Bypoll Results 2020 LIVE: BJP wins all 8 seats in Gujarat

21:19 November 10

Ruling BJD wins both - Balasore and Tirtol - seats that went for polls in the Odissa Bypolls 2020.

21:18 November 10

Manipur Bypolls: Bharatiya Janata Party wins four seats and independent candidate one seat.

21:17 November 10

Congress wins Marwahi Assembly seat in Chhattisgarh bypolls, as per Election Commission

19:46 November 10

Gujarat ByPolls

Gujarat ByPolls: BJP wins all the eight seats that were in the fray, in Gujarat ByPolls 2020.

19:38 November 10

Uttar Pradesh ByPolls: BJP wins 6 and Samajwadi Party wins 1 seat in Uttar Pradesh ByPolls 2020. Polling was held on 7 seats.

19:20 November 10

TRS working president and Telangana IT and Municipal Minister KTR while responding to the Dubbaka defeat said that they are not disappointed in defeat. KTR thanked the voters for their support. He also thanked party activists and leaders for their hardwork.

Telangana Finance Minister Harish Rao also responded to the Dubakka defeat and claimed responsibility for the defeat. He thanked the party activists and said that the party will review the reasons of failure.

19:04 November 10

Shrikant Katiyar (BJP) wins bypolls to Bangermau assembly seat in UP defeating Arti Bajpai (Congress) by 31,398 votes.

BJP retains Deoria seat in UP, its candidate Satyaprakash Mani Tripathi defeats Brahma Shankar Tripathi (SP) by 20,089 votes.

BJP retains Tundla seat in UP, its candidate Prempal Singh Dhangar defeats SP's Mahraj Singh Dhangar by margin of 17,683 votes.

BJP retains Ghatampur seat, its candidate Upendra Nath Paswan defeats nearest rival Kripa Shankar (Congress) by 23,820 votes.

BJP retains Bulandshahr seat, its candidate Usha Sirohi trounces nearest rival Mohammad Yunus (BSP) by 21,702 votes.

Samajwadi Party's Lucky Yadav wins Malhani seat defeating Dhananjaya Singh (Independent) by 4,632 votes. SP retains seat.

19:04 November 10

Ruling NDPP wins Southern Angami-I seat, Independent candidate wins Pungro Kiphire in Nagaland assembly bypolls

18:31 November 10

Rajasthan mayoral polls: Four Congress candidates and two of BJP elected as Mayors in the elections held in six Municipal Corporations of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota. 

17:12 November 10

Jharkhand assembly by-polls: Ruling coalition retains both seats; JMM wins from Dumka, Congress emerges victorious from Bermo: Joint Chief Electoral Officer Hiralal Mandal

17:12 November 10

BJP's Pradhyumansinh Jadeja defeats Congress rival by over 36,000 votes in Abdasa Assembly bypoll in Gujarat: Election Commission

17:05 November 10

BJP wins 4 out of 5 Assembly seats in Manipur by-polls: CM N Biren

Imphal: Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh announced that they have won four out of five Assembly seats in by-elections on Tuesday.

According to the Election Commission of India, Oinam Lukhoi Singh has won from Wangoi, Ginsuanhau from Singhat, Ngamthang Haokip from Saitu and Paonam Brojen Singh from Wangjing Tentha Assembly seats. All these four are Bharatiya Janata Party candidates.

Independent candidate Y. Antas Khan won from Lilong assembly seat.

Taking to Twitter, N.Biren Singh said, "A huge day for @BJP4Manipur! We won 4 out of 5 seats -@BJP4Manipur contested only in 4 ACs- in #Manipur Assembly Bypoll. Once again the people of Manipur show their trust in principles and ideology of @BJP4India and leadership of Hon'ble PM, Shri @narendramodi ji."

17:03 November 10

BJP's C M Rajesh Gowda wins bypoll to Sira assembly constituency in Karnataka by over 12,000 votes: officials

16:45 November 10

Jharkhand Bypolls: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Basant Soren has won the in the Dumka constituency beating close rival Lois Marandi of BJP. 

16:38 November 10

Uttar Pradesh Bypoll: BJP leading on 6 seats, Samajwadi Party (SP) on 1, out of the total 7 seats that went into by-poll in the state.

