BJP retains 3 seats, AIUDF wrests 1 from Cong in ASSAM
Guwahati: The ruling BJP retained three of the four Assam Assembly constituencies where by-polls were held, while the opposition AIUDF wrested one seat, Jania, from the Congress pushing the saffron party to the third position. BJP candidates won Ratabari, Sonari, and Rangapara constituencies defeating their nearest Congress nominees, Election Commission officials said after counting on Thursday. In Ratabari seat, BJP's Bijoy Malakar bagged 68,455 votes and defeated Keshab Prasad Rajak by 24,001 votes. Nabanita Handique (66,698 votes) of the BJP won Sonari in a straight fight defeating Sushil Kumar Suri by 15,430 votes. A total of 4241 votes (3.47 per cent) went to NOTA in this constituency. The saffron party's Rajen Bortakur (78,301) won Rangapara with the highest margin of 49,599 votes. He defeated Kartik Kurmi, the officials said.
NDA wins 8, SP 3; BSP, Cong draw blank in UP
Lucknow: The SP turned out to be a major gainer in UP Assembly bypolls, wresting a seat each from the ruling BJP and the BSP, while the NDA got eight, one less than it held, as final results were declared on Thursday for the 11 seats that went to polls this week.
Sikkim CM wins from Poklok Kamrang seat, BJP bags two seats
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang aka PS Golay won the bypoll to the Poklok Kamrang Assembly seat by a margin of 8,953 votes while Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) ally BJP registered its first-ever electoral victory in the state by winning two seats. Golay, the SKM founder, defeated his nearest rival Moses Rai of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), an election official said. While Golay registered 10,811 votes, Rai polled 1,858 votes. The SKM supremo secured 84 per cent of the 12,870 votes polled in the seat on October 21.
UDF wins 3, ruling LDF wrests two seats
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress-led UDF tasted defeat at the hands of the ruling LDF headed by the CPI-M in its strongholds of Vattiyoorkavu and Konni, while it retained two seats and won from the marxist bastion of Aroor in the October 21 bypolls to five assembly seats in Kerala. The BJP was blanked out. Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V K Prasanth won from Vattiyoorkavu by a margin of over 14,465 votes against his nearest Congress rival K Mohankumar. While Prasanth polled 54,830 votes, K Mohankumar bagged 40,365 votes and BJP's S Suresh garnered 27,453 votes. Vattiyoorkavu was held by senior congress leader K Muraleedharan for two terms since 2011 when the constituency was formed. Another UDF bastion, Konni, went to the LDF kitty with its candidate K U Jenish Kumar winning by 9,953 votes.