By-poll results 2022 highlights: TMC sweeps Bengal, Cong wins in Chhattisgarh, Maha

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• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 07:17 PM

  TMC candidate Shatrughan Sinha collects winning certificate.

  TMC candidate Shatrughan Sinha collected his certificate after winning the Asansol Lok Sabha by-polls, reports ANI. He won the bypoll with a margin of over three lakh votes. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 06:32 PM

  Bypoll results 2022: TMC sweeps Bengal, Cong wins two, RJD claims Bihar seat

  The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday received a setback in the bypolls to one Lok Sabha seat in Bengal and four assembly constituencies. In Bengal, Asansol Lok Sabha seat went to polls after it was vacated by Babul Supriyo who contested the Ballygunge assembly seat as a TMC candidate and won. Read full report.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 06:16 PM

  "Thank you Asansol, Thank You Bengal": Shatrughan Sinha tweets after bypoll win

  Shatrughan Sinha tweets after winning the Asansol Lok Sabha bypoll by more than 3 lakh votes. “My most sincere thanks to the wonderful people of Asansol for their massive expression of support to me. I am overwhelmed and also humbled by the love and affection showered on me by the lovely people of Asansol, Bengal.....and feel both delighted and blessed at the same time,” he said.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 05:54 PM

  Shatrughan Sinha wins Asansol Lok Sabha bypoll by more than 3 lakh votes: ECI

  Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha wins Asansol Lok Sabha bypoll for TMC by margin of 3,03,209 votes: EC website

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 05:40 PM

  Mamata offers prayers at Kalighat temple after TMC sweeps bypolls

  West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee offers prayers at Kalighat temple after TMC swept bypolls. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 05:24 PM

  In BJP’s defeat to RJD in Bochahan, ex-ally Mukesh Sahani sees a big VIP win

  Vikashsheel Inshaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani on Saturday jeered at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bihar leadership after the ruling party lost the Bochahan assembly bypoll to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), saying it was time that the BJP’s central leadership realise that they are being misled by its state leaders. Read full report

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 05:13 PM

  Shatrughan Sinha breaks Asansol jinx: Why it's a historic win for Trinamool

  Movie actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha broke the “Asansol jinx” by becoming the first Trinamool Congress candidate to win from the Lok Sabha seat in the bypoll, the result of which was declared on Saturday. The party's candidate Babul Supriyo also won the prestigious Ballygunge constituency in the assembly bypoll. Despite tasting electoral success in different pockets of the state, the TMC had never been able to win from Asansol previously. Read full story

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 05:06 PM

  Khairagarh a victory of party workers' hard work and pro-people policies of CM Baghel: Congress

  Congress' Chhattisgarh unit tweets after winning Khairagarh seat. “Now, Congress has 71 MLAs in Chhattisgarh. The victory margin of over 20,000 votes signifies the hard work put in by our party workers and the public faith in the pro-people policies of chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and state president Mohan Markam's leadership. Congratulations to all.”

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 04:53 PM

  Earlier ‘Khela Hobe’ used to happen with EVMs, now free elections held without fear, says Shatrughan Sinha

  TMC candidate Shatrughan Sinha won Asansol seat by more than 2 lakh votes. The actor-turned-politician said," Earlier in some places 'Khela Hobe' used to happen with EVMs but here free and fair elections were held without any fear. This win is of TMC, CM Mamata Banerjee and the people of Asansol."

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 04:26 PM

  Chhattisgarh: Congress wins Khairagarh by over 20,000 votes

  Congress wins Khairagarh Assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh by over 20,000 votes. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 04:19 PM

  Shatrughan Sinha: From Atal-Advani's star campaigner to a member of Didi's army

  Actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha is set to return to the Lok Sabha with a thumping victory in the by-elections to Asansol seat in West Bengal. After an illustrious career on the celluloid, the 76-year-old leader's political journey has not been without twists and turns. From being one of the star faces in the Bharatiya Janata Party during the Atal-Advani era to joining the Congress and now a member of Mamata's army, Sinha continues to remain in headlines. Read full story

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 03:57 PM

  BJP's Agnimitra Paul accepts defeat

  The BJP's Agnimitra Paul said Saturday the party had accepted defeat in bypolls to the Asansol Lok Sabha seat and the Ballygunge assembly constituency. Read more

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 03:56 PM

  Congress's Yashoda Verma leads by nearly 20,000 votes

  Yashoda Verma of the Congress is maintaining a significant lead by a margin of about 20,000 votes in the Khairagarh assembly bypoll, where the counting was underway on Saturday, shows the election commission website. Read more