16:34 November 10

Manipur Bypolls: Independent candidate supported by BJP wins Lilong constituency in bypolls to 4 assembly seats in Manipur: officials

16:26 November 10

Gujarat ByPolls

Gujarat ByPolls: BJP wins three seats, leads on five out of the total eight assembly seats that went into by-poll in the state.

15:59 November 10

Jharkhand Bypolls: Congress nominee Anup Singh has won the Bermo seat by a margin of 14,249 votes

15:58 November 10

BJP's N Munirathna wins RR Nagar assembly byelection in Karnataka by over 57,000 votes: Officials

15:48 November 10

Telangana Bypolls: Raghunandan Rao of BJP wins Dubbaka seat by 1470 votes

Hyderabad: BJP has won in the Dubbaka Assembly by-election, informed Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday.

BJP's M Raghunandan Rao defeated TRS' Solipeta Sujatha by 1,470 votes.

BJP secured 62,772 votes, TRS secured 61,302 votes and Congress bagged 21,819 votes.

The vote share of BJP in the by-election was 38.21 per cent as opposed to TRS' 38.08 per cent.

BJP has managed to secure the second assembly seat in Telangana after winning in Dubbak

15:44 November 10

Ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leading in Southern Angami I, Independent candidate ahead in Pungro Kiphire in bypolls to 2 assembly seats in Nagaland, as per trends

15:29 November 10

Cong candidate Indu Raj Narwal defeats BJP's Yogeshwar Dutt in Baroda assembly seat of Haryana: officials

Induraj Narwal defeated BJP-JJP alliance candidate Yogeshwar Dutt by a margin of more than 10,000 votes. In the 20 rounds of counting, Congress candidate Induraj appeared with an edge from the very beginning. As the counting progressed to the final stage, the people of Baroda confirmed the victory of the Congress. BJP candidate Yogeshwar Dutt was in the second place. Yogeshwar Dutt was a joint candidate from the BJP-JJP alliance this time.

15:23 November 10

BJD candidates continue to lead in both assembly seats in Odisha Bypolls: Election officials

The ruling BJD candidates had established early leads over their nearest BJP rivals in both Balasore and Tirtol assembly constituencies.

15:08 November 10

BJP wins all 8 seats in Gujarat Bypolls.

15:07 November 10

Manipur Bypolls

Manipur Bypolls: BJP wins second seat in Manipur by-polls, candidates lead on two others

Imphal: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate has been declared winner from the Wangoi seat too, along with Singhat whose results came out earlier in the day, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday.

BJP's Oinam Lukhoi Singh, has been declared the winner from Wangoi seat beating closest rival National People's Party's Khuraijam Loken Singh by a close margin of 257 votes.

Earlier today, BJP's Ginsuanhau had been declared the winner from the Singhat Assembly seat by the ECI.

BJP candidates are also leading on the Wangjing Tentha, and Saitu seats while on the fifth seat, Lilong, independent candidate Y Antas Khan is ahead of another independent candidate Mohammad Abdul Nasir. The BJP had not fielded its candidate on the Lilong seat.

As per the ECI at 1 pm, BJP's vote-share stands at 33.4 per cent, while that of Congress is at 23.7 per cent and NPEP is at 10.8 per cent.

14:04 November 10

Karnataka bypolls: BJP maintains lead in both seats

Bengaluru: The ruling BJP has continued to maintain its lead over opposition Congress and JD(S) in the bypolls for two assembly constituencies in the state, poll
officials said on Tuesday.

Votes polled in the November 3 byelections to Sira in Tumakuru district and Rajarajeshwari Nagar (R R Nagar) in the city were taken up for counting at 8 am and the results are expected to be out in a few hours from now.

According to the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer's office, the trends show- BJP candidate was ahead with a margin of over 7,800 votes in Sira, while the party has maintained a lead with a margin of over 34,500 votes in RR Nagar.

BJP's Dr C M Rajesh Gowda is leading with 37,808 votes in Sira, followed by Congress' T B Jayachandra with 29,938.

