New Delhi:
The counting of votes for by-election in 11 constituencies in eight states began at 8 am this morning and most of the results for eight of the ten constituencies have been declared. The BJP has won five of the ten constituencies so far - with results for two yet to be declared. The Congress has retained both the seats it had in Karnataka, while the Trinamool Congress won the seat in Bengal. The Aam Aadmi Party, however, faced a big loss in Delhi. It even had to forfeit it's deposit. The BJP has won Delhi's Rajouri Garden by a margin of over 14,000 votes against the Congress, which came second. This increases their tally in the Delhi Assembly to 4. The win in Delhi will be seen as a crucial one for BJP ahead of the high-stake civic body elections scheduled for April 23. The BJP won in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The Congress has won both constituencies in Karnataka. Counting of votes is currently under way for the second constituency in Madhya Pradesh and one in Jharkhand.
By-Poll Results 2017: The results for all the 10 assembly seats across the states have been declared. While BJP has won five seats, Congress took three and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM won one seat.
Just In - Madhya Pradesh By-Poll Result 2017: Congress' Hemant Katare wins Ater seat with a margin of 800 votes.
By-Poll Results 2017: Here's the list of winners for 9 of the 10 seats for which results have been declared
Just In - Jharkhand By-Poll Result 2017: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Simon Marandi wins the Litipara seat by margin of 12,900 votes.
By-Poll Results 2017: Here's the list of winners for 8 of the 10 seats for which results have been declared
By-Poll Result 2017: The BJP has won the assembly by-polls in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Rajasthan. Results for 8 of the 10 assembly seats across states have been declared. Counting is still under way in Madhya Pradesh's Ater and Jharkhand's Litipara constituencies. BJP is leading in Madhya Pradesh, while Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM is leading in Jharkhand.
Just In - West Bengal By-Poll Result 2017: Trinamool Congress' Chandrima Bhattacharya wins the assembly constituency of Kanthi Dakshin in West Bengal.
Just In - Karnataka By-Poll Result 2017: BJP wins Dholpur by-poll in Rajasthan, defeats Congress by record margin of nearly 40,000 votes
Just In - Karnataka By-Poll Result 2017: Congress' Kalale. N. Keshavamurthy wins Nanjangud seat, defeats BJP candidate by over 20,000 votes
Just In - Delhi By-Poll Result 2017: BJP's Manjinder Singh Sirsa wins Rajouri Garden seat, Congress comes second, AAP a distant third
Just In - By-Poll Result 2017: BJP Ranoj Pegu's wins by-election in Assam assembly seat, beats Congress' Babul Sonowal by over 9,000 votes
By-Polls 2017 Result: BJP's Anil Dhiman wins by-election in Himachal Pradesh's Bhoranj seat by over 8,000 votes
By-Elections 2017 LIVE: Here is the latest update of who is leading in different assembly constituencies
Just In - By-Polls 2017 Live: BJP wins by-election in Himachal Pradesh seat by over 8,000 votes
Karnataka By-Polls: In Gundlupet, by-polls were held after the death of minister Mahadeva Prasad. His wife Gita Mahadeva Prasad is trying to retain the seat for the Congress. The BJP candidate is CS Niranjan Kumar. For Mr Siddaramaiah, who faces dissidence within, a victory in both seats is vital to retain his grip over the party ahead of the state election. Mr Siddaramaiah had devoted the last eight days of the by-poll campaign crisscrossing both the constituencies. BJP's BS Yeddyurappa too has a point to prove in these polls and it was evident as the Lingayat strongman camped in the two constituencies for the last 26 days of campaigning. A win would give him an edge in choosing candidates for next year's polls.
Karnataka By-Polls: Prospects look good for the ruling Congress in Karnataka as votes are being counted today for by-polls held in two assembly seats. The election is a prestige battle for the Congress and the opposition BJP ahead of assembly polls next year. The Congress has taken a lead in the early rounds of counting in Nanjangud and Gundulpet, both held by the party. Nanjangud is in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's home district of Mysuru and it is important for him to retain the seat. His close aide turned rival V Srinivas Prasad, who held the seat earlier, quit the Congress after being dropped as a minister and contested as the BJP candidate. The Congress's Kalale Keshavamurthy, who had contested the 2013 Assembly polls as a Janata Dal (S) candidate, is leading in the seat.
Madhya Pradesh By-Polls Update: BJP's Shivnaryan Singh is ahead in Bandhavgarh against rival Savitri Singh of the Congress by a margin of 5,477 votes. The by-elections in Bandhavgarh is because MLA Gyan Singh was elected to the Lok Sabha in November last year. In Ater, on the other hand, by-elections had to take place because of the death of Congress leader Satyadev Katare. The by-elections for the two seats were held on April 9.
