TMC, BJP, AIADMK Retain Seats in Lok Sabha and Assembly Bypolls
The fate of four Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats will be decided through these bypoll results.
- Four Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats to be decided in these bypolls.
- Voting was held on 19 November in six states and one Union Territory.
- This is the first election after Modi government’s decision to demonetise Rs 500 and 1,000 notes.
- CPI(M) wins both Barjala and Khowai Assembly seats in Tripura.
- Congress wins the Assembly seat in Nellithope of Puducherry.
- TMC retains one Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats.
- AIADMK wins all three seats in Tamil Nadu.
- BJP wins both Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh.
- BJP wins Lakhimpur Lok Sabha seat in Assam.
- CM and Congress leader V Narayanasamy won the assembly bypoll by taking the Nellithoppe seat.
The by elections in four Lok Sabha constituencies and 10 assembly seats that was held in Puducherry which is a Union Territory and the states of Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh was a crucial election, as it was held right after the Centre’s decision to ban on old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 in order to keep a check on blackmoney.
The ruling parties retained their seats in the Lok Sabha assemblies, with TMC, AIADMK and BJP sweeping all three seats in the states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh respectively.
While BJP's win in MP and Assam warranted the BJP-led Centre's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currencies, TMC's win in West Bengal reassured the party's stance on demonetisation being an anti-poor move.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted congratulatory messages for the BJP’s victories in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Madhya Pradesh.
Jayalalithaa “Elated” on AIADMK Victory
AIADMK supremo, Jayalalithaa who has been hospitalised for over 60 days released a statement on the Tamil Nadu bypolls where the AIADMK swept Thanjavur assembly seat and is leading in the two others.
BJP wins Lakhimpur Lok Sabha seat and one Assembly constituency in Assam bypolls.
Arunachal Pradesh
BJP's Dasanglu Pul wins Anjaw assembly seat in Arunachal Pradesh by 944 votes.
An estimated 72 percent electorate had exercised their franchise on Saturday in the by-election to Hayuliang constituency in the remote Anjaw district, bordering China, of Arunachal Pradesh, amid a massive security blanket.
In Arunachal Pradesh, the wife of the deceased former chief minister Kalikho Pul, Desingu Pul,is contesting his assembly seat Hayuliang as a BJP candidate. After Chief Minister Pema Khandu broke away from the Congress, the BJP has backed the state government .
‘BJP will be Nowhere After The Elections in Punjab and UP’, Says Didi
“The bypoll result is a befitting reply against the anti-people demonetisation by the Centre. It's a people's revolt, rather than a mass revolt against the center. BJP should take lessons from this mandate,” TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee said before leaving for New Delhi to join the protest rally by the Opposition.
Trianmool Congress registered a massive victory in bypoll to two Lok Sabha seats and one assembly segment, on Tuesday.
TMC candidate Partha Pratim Roy won the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 4,13,231 votes.
Leads and Trends
West Bengal: TMC leading by 34,842 votes in Cooch Behar Lok Sabha seat.
Assam: BJP is leading with 24,312 votes in Lakhimpur Lok Sabha seat, Congress at second with 12,484 votes. Baithalangso: BJP candidate Mansing Rongpi is leading over his nearest Congress rival Rupensing Ronghang by 4,835 votes.
Tamil Nadu: AIADMK is leading in Thiruparankundram (bypoll) and Aravakurichi assembly seats.
Madhya Pradesh
BJP nominee and tribal leader Gyan Singh, who was leading by a margin of 60,000 votes in the Shahdol Lok Sabha seat, won the bypoll.
However, the BJP's victory margin in Shahdol has been substantially reduced from 2,41,301 in the 2014 general election to 60,383 this year.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had frequented Shahdol to ensure that BJP retains the seat as he did not want to give any chance to his rivals to attack him, given that his party had failed to retain the Ratlam-Jhabua Lok Sabha seat by-poll in November last year.
The Shahdol bypoll was necessitated due to the death of BJP MP Dalpat Singh Paraste. In 2014, BJP’s Paraste had won Shahdol from Congress’ Rajesh Nandini Singh by over 2.4 lakh votes.
BJP's Manju Dadu wons the Nepanagar assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh by 40,600 votes. Dadu is the daughter of late MLA Rajendra Shyamlal Dadu whose death in an accident necessitated the by-poll.
In Nepanagar, 71.25 percent polling was recorded on 19 November.
In Shahdol (reserved ST seat), Congress has fielded Himadri Singh, daughter of former Union Minister Dalbir Singh and ex-MP Rajesh Nandini Singh.
Tamil Nadu
AIADMK won by 26,483 votes on Thanjavur assembly seat in Tamil Nadu. The ruling party is leading in the two other Assembly seats as well.
In Thanjavur, AIADMK candidate M Rengasamy won by a comfortable margin of over 25,000 votes against DMK candidate Anjugham Boopathy.
In Tamil Nadu, 81 contestants, including candidates from AIADMK, DMK, MDMK and BJP, will be fighting for three Assembly seats – Thanjavur, Aravakurichi and Tiruparakundram.
West Bengal
Dibyendu Adhikari of TMC wins Tamluk Lok Sabha seat by 4,97,528 votes. He was leading over his CPIM rival Mandira Panda by over 90,000 votes.
The Lok Sabha seat of Tamluk has been empty since its MP Suvendu Adhikari won the seat but was made a member of the state cabinet.
TMC candidate Saikat Panja won Monteswar Assembly bypoll defeating his nearest CPIM rival Md Osman Gani Sarkar by 1,27,127 votes.
Lok Sabha seat of Cooch Behar and Assembly seat of Monteswar were rendered vacant after their leaders and TMC members Renuka Sinha and Sajal Panja, respectively, died.
Parthapratim Roy of TMC leading in Cooch Behar over his BJP rival Hemchandra Burman by 30,000 votes.
Tripura
The ruling CPI(M) in Tripura won the two Assembly seats, Barjala (SC) and Khowai, by defeating Congress and TMC candidates respectively.
CPI(M) candidate Jhumu Sarkar trounced his nearest BJP rival Shistamohan Das by a margin of 3,374 votes in Barjala (SC) constituency. CPI(M) secured 15,769 votes, while BJP garnered 12,395 votes.
By-poll in the constituency was necessitated due to the resignation of Congress MLA Jitendra Sarkar in last June.
Puducherry
Senior Congress leader and Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy won the bypoll to the Nellithope Assembly constituency defeating AIADMK's Om Sakthi Segar, by a margin of 11,144 votes.
While Narayanasamy, whose victory was on expected lines, polled 18,709 votes out of the total 26,564 votes, Segar got 7,565 votes.
A John Kumar of the Congress had vacated the seat to enable Narayanasamy, who is not a member of the assembly, contest a by-election before 6 December deadline for getting elected to the House.
Assam
Lakhimpura seat has been vacant since its sitting MP Sarbananda Sonowal was elected Chief Minister of Assam in 2016.
Legislator from Baithalangso, Mansing Rongpi is one of the rebel Congress members who joined BJP. The seat was thus left vacant.
BJP is leading in both the seats.
List of Seats Awaiting Bypoll Results
Bypoll results are expected from four Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats:
Lok Sabha
- Lakhimpur (Assam)
- Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh)
- Cooch Behar (ST) (West Bengal)
- Tamluk (West Bengal)
Assembly Seats
- Baithalango (ST) (Assam)
- Hayuliang (ST) (Arunachal Pradesh)
- Nepanagar (SC) (Madhya Pradesh)
- