Bypolls: BJP losing ground in UP; jolt in Rajasthan

SHAFAQNA PAKISTAN (Shia News Agency)

BJP suffered a jolt in Rajasthan winning just one of the four seats and was losing ground in Uttar Pradesh where Samajwadi Party(SP) was ahead during counting of votes in the bypolls exactly four months after it swept the two states in Lok Sabha elections.

List of winners (Assembly bypolls)

State

Constituencies

Winner

Party

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow (East)

Ashutosh Tondon

BJP

Charkhari

Kaptan Singh

SP

Sirathu

Vachaspati SP

SP

Balha

Banshidhar Bauddh SP

SP

Rohaniya

Mahendra Singh Patel SP

SP

Nighasan

Krishana Gopal Patel SP

SP

Saharanpur Nagar

Rajeev Gumber

BJP

Bijnore

Ruchiveera

SP

Thakurwara

Navab Jan

SP

Noida

Vimla Batham

BJP

Hamirpur

Shivcharan Prajapati

SP

West Bengal

Basirhat Dakshin

Samik Bhattacharya

BJP

Chowringhee

Nayna Bandyopadhyay

TMC

Andhra Pradesh

Nandigama

Tangirala Sowmya

TDP

Rajasthan

Nasirabad

Ramnarayan

Congress

Weir

Bhajanlal

Congress

Surajgarh

Sharwan Kumar

Congress

Kota (South)

Sandeep Sharma

BJP

Assam

Silchar

Dilip Kumar Paul

BJP

Lakhipur

Rajdeep Goala

Congress

Jamunamukh

Abdur Rahim Ajmal

AIUDF

Tripura

Manu

Pravat Chowdhury

CPI(M)

Sikkim

Rangang-Yangang

Rup Narayan Chamling

IND

Gujarat

Deesa

Rabari Govabhai

Congress

Maninagar

Patel Sureshbhai Dhanjibhai

BJP

Tankara

Metaliya Bavanjibhai Hansrajbhai

BJP

Khambhalia

Ahir Meraman

Congress

Mangrol

Vaja Babubhai

Congress

Talaja

Gohil Shivabhai Jerambhai

BJP

Anand

Patel Rohitbhai Jashubhai

BJP

Matar

Kesrisinh Jesangbhai Solanki

BJP

Limkheda

Bhuriya Vichhiyabhai Jokhnabhai

BJP

List of winners (Lok Sabha bypolls)

State

Constituency

Winner

Party

Uttar Pradesh

Mainpuri

Tej Pratap Singh Yadav

SP

Telangana

Medak

Kotha Prabhakar Reddy

TRS

Gujarat

Vadodara

Ranjanaben Dhananjay Bhatt

BJP

In Gujarat, ruling BJP could retain only six of the nine seats while Congress bagged two and was ahead in one. All the nine seats were earlier held by BJP and were vacated after their sitting MLAs were elected as MPs.

Debut in West Bengal

The BJP, however, had a reason to smile in West Bengal where it made its debut in the State Assembly on its own by winning the Basirhat Dakshin seat. The bypolls for 33 seats spread over 10 states were held on September 13.

The outcome of the bypolls are seen as yet another test of Narendra Modi government’s popularity since it assumed power in May. It is also important as BJP prepares for polls in Haryana and Maharashtra next month where it hopes to oust the Congress in the two states.

In a jolt to the Vasundhara Raje government in Rajasthan, opposition Congress wrested three Assembly seats of Weir, Nasirabad and Surajgarh from the ruling BJP which could retain only the Kota seat. BJP had won all the 25 seats at stake in the Lok Sabha polls.

“It is a huge effort by the Congress party workers and I must give credit to each and everyone especially young people,” said Congress leader and former Union Minister Sachin Pilot, who is trying to revive the party in Rajasthan.

In Uttar Pradesh, where 11 seats were at stake, ruling SP bagged the first seat winning Thakurdwara in Moradabad district where its candidate Nawabjaan defeated his nearest rival Rajpal Singh of BJP by a margin of 27,023 votes.

It was ahead in eight while BJP was leading in two. While BSP did not contest the bypoll, Congress and SP fielded candidates on all the 11 Assembly seats, whereas BJP contested on 10 and its ally Apna Dal on one.

“I am grateful to the people of Uttar Pradesh for helping the Samajwadi Party,” a visibly happy Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said. The current BJP President Amit Shah had scripted the sweep in UP helping the saffron party bag 71 seats while its ally Apna Dal got two out of the 80 seats in the politically crucial state.

The bypolls in Gujarat are also considered to be a test for new Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel under whose leadership, the elections are being held for the first time after Mr. Modi became the Prime Minister. BJP had won all the 26 Lok Sabha seats. Trinamool Congress won the prestigious Chowringhee Assembly segment for the second seat in West Bengal

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