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Setback for BJP in by-polls as united opposition garner more seats
May 31, 2018 9:10 AM

As the by-polls to four Lok Sabha seats and ten assembly constituencies across 10 states wind up today, the ruling party, BJP, has suffered a setback.

Out of the four Lok Sabha constituencies, BJP only won Palghar seat. BJP's Gavit Rajendra Dhedya defeated Shiv Sena's Shrinivas Wanaga by 29,572 votes.

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate Tabassum Hasan defeated BJP’s Mriganka Singh by over 55,000 votes to win Kairana Lok Sabha bypoll.

In Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha seat, National Congress Party (NCP) candidate Madhukar Kukde defeated BJP's Hemant Patel.

Naga People’s Front (NPF) candidate C Apok Jamir defeated ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) nominee Tokheho Yepthomi in the Nagaland Lok Sabha bypoll.

Coming to assembly by-polls, the ruling Trinamool Congress candidate Dulal Das won the Maheshtala seat in West Bengal, by defeating the BJP candidate Sujit Ghosh by a margin of 62,831 votes.

Seema Devi of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) defeated Sudesh Mahto of All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) for Silli assembly seat in Jharkhand by 13,510 votes.

Babita Mahto of JMM also managed to defeat AJSU candidate Lambodar Mahto in Gomia, with a margin of 1,344 votes.

In Tharali assembly seat in Uttarakhand, BJP candidate won by over 1,900 votes.

Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won Jokihat assembly seat in Bihar defeating JD (U) by a huge margin of 41,000 votes.

Congress candidate Hardev Singh Ladi wrested Shahkot assembly seat from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) by defeating Naib Singh Kohar with a margin of 38,802 votes.

The Congress retained the Rajarjeswari Nagar assembly seat in Bengaluru with N Muniratna winning the by-poll by a margin of 25,492 votes against his nearest BJP rival, P Muniraju Gowda.

Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Naimul Hasan won Noorpur assembly by-poll in Uttar Pradesh by trouncing his nearest rival Avni Singh of BJP with a margin of over 5,678 votes.

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate Saji Cherian won a landslide victory with a margin of 20,956 votes, by defeating D Vijayakumar of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Chengannur, Kerala.

Congress candidate, Miani D Shira, won the Ampati assembly seat in Meghalaya by defeating C G Momin of the ruling National People's Party (NPP), with a margin of 3,191 votes.

First Published:May 31, 2018 6:10 PM IST

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