Bypoll Results 2023 Live updates | UDF’s Chandy Oommen wins in Kerala; BJP wins in Dhanpur, Boxanagar in Tripura

 The counting of votes for bypolls to seven Assembly seats in six States is under way. The seven seats include 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

The results for the bypolls to seven Assembly seats in six States were declared on September 8. 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.

In Tripura’s Sepahijala district, the BJP won the by-elections to the Dhanpur and Boxanagar Assembly seats by huge margins. BJP’s Tafajjal Hossain won the Boxanagar seat by 30,237 votes. BJP candidate Bindu Debnath bagged the Dhanpur seat by 18,871 votes.

In Kerala, the Opposition Congress-UDF retained the Puthuppally Assembly constituency as its candidate Chandy Oommen won by a margin of more than 36,000 votes.

The ruling Trinamool Congress wrested the Dhupguri Assembly seat in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district from the BJP.

The BJP retained the Bageshwar Assembly seat in Uttarakhand with its candidate Parwati Dass defeating Congress’ Basant Kumar by more than 2,400 votes.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 15:39

Ghosi bypoll | Samajwadi Party candidate strengthens lead over BJP rival

Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh strengthened his lead over his BJP rival Dara Singh Chauhan with a margin of 22,923 votes after the 17th round of counting in the Ghosi Assembly bypoll in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the Election Commission (EC), while Mr. Singh has garnered 66,707 votes so far, Mr. Chauhan has got 43,784 votes. There will be 34 rounds of counting.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 15:32

Dumri Bypoll in Jharkhand | JMM candidate Bebi Devi wins

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate and Minister in Hemant Soren’s government Bebi Devi of I.N.D.I.A. block defeated All Jharkhand Student’s Union candidate Yashoda Devi of NDA block.

The poll was necessitated after the death of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MLA and former Education Minister Jagarnath Mahto. JMM has fielded Mahto’s wife Bebi Devi as the nominee of I.N.D.I.A. block.