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The bypoll results of three Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats across five states and Delhi, were announced today.

In Uttar Pradesh's Rampur, BJP candidate Ghanshyam Lodhi won with a margin of over 40,000 votes, while party nominee Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' won in Azamgarh.

In Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's stronghold Sangrur, Simranjit Singh Mann of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) won with a margin of over 7,000 votes.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Durgesh Pathak has won Delhi's Rajinder Nagar bypoll by over 11,000 votes.

In Tripura, bypolls were held on three Assembly seats - Agartala, Jubarajnagar, Surma and Town Bardowali. Chief Minister Manik Saha, who needed to get elected to keep his post, won in Town Bardowali by a margin of over 6,000 votes.

In Andhra Pradesh's Atmakur, Mekapati Vikram Reddy of the ruling YSR Congress won the bypoll election.

The bypolls were held on June 23.

Here are the highlights on bypolls:

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