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 03:47 PM

  TMC's Shatrughan Sinha leads Asansol assembly seat

  TMC's Shatrughan Sinha is leading the Asansol assembly seat with a margin of over 3 lakh votes.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 03:13 PM

  Congress leads in Chhattisgarh bypolls

  Congress leads in Chhattisgarh by over 20,000 votes, leaving BJP behind. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 03:04 PM

  Cong retains Kolhapur North seat by over 18,000 votes

  Congress has retained Kolhapur North Assembly seat by defeating the BJP by a margin of over 18,000 votes.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 02:52 PM

  TMC's Babul Supriyo takes a dig at the BJP

  The results are a slap to BJP for their hubris and the way they demean Bengalis: TMC leader Babul Supriyo

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 02:33 PM

  BJP accepts defeat in Bengal 

  There were some shortcomings from our end because of which we had to face defeat. Public's verdict will be accepted. Few cases of rigging were seen at some places but central forces worked really well. We'll work at grassroots levels in the forthcoming days:BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 02:17 PM

  Maharashtra bypoll results 2022: Congress leads BJP 

  In the race for the North Kolhapur assembly seat in Maharashtra, the Congress' Jadhav Jayshri Chandrakant has built a big lead over the BJP's Satyajeet Kadam. Chandrakant has over 71,000 votes to Kadam's 57,000. Third in the race is the NOTA - none of the above - option with over 1,300 votes. The Congress is in power in Maharashtra as part of an alliance with the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 01:49 PM

  RJD claims win in Bihar

  The RJD has claimed win in Bihar's Bochahan constituency. As per EC's latest trends, RJD has 48.5% votes, while the BJP is trailing with 27% votes. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 01:28 PM

  Mamata Banerjee thanks voters

  As TMC leads in Asansol and Ballygunge constituency, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee thanked the voters. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 01:06 PM

  TMC workers and supporters celebrate in Asansol 

  TMC workers and supporters celebrate to the tunes of drumbeats in Asansol as the party leads in by-poll to the Asansol Lok Sabha seat. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 12:55 PM

  Congress leads in Chhattigarh's Khairagarh, BJP behind 10,000 votes

  In Chhattisgarh's Khairagarh, BJP's Komal Janghel is over 10,000 votes behind the ruling Congress' Yashoda Nilamber Verma, who has more than 37,000 votes so far.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 12:46 PM

  RJD's Amar Kumar Paswan leads over BJP's Baby Kumari

  RJD's Amar Kumar Paswan holds a commanding lead over the BJP's Baby Kumari in the race for the Bochahan assembly seat in Bihar. Paswan has over 62,000 votes to Kumari's 35,000. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 12:31 PM

  Shatrughan Sinha leads with over 1 lakh votes

  TMC's Shatrughan Sinha is leading by over 1.5 lakh votes in the race for Bengal's Asansol Lok Sabha seat. The BJP's Agnimitra Paul has around 2.18 lakh votes, while CPI(M)'s Partha Mukherjee has fewer than 51,000 votes.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 12:12 PM

  BJP falls behind all assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat

  The BJP is falling behind all four assembly seats of Bengal, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Bihar, as well as in the one Lok Sabha seat in Bengal. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 11:50 AM

  Babul Supriyo leads by over 23,501 votes in Ballygunge seat

  Babul Supriyo leads by over 23,501 votes in Ballygunge seat; CPI(M) trails with over 15,000 votes. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 11:38 AM

  Congress leads in Chhattisgarh

  Congress is leading in Chhattisgarh by 25,854 votes, BJP trailing by 16,968 votes.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 11:30 AM

  Babul Supriyo and the ‘minority’ challenge

  Babul Supriyo, who quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last year after being dropped from the Union council of ministers and joined West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), faced a tough contest in the April 12 by-poll to Kolkata’s Ballygunge assembly seat. Read more

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 11:09 AM

  RJD candidate leads by 11,620 votes in Bochahan

  RJD candidate Amar Kumar Paswan is leading by over 11,620 votes over his nearest rival Baby Kumari of the BJP.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:57 AM

  Shatrughan Sinha leads by over 34,000 votes

  Trimamool Congress' Shatrughan Sinha has expanded lead over BJP's Agnimitra Paul, by over 34,000 votes. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:54 AM

  Over 59% voter turnout recorded in Bihar

  Around 59.20 per cent of the 2.90 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the by-election to Bochahan assembly constituency by the end of the polling on Tuesday.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:40 AM

