BJP has suffered a crushing defeat in Ghosi seat of Uttar Pradesh, Dumri seat of Jharkhand, Dhupguri seat of West Bengal and Puthupalli seat of Kerala. In the by-elections, BJP has won Buxanagar and Dhanpur seats of Tripura and Bageshwar seat of Uttarakhand.
उपचुनावः 7 सीटों में से 4 पर भाजपा की करारी हार, घोसी में INDIA का डंका, घोसी में दौड़ी साइकल – सपा ने लहराया परचम
The picture of the results of the by-elections held on 7 assembly seats in 6 states of the country is almost clear. In the by-elections held on these 7 assembly seats, BJP has suffered a crushing defeat on 4 seats. On the other hand, BJP has saved its shame by winning two seats in Tripura and one seat in Uttarakhand. Voting was held on September 5 for Dhupguri in West Bengal, Dhanpur and Boxnagar seats in Tripura, Puthupalli seat in Kerala, Ghosi seat in UP, Bageshwar seat in Uttarakhand and Dumri seat in Jharkhand, whose votes were counted today.
Yogi-Modi failed in Ghosi, Uttar Pradesh, India’s sting
In Uttar Pradesh, the most discussed was the by-election in Ghosi seat of Mau district. The Ghosi seat was also a prestige election for the Bharatiya Alliance with the BJP and the Samajwadi Party. Sudhakar Singh of Samajwadi Party has registered a big victory by defeating BJP’s Dara Singh Chauhan here. This seat fell vacant when Dara Singh Chauhan switched from SP to BJP. This seat had also become important because the parties of the India Alliance had supported the Samajwadi Party here.
Congress’s Chandy Oommen wins in Puthuppalli, Kerala
Congress-led UDF’s Chandy Oommen has registered a landslide victory in the by-election to the Puthupalli assembly seat in Kerala. Congress, CPM-led LDF’s Jack C Thomas and BJP-led NDA’s Liginlal were contesting on the seat, which fell vacant after the death of Congress veteran Oommen Chandy. But Chandy Oman broke all the records and won the record.
TMC wins Dhupguri seat of West Bengal
In West Bengal’s Dhupguri seat, there was a contest between BJP and TMC-Congress Left alliance in the by-election, in which the alliance has registered victory. The seat fell vacant after the death of BJP MLA Bishnu Pad Rai. Here TMC’s Nirmal Chandra Rai defeated BJP’s Taapsee Rai in a tough fight. This victory has many implications for TMC, as in the last Lok Sabha elections, BJP had won all the seats in North Bengal and in the last assembly elections also, BJP snatched Dhupugudi seat from TMC. But now it seems that TMC has managed to regain some of the lost ground in North Bengal.
JMM wins in Dumri by-election of Jharkhand
JMM candidate Baby Devi has won the bypoll to Dumri assembly seat in Jharkhand’s Giridih district by defeating BJP-backed AJSU candidate Yashoda Devi. India Alliance candidate Baby Devi Baby Devi has defeated her nearest rival Yashoda Devi of NDA by about 17 thousand votes. The winner Baby Devi is the Minister of Prohibition of Liquor and Prohibition in the Hemant Soren government of the state. Soren had given him a place in the cabinet even before becoming an MLA. It was mandatory for him to register a victory in this election to continue as a minister.
BJP’s victory on Bageshwar seat of Uttarakhand
The BJP has registered a victory in the by-election to the Bageshwar assembly seat in Uttarakhand. There were 5 candidates in the fray in the by-election on this seat. BJP’s Parvati Das, Congress’ Basant Kumar, UKD’s Arjun Dev, Uttarakhand Parivartan Party’s Bhagwat Kohli and SP’s Bhagwati Prasad were in the fray. The Bageshwar seat, which fell vacant after the death of BJP MLA Chandan Ram Das, has been reclaimed by the BJP.
BJP wins both the seats of Tripura
BJP has won both the bypolls to Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly seats in Sipahijala district in Tripura. The Tripura bypoll saw a head-to-head fight between the CPM and the BJP. The Congress and Tipra Motha did not field candidates on both the seats, giving the CPM an edge. In Dhanpur, a direct fight was expected between BJP’s Bindu Debnath and CPM’s Kaushik Chandra. The by-election was held in Dhanpur following the resignation of Union Minister Protima Bhowmik. BJP’s Tafazzal Hussain was pitted against CPM’s Mizan Hussain in the Boxanagar seat. The seat fell vacant after the death of Samson Haque, the CPM MLA from Boxanagar, in July.