Madhya Pradesh By-Polls Update: The Congress is leading in Ater in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district, while the BJP is ahead in Bandhavgarh after the first round of counting of votes for the assembly seats. Congress' Hemant Katere is leading in Ater constituency by a margin of 44 votes against BJP's Arvind Singh Bhadoria.
Delhi By-Polls - Who Said What: Congress' Delhi chief Ajay Maken, who is a voter in Rajouri Garden has said the by-election will be a "referendum" of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's work in the last two years. He had swept the Delhi elections then, winning 67 of the 70 seats. The Congress had won no seat. Voter turnout in Rajouri Garden on Sunday was low - 46.23 per cent compared to 72 per cent in the previous election.
Delhi By-Poll Update: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, which held West Delhi's Rajouri Garden assembly constituency, is currently at number 3 as votes are counted in by-elections held to the state on Sunday. The BJP is leading. A BJP win will mean another seat for the party in a 70-member assembly dominated by Arvind Kejriwal's AAP. The party will take its tally from three to four in the Delhi Assembly. But the major impact will be on the civic polls to be held later this month in Delhi. The BJP will hold up a win in the by-election as proof of Delhi's support for it. The elections to three civic bodies, dominated by the BJP for years, is being bitterly fought between the BJP, AAP and the Congress.
By-Elections 2017 LIVE: Here is the latest update of who is leading in different assembly constituencies
West Bengal By-Polls: In West Bengal's Kanthi Dakshin, the ruling Trinamool Congress nominated former Minister of State for Health Chandrima Bhattacharya as its candidate for the assembly constituency in East Midnapore district. The seat had fallen vacant after the party's sitting legislator Dibyendu Adhikari was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Tamluk seat in a by-poll last year.
Rajasthan By-Polls: In Dholpur Assembly constituency in Rajasthan, home turf of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, the ruling BJP is confident of win; nearly 80 per cent votes were polled in Dholpur.
Jammu and Kashmir By-Poll: In Srinagar, the stakes are high for National Conference patriarch Dr Farooq Abdullah, who is contesting against Peoples' Democratic Party's Nazir Khan. Altogether, nine candidates are in fray for the seat that fell vacant after PDP leader Tariq Hameed Karra resigned in the aftermath of the protests following the death of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani.
Jammu and Kashmir By-Polls: The by-election in the parliamentary constituency of Srinagar on April 9 saw a voter turnout of only 7 per cent, lowest in nearly three decades and the Election Commission ordered re-election in 38 polling stations across the Srinagar parliamentary constituency. Eight civilians were killed and about 100 security personnel were injured in violence on the polling day.
Kerala By-Polls: In Kerala's parliamentary constituency of Malappuram, the high-voltage campaign had seen heated debates on beef versus development. The UDF had launched a do-or-die battle to retain its stronghold, while the ruling LDF is hoping for an upset win. Union Minister and IUML leader E Ahamed. Congress-led UDF candidate P K Kunhalikutty of the Indian Union Muslim League, CPI-M's M B Faisal of ruling LDF and BJP nominee N Sreeprakash were the main contestants in the fray.
Madhya Pradesh By-Polls: In Madhya Pradesh, Ater is witnessing a straight fight between the Congress and the ruling BJP, after the previous legislator, Satyadev Katare, died earlier this year. The elections were held amid controversy over an EVM demonstration video.
Assam By-Polls: It is seen as a prestige battle between the BJP and Congress in Assam's Dhemaji. The BJP's Ranoj Pegu, a senior party leader, is fighting against a new face from the Congress - Babul Sonowal. While the BJP hopes to continue its winning streak in the state, the Congress aims for a political resurgence for the party after humiliating defeat in the 2016 assembly polls.
Karnataka By-Polls: In Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's home district of Mysuru, his former ally-turned-political-foe, Srinivas Prasad, hopes to win big for the BJP. Gundlupet, in Chamarajnagar district, sees Dr Gita Mahadev Prasad trying to retain the seat for the Congress that her husband, minister Mahadev Prasad, held before his death earlier this year.
Karnataka By-Polls: In Karnataka, where the by-polls were held in Nanjangud and Gundlupet assembly seats - results however will not affect the stability of the Congress government, but the elections were key for both the ruling Congress and the BJP to check their voter-base for the assembly elections of 2018.
Delhi By-Poll: West Delhi's Rajouri Garden seat fell vacant early this year after Aam Aadmi Party's Jarnail Singh quit as legislator to contest Punjab Assembly polls. AAP's Harjeet Singh, Congress's Meenakshi Chandela and BJP-SAD's Manjinder Singh Sirsa are in the race for the constituency.