13:36 November 10

Manipur bypolls: BJP wins one seat, leads in two

BJP candidate Oinam Lukhoi Singh won the by-election to the Wangoi seat in Manipur, while saffron party candidates were leading from two other constituencies and an Independent from one, officials said.

Singh won the Wangoi seat defeating his nearest rival Khuraijam Loken Singh of the National People's Party by 257 votes, as per the ECI website.

BJP candidates Paonam Brojen Singh and Ngamthang Haokip were leading from Wangjing Tentha and Saitu seats by over 1,560 and 2,799 votes.

Independent candidate Y Antas Khan was leading over his nearest Independent rival Mohd Abdul Nasir by 3,078 votes.

13:34 November 10

Haryana: BJP's Yogeshwar Dutt trailing in Baroda bypoll

Chandigarh: BJP candidate and Olympian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt is trailing by a margin of 10,330 votes from the Baroda Assembly seat in Haryana after eleven rounds of counting, as per the Election Commission data.

Congress candidate Indu Raj Narwal has continued to maintain a lead over Dutt, his nearest rival, as per initial trends.

After the completion of eleven rounds of counting, Narwal polled 35,301 votes while Dutt got 24,971 votes.

Indian National Lok Dal nominee Joginder Singh Malik polled 3,548 votes while Loktantra Suarkasha Party candidate Raj Kumar Saini got 3,241 votes.

12:51 November 10

Gujarat bypolls: BJP ahead in all 8 seats, Congress trails

Ahmedabad:The ruling BJP in Gujarat is leading in all the eight seats while the Congress is trailing behind as counting of votes polled for the Assembly bypolls

progressed on Tuesday.

The gap between the margin of votes polled by candidates of the Congress and the BJP is significant in at least five constituencies - Limbdi, Abdasa, Kaprada, Dang and Karjan.

Jayantilal Patel of Congress, who was leading from Morbi earlier in the day, has fallen behind his BJP rival Brijesh Merja who has taken a lead of over 1,000 votes, as per the Election Commission data.

In seven other seats, the BJP has been maintaining a consistent lead since this morning.

12:47 November 10

Telangana: BJP leads after seven rounds of counting in Dubbak bypoll

Hyderabad:The BJP maintained its lead over ruling TRS after completion of seven rounds of counting of votes for Dubbak assembly bypoll in Telangana on Tuesday.

BJP candidate M Raghunandan Rao was leading over his nearest TRS rival Solipeta Sujatha by 2,485 votes after seven rounds.

The counting of votes began at 8 AM and it is expected to be completed in 23 rounds.

12:36 November 10

Bhagel government to grab the Marwahi Assembly seat: Congress candidate Dr KK Dhruw

The early trends are showing Dr KK Dhruw of the Congress is leading by a margin 13 thousand 904 votes after five rounds against his nearest rival Dr Gambheer Singh of the BJP.

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Congress candidate Dr KK Dhruw said, "The trends are clearing indicating that Bhupesh Bhagel government's work in the Marwahi Assembly constituency and we are going to win the seat". 

"I am a doctor and work to improve the medical facility in the state in the coming days", he added. 

The Congress contestant is leading by a margin of 3,664 votes in Marwahi Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh, where counting of votes is underway.

The ruling Congress and main opposition BJP are locked in a direct fight in this seat where a bypoll was necessitated after Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) sitting MLA and former chief minister Ajit Jogi died on May 29.

12:25 November 10

Jharkhand bypoll: BJP leads in Dumka, Congress in Bermo

Ranchi: BJP candidate Lois Marandi was leading in the bypoll to Dumka Assembly seat while Congress nominee Anup Singh was ahead in Bermo constituency in
Jharkhand, as per trends at 12 noon.

Marandi was leading over his nearest rival Basant Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) by over 4,749 votes in Dumka seat, as per the ECI website.

In Bermo Assembly constituency, Congress nominee Anup Singh was ahead of his nearest rival BJP candidate Yogeshwar Mahto 'Batul' by 7,212 votes.

11:39 November 10

UP bypolls: Early trends show BJP leading in 5 seats, SP and independent in one each

Lucknow: The BJP was leading in five seats while the SP and an independent candidate were leading in one each as counting of votes polled in seven Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats progressed on Tuesday.