  Chhattisgarh bypoll results 2022: Over 78% voter turnout recorded 

  Around 78 per cent voter turnout was recorded on Tuesday for the bypoll to the Khairagarh assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh, which passed off peacefully amid tight security, PTI reported.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:26 AM

  Babul Supriyo alleged electoral malpractice by BJP

  TMC candidate Babul Supriyo had alleged electoral malpractice by BJP during the polling on April 12. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:23 AM

  Over 60% voter turnout recorded in North Kolhapur

  Maharashtra's North Kolhapur had recorded over 60 per cent voter turnout for the bypoll that was held on Tuesday, officials said according to news agency PTI.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:19 AM

  Congress leads on Khairagarh Assembly seat in Chhattisgarh

  Congress is leading with 3,898 votes in Chhattisgarh's Khairagarh assembly seat.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:09 AM

  RJD leads with over 16,000 votes in Bihar's Bochahan assembly seat

  RJD's Amar Kumar Paswan holds big lead over BJP's Baby Kumari for Bochahan assembly seat in Bihar. Paswan has over 16,000 votes to Kumari's 10,776.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:03 AM

  Congress leading on Kolhapur North assembly seat

  As per official early trends by the Election Commission, Congress is leading on Kolhapur North Assembly seat with 4,856 votes to BJP's Satyajeet (Nana) Kadam. The Congress has fielded Jayashree Jadhav - the wife of the late sitting MLA Chandrakant Jadhav.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 09:35 AM

  TMC leads in both seats in Bengal 

   TMC is leading in both seats in Bengal. Shatrughan Sinha is leading by more than 6,500 votes in Asansol. Babul Supriyo is leading by more than 4,600 votes in Ballygunge.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 09:31 AM

  RJD leads on Bochahan Assembly seat in Bihar

  As per official early trends by the Election Commission, RJD is leading on Bochahan Assembly seat in Bihar.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 09:14 AM

  Counting of votes for Khairagarh Assembly by-election underway

  Counting of votes for Khairagarh Assembly by-election being held today. Visuals from a counting centre in Rajnandgaon.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:52 AM

  15 candidates in the fray for Maharashtra's Kolhapur North constituency

  15 candidates are in the fray for the Kolhapur North constituency assembly seat in Maharashtra.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:20 AM

  Visuals from the counting centre at Asansol Engineering College in Asansol

  Counting of votes for the by-elections to one Lok Sabha seat in Asansol being held today. See the visuals here - (ANI)

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:19 AM

  ‘I’m confident…', says TMC fielded Babul Supriyo

  “I'm confident. The 41% voters turnout here rubbishes opposition's unnecessary claim of false voting. Had that been the case, would turnout have been this? West Bengal is with Didi, TMC,” said Babul Supriyo, as quoted by news agency ANI. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:11 AM

  Counting of votes begins

  The counting of votes or by-elections to one Lok Sabha seat and four assembly seats across Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Bengal has begun and is currently underway.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:11 AM

  Late MLA Chandrakant Jadhav's wife contesting for Kolhapur North seat

  The Congress has fielded Jayashree Jadhav - the wife of the late MLA from the Kolhapur North seat, while the BJP has fielded Satyajit Kadam.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:09 AM

  Kolhapur North seat left vacant after demise of sitting Congress MLA Chandrakant Jadhav

  The bypoll to Kolhapur North Assembly constituency in Maharashtra was necessitated following the death of sitting Congress MLA Chandrakant Jadhav due to Covid in December 2021.

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:09 AM

  CPI(M) fielded actor Naseeruddin Shah’s niece Saira Halim for Ballygunge assembly seat

  A known activist against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Saira Shah Halim, the daughter of former deputy chief of Army staff, lieutenant general Zameer Uddin Shah, and niece of actor Naseeruddin Shah, will contest the April 12 Ballygunge assembly by-election in Kolkata for the CPI(M). Read more

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:07 AM

  BJP fielded Baby Kumari for Bihar assembly seat

  The BJP fielded Baby Kumari for the Bihar assembly seat who enjoys the image of a “giant killer” in the Bochahan constituency. 

• Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:06 AM

  Congress Vs BJP in Chhattisgarh

  The counting of votes in the Khairagarh Assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh is at a godown of the State Seeds Development Corporation. While 10 candidates are in the fray, political observers have predicted a neck-and-neck fight between the ruling Congress' Yashoda Verma and the BJP's Komal Janghel.