Bhanupratappur with 3,397 votes

BJP's Kedar Prasad Gupta leads in Bihar's Kurhani with 7,936 votes

SP's Mohammed Asim Raza leads in Rampur with 1,277 votes

SP's Dimple Yadav leads in Mainpuri ahead of BJP's Raghuraj Singh Shakya

Counting underway in Odisha's Padampur

Counting of votes for the by-poll to Padampur assembly seat in Odisha’s Bargarh district is underway on Thursday amid tight security arrangements, an official said.

A high turnout of 81.29 per cent was recorded in Padamppur during the by-election held on Monday.

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Mainpuri, Rampur and Khatuali important bastions for SP

Following defeats in Azamgarh and the Rampur Lok Sabha bypoll, considered the Samajwadi Party bastions, the Mainpuri parliamentary and Rampur and Khatauli assembly by-elections have become important for the Akhilesh Yadav-led party and his ally RLD.

In Mainpuri, SP president Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav is pitted against BJP's Raghuraj Singh Shakya, once a close associate of Shivpal Singh Yadav. Shakya joined the BJP ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls held earlier this year.

In the Rampur Sadar assembly segment, the BJP has fielded Akash Saxena, the son of former party legislator Shiv Bahadur Saxena, against Azam Khan's protege Asim Raja.

In Khatauli, the fight is between Vikram Singh Saini's wife Rajkumari Saini and Madan Bhaiya of the RLD.

UP bypolls: Counting begins for Mainpuri, Rampur, Khatauli seats

Counting of votes began Thursday morning for Mainpuri parliamentary constituency, previously represented by Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, and Rampur and Khatauli assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where bypolls were held earlier this week, officials said.

The counting started at 8 am and the results are likely to come in by the afternoon, they said.

Mainpuri parliamentary constituency, which fell vacant after the death of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, registered 54.01 per cent voting.

Khatauli assembly segment in Muzaffarnagar had recorded 56.46 per cent polling on December 5 while Rampur had seen a low 33 per cent voting.

Rajasthan: Counting of votes for Sardarshahar bypoll begins

Counting of votes for the bypoll to Sardarshahar Assembly seat in Rajasthan's Churu district began on Thursday morning, an official said.

The counting commenced at 8 am, the official said.

The constituency recorded a voting percentage of 72.09 per cent on polling day on Monday.

A total of 2,89,843 voters were eligible to exercise their franchise in the bypoll necessitated by the demise of Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma, who passed away on October 9 after prolonged illness.

Counting for by-elections for Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and six assembly seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh also begins.

A win for SP could provide some consolation for Akhilesh Yadav after the defeat in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections early this year and the loss of Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha seats to the BJP in June bypolls. (PTI)

Bihar's Kurhani will witness the first electoral battle between CM Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and the BJP since the two old allies parted ways four months ago. The contest is between JD(U)'s Manoj Singh Kushwaha and BJP's Kedar Gupta. (PTI)

In Odisha's Padampur, the ruling Biju Janata Dal would try to avenge its defeat in the Dhamnagar by-poll in November, the only one it has lost of the half dozen bypolls held after 2019. (PTI)