While BJP's Usha Sirohi is leading in Bulandshahr, Prem Pal Dhangar is leading from Tundla, Shrikant Katiyar from Bangarmau, Satya Prakash Mani Tripathi from Deoria and Upendra Nath Paswan from Ghatampur. SP and independent candidates are leading in Naugawan Sadat and Malhani seats

SP's Javed Abbas is leading from Naugawan Sadat, held by Chetan Chauhan, who was also minister in the Yogi Adityanath government. Abbas is leading by a margin of 4028 over Sangeeta Chauhan of the BJP.

11:18 November 10

Manipur bypolls: BJP leading in 2, Congress 1

Imphal:The ruling BJP in Manipur was ahead in two seats while the Congress and an Independent candidate were leading in one constituency each for which bypolls were held on November 7.

According to early trends, BJP candidate Oinam Lukhoi Singh was leading over his nearest rival Khuraijam Loken Singh of the National People's Party by 268 votes in the Wangoi seat.

In Saitu constituency, Ngamthang Haokip of the BJP was ahead of his nearest rival Lamtinthang Haokip of the Congress by 1,827 votes, as per the ECI website.

10:41 November 10

Karnataka bypolls: Trends show BJP leading in both seats
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP is leading ahead of opposition Congress and JD(S) in the bypolls held for two assembly constituencies in the state, poll officials said on
Tuesday.
According to the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer's office, the trends show- BJP's Dr C M Rajesh Gowda is leading with 8,919 votes in Sira, followed by Congress' T B
Jayachandra with 7,577.

JD(S)' Ammajamma B is in third place with 4842 votes.

In R R Nagar too BJP's N Munirathana is leading with 22,845 votes, followed by Congress' Kusuma H with 11,121.

JD(S) is in third place here too with party candidate V Krishtramurthy so far securing 728 votes.

10:40 November 10

Nagaland bypoll: Independent candidates leading in both seats

Kohima:Independent candidates were leading in bypolls to Southern Angami I and Pungro Kiphire seats in Nagaland as per early trends.

Independent candidate Seyievilie Peter Zashumo was leading over his nearest rival Medo Yhokha of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) by 922 votes in the Southern Angami I seat, as per the ECI website.

In the Pungro Kiphire constituency, Independent candidate T Yangsea Sangtam was leading over his nearest rival and BJP nominee Lirimong Sangtam by 1,161 votes.

10:39 November 10

BJD candidates lead over BJP rivals in Odisha bypolls

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD candidates have established early leads over their nearest BJP rivals in both Balasore and Tirtol assembly constituencies, where
counting of votes polled in the by-elections held last week is in progress on Tuesday.

As per early trends, BJD's Bijay Shankar Das was leading over BJP candidate Rajkishore Behera by 1,078 votes in Tirtol seat in Jagatsinghpur district, election officials said.

Das has polled 3,852 votes so far, while Behera has bagged 2,774 votes. Congress nominee Himanshu Bhushan Mallick has got 442 votes.

10:38 November 10

Chhattisgarh bypoll: Congress candidate leading in Marwahi seat

Raipur: The Congress contestant is leading by a margin of 3,664 votes in Marwahi Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh, where counting of votes is underway.

The seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates, falls in the newly formed Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district.

"The counting of votes in the bypoll held on November 3 in Marwahi seat began at 8 am at the Government Gurukul Vidyalaya, Gaurela," a poll official said.

As per the early trends, Dr KK Dhruw of the Congress is leading by a margin of 3,664 votes against his nearest rival Dr Gambheer Singh of the BJP, he said.

10:18 November 10

Baroda bypoll: Cong candidate Indu Raj leading over BJP's Yogeshwar Dutt

Chandigarh: Congress candidate Indu Raj Narwal is leading over his nearest rival and BJP nominee Yogeshwar Dutt by a margin 1,021 votes from the Baroda Assembly seat in Haryana, as per initial trends.

The counting of votes for the bypoll to the Baroda assembly seat began at 8 am on Tuesday. There will be 20 rounds of counting.

Three-tier security has been provided at the counting centre in Sonipat's Mohana, according to officials.

10:17 November 10

Gujarat bypolls: BJP leading in 7 seats, Congress in one

Ahmedabad:Candidates of the ruling BJP in Gujarat are leading in seven out of the eight Assembly constituencies for which bypolls were held while the Congress
is ahead in one seat, as per the early trends of counting on Tuesday.

BJP's Pradhumansinh Jadeja is leading by over 2,300 votes in Abdasa seat while former minister Kiritsinh Rana is ahead by 5,400 votes in Limbdi, among other candidates.

Congress' Jayantilal Patel is leading in Morbi constituency by a margin of more than 1,500 votes, as per the Election Commission data.

10:14 November 10

BJP leads in 4, SP in 3 in Uttar Pradesh  

Lucknow:Initial trends in Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-elections to seven seats showed the BJP leading in four seats while the Samajwadi Party in three as counting got underway.

Early trends showed the BJP leading in Bulandshahr, Ghatampur, Deoria and Bangarmau.

The Samajwadi Party is leading in Amroha while BJP's Sangeeta Chauhan, wife of former minister and cricketer Chetan Chauhan, is trailing.

Akhilesh Yadav's party is also leading in Malhani and Tundla. The Samajwadi appear to be gaining since it held only one of the seven seats where by-elections were held.

09:50 November 10

BJP leading in Dubbaka assembly seat of Telangana

Hyderabad: BJP candidate M Raghunandan Rao was leading over his nearest TRS rival Solipeta Sujatha by 341 votes after the completion of first round in the bypoll to Dubbak Assembly constituency in Telangana on Tuesday.

Raghunandan Rao got 3,208 votes, while Sujatha secured 2,867 votes in the first round.

Congress candidate Cheruku Srinivas Reddy obtained 648 votes.

The counting of votes began at 8 AM and it is expected to be completed in 23 rounds.

09:49 November 10

BJP leading in Dumka and Bermo Assembly seats of Jharkhand, Election Commission reported. 

09:44 November 10

Guj bypolls: BJP leads in 4, Cong 1 in early trends

Gandhinagar:The counting of votes for the eight Assembly seats was underway in Gujarat on Tuesday amid tight security and Covid-19 arrangements.

Initially, postal ballots were being counted and after around one hour the first round of the counting on the EVM machines began.

From the trends of the counting of the postal ballots, the BJP was ahead in Dangs, Morbi, Limdi and Abdasa while Congress was leading in the Dhari constituency.

The counting of votes in Gadhada was reported to be delayed by about an hour.

09:17 November 10

Counting of votes for Karnataka assembly bypolls begins

Bengaluru: The counting of votes for by-polls to two crucial assembly constituencies in Rajarajeshwari Nagar (RR Nagar) in Bengaluru and Sira in Tumkur District has begun at 8 AM.

The results are expected to be by afternoon.

In the polls held amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Sira and R R Nagar recorded voter turnout of 82.31 per cent and 45.24 per cent respectively.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the counting.

In Rajarajeshwari Nagar, BJP's Muniratna is leading with more than 3,000 votes.

In Sira, BJP leader Dr Rajesh Gowda is leading. 

09:10 November 10

Chhattisgarh: Counting of votes for Marwahi bypoll begins

Raipur: Counting of votes got under way Tuesday morning in Chhattisgarh's Marwahi Assembly seat, once a bastion of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, whose death
necessitated the November 3 bypoll.

The counting of votes began at 8 am at the Government Gurukul Vidyalaya, Gaurela, where security has been stepped up, a district poll official said.

Jogi, sitting Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) MLA died in May this year.

09:09 November 10

Counting of votes begins for Gujarat Assembly bypolls

Ahmedabad: Counting of votes got under way Tuesday morning for bypolls held for eight Assembly seats in Gujarat, and the results will indicate the popularity of former Congress MLAs who contested as BJP candidates.

The counting began at 8 am in eight centres set up in these constituencies, an election official said.

09:08 November 10

Counting of votes for Jharkhand bypolls begins

Dumka/Bokaro: Counting of votes polled in the November 3 by-elections to Dumka and Bermo assembly seats in Jharkhand began at 8 am on Tuesday amidst tight security, election officials said.

Security personnel, including central forces, have been deployed at the counting centres and CCTVs have been installed, state joint chief electoral officer Hiralal mandal said.

