Mar 14, 2018 14:35 (IST)
UP By-Election Results 2018: Samajwadi Party Surges Ahead Of BJP In Gorakhpur And Phulpur Lok Sabha Constituencies
Candidates of the Samajwadi Party have surged ahead of their nearest BJP rivals in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh after several rounds of counting for the parliamentary by-elections. In the prestigious Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, the home turf of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP's Upendra Dutt Shukla was trailing behind Praveen Nishad of the Samajwadi Party by a margin of nearly 20,000 votes at the end of the 14th round of counting.
In Phulpur, the Samajwadi Party candidate Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel raced ahead of his nearest rival by nearly 23,000 votes after the 15th round of counting, officials said.
(File Photo: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya)
The Lok Sabha constituency of Gorakhpur was vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while the Phulpur constituency was vacated by his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya in order to be elected in the state legislative council. Today's by-election is a prestige battle for the ruling party, which took on the combined might of regional heavyweights and arch-rivals Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's BSP in an experiment seen to test a bigger alliance for the 2019 national election. The BJP is now staring at a big setback if it loses both seats to the Samajwadi Party in the state.
(File Photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath)
Candidates of the Samajwadi Party have surged ahead of their nearest BJP rivals in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh after several rounds of counting for the parliamentary by-elections. In the prestigious Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, the home turf of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP's Upendra Dutt Shukla was trailing behind Praveen Nishad of the Samajwadi Party by a margin of nearly 20,000 votes at the end of the 14th round of counting.
In Phulpur, the Samajwadi Party candidate Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel raced ahead of his nearest rival by nearly 23,000 votes after the 15th round of counting, officials said.
(File Photo: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya)
The Lok Sabha constituency of Gorakhpur was vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while the Phulpur constituency was vacated by his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya in order to be elected in the state legislative council. Today's by-election is a prestige battle for the ruling party, which took on the combined might of regional heavyweights and arch-rivals Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's BSP in an experiment seen to test a bigger alliance for the 2019 national election. The BJP is now staring at a big setback if it loses both seats to the Samajwadi Party in the state.
(File Photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath)