The victories in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh will boost the morale of the Congress as the party had suffered a rout in the two states in the Lok Sabha elections. The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government in Himachal Pradesh, pushed to the brink after six Congress MLAs and three independents defected, is now on safe ground, regaining its original support of 40 MLAs in the 68-member house. The Congress also won the two seats in the BJP-ruled Uttarakhand, including Badrinath, a place of religious significance. But the party lost its seat to the BJP in Madhya Pradesh. In West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress won all four seats, wresting three from the BJP, clearly asserting its dominance in the state. The AAP won in Punjab by defeating its sitting MLA who defected to the BJP. In Bihar, the NDA suffered an upset when the JD(U) lost a seat to an independent.