Counting personnel have been asked to adhere to the COVID-19 protocol, Mandal said.

Votes will be counted in 18 rounds in Dumka and 17 rounds in Bermo seat in Bokaro district. The process is expected to be completed by 3 pm, he said.

09:07 November 10

Haryana: Counting of votes for Baroda bypoll begins

Chandigarh:The counting of votesfor the bypoll to the Baroda assembly seat in Haryana began on Tuesday.

The counting began at 8 am, officials said. There will be 20 rounds of counting.

Three-tier security has been provided at the counting centre in Mohana, Sonipat, they said.

The polling on November 3 for the Baroda assembly seat had recorded an overall turnout of 68.57 per cent, sealing the fate of 14 candidates.

The Baroda assembly seat fell vacant in April following the death of Congress MLA Shri Krishan Hooda, who had won it thrice consecutively in the 2009, 2014 and 2019 assembly polls.

The Baroda bypoll was seen as a direct contest between the ruling BJP and the Congress.

09:06 November 10

Counting of votes for Odisha bypolls begins

Bhubaneswar: Counting of votes began on Tuesday in Balasore and Tirtol assembly constituencies of Odisha, where by-elections were held last week, election
officials said.

The counting started at 8 am amid tight security arrangements and strict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines.

The deaths of BJP MLA Madan Mohan Dutta in Balasore and BJD legislator Bishnu Charan Das in Tirtol necessitated the by-polls which were held on November 3.

The electoral fortunes of 15 candidates -- six in Balasore and nine in Tirtol -- will be decided on Tuesday.

09:05 November 10

Nagaland bypolls: Counting of votes begins

Kohima: Counting of votes polled in the by-elections to two assembly constituencies in Nagaland began as per schedule at 8 am on Tuesday amidst tight security,
election officials said.

All COVID-19 regulations are being followed for the counting, they said.

The by-elections were held in Southern Angami-I and Pungro-Khipre seats on November 3 after the death of sitting legislators Vikho-o Yhoshu and T Torechu respectively.

A three-tier security arrangement has been put in place at the two counting centres, the officials said.

08:27 November 10

Bypolls 2020: Counting begins for 30 assembly seats in 11 states

Hyderabad: Counting of votes begins on Tuesday in assembly byelection to 30 seats in 10 other states in the first major pan-India electoral exercise amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The counting began at 8 AM, and as per the Election Commission's COVID-19 guidelines, a candidate, his poll agent and counting agent can remain present in the counting hall, officials said, adding various measures have been taken to ensure social distancing and avoid crowding.

In Uttar Pradesh, it will a test of popularity for the Yogi Adityanath government as the BJP, which has a comfortable majority in the Assembly, is contesting on seven seats six of which it had won in the last election while one was with the Samajwadi Party.

Counting of votes will be held in eight seats in Gujarat, four seats in Manipur and one seat in Haryana, all of which were with the Congress; one seat in Chhattisgarh which was with Ajit Jogi's Janata Congress; two seats in Jharkhand which were held by the Congress and its ally JMM; two seats in Karnataka which were with Congress and the JD(S).

Also, votes will be counted in two seats in Nagaland held by NPF and NDPP, one seat in Telangana, which had been won by TRS, and two seats in Odisha held by the BJD and BJP.

Moderate to high turnout was recorded in the byelections held amid extensive precautionary measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Voting in all the seats took place on November 3 except in Manipur, where it was held on November 7.

Besides, counting of votes will be held in Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat bypolls in Bihar, where the assembly election results will also be out today.

The byelection had been necessitated due to the death of JD(U) MP Baidyanath Mahto. 

UTTAR PRADESH

As many as 88 candidates are contesting in Naugaon Sadat, Tundla, Bangarmau, Bulandshahr, Deoria, Ghatampur and Malhani seats in UP. Barring Malhani, which was with the SP, the other seats were in the ruling BJP's kitty.

On the eve of counting, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the BJP was involved in "rigging. Naugaon Sadat seat fell vacant after the death of state Cabinet minister and former cricketer Chetan Chauhan.

Ghatampur bypolls in Kanpur Nagar district was necessitated due to the death of state minister Kamal Rani Varun. Both ministers had died of COVID-19.

Tundla seat fell vacant after its MLA S P Singh Baghel was elected to Lok Sabha, while the Bangarmau seat in Unnao fell vacant after the conviction of BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in a rape case.

The BJP had dumped Sengar soon after he was found involved in the rape case.

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad's rookie Azad Samaj Party has fielded Mohammad Yameen in Bulandshahr to test its electoral popularity.

GUJARAT

A total of 60.75 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the bypolls held in Abdasa (Kutch), Limbdi (Surendranagar), Morbi (Morbi district), Dhari (Amreli), Gadhada (Botad), Karjan (Vadodara), Dang (Dang district) and Kaprada (Valsad). 

The counting will be held at eight centres set up in these constituencies.

NAGALAND 

The bypolls to two assembly seats - Southern Angami-I in Kohima and Pungro-Kiphire in Kiphire district were necessitated following the deaths of the sitting legislators Vikho-o Yhoshu and T Torechu.

A three-tier security arrangement has been put in place at the two counting centres, officials said.

Ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) nominee Medo Yhokha, opposition NPF's Kikovi Kirha and Independent candidate Seyievilie Peter Zashumo are in the race for the Southern Angami-1 seat.

Five nominees, including Khaseo Anar of the Congress, BJP's Lirimong Sangtam and Independent candidates K Shellumthong, T Yangseo Sangtam and Kiusumew Yimchunger, are in the fray for the Pungro-Kiphire seat

ODISHA 

The counting of votes for the Balasore bypolls will be held at the campus of the district collector's office, while in Tirtol, it will be held at the SVM College premises in Jagatsinghpur, Chief Electoral Officer SK Lohani said.

Apart from special barricades, transparent polythene sheets will be placed to effectively maintain social distance. Use of face masks will be mandatory for all counting personnel and agents, Lohani said.

In every table, there will be three counting personnel -- a counting assistant, a supervisor and a micro-observer. 

State BJP general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan claimed his party will win both the seats as the voters are "fed up with the ruling BJD".

Senior BJD leader DP Mishra said people in both the constituencies have voted for the state's ruling party as they are keen to see speedy development in their areas.

MANIPUR

Around 91.54 percent of the total 1.35 lakh voters exercised their franchise in by-elections to four assembly seats in Manipur on November 7.

A total of 11 candidates were in the fray in Lilong and Wangjing-Tentha seats in Thoubal district, Saitu in Kangpokpi and Wangoi in Imphal West.

The by-elections were necessitated after Congress MLAs of the four seats resigned from the Assembly and quit the party. They have joined the BJP.

The ruling BJP is contesting in three seats and supporting an independent candidate in Lilong seat, while the opposition Congress is in the fray in all four constituencies.

The Wangoi seat will witness an interesting battle as the National People's Party (NPP), a coalition partner of the BJP-led government in the state, fielded its candidate against the nominees of the Congress and the saffron camp.

CHHATTISGARH

The by-election in Marwahi was necessitated due to the death of sitting Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) MLA and former CM Ajit Jogi in May this year.

The ruling Congress and main opposition BJP in the state are locked in a direct fight.

TELANGANA 

The Dubbak Assembly constituency is witnessing a three-cornered contest involving the ruling TRS and opposition BJP and Congress.

The bypolls were necessitated due to the death of sitting TRS MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy in August this year. His widow Solipeta Sujatha is the ruling party's choice.

HARYANA

There were 14 candidates, including Olympian wrestler and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Yogeshwar Dutt, in the fray in Baroda seat.

The seat had fallen vacant in April following the death of Krishan Hooda, who had won it consecutively thrice in 2009, 2014 and 2019 assembly polls.

KARNATAKA

The death of Sira JD(S) MLA B Satyanarayana in August and the resignation of RR Nagar Congress MLA Munirathna from the assembly last year led to the bypolls.

JHARKHAND

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's home turf Dumka is seeing a contest between his younger brother Basant Soren and former cabinet minister Lois Marandi of the BJP.

It is expected to be a straight fight between BJP's Yogeshwar Mahato and Anup Singh of the Congress in Bermo seat in Bokaro district. 

(With Inputs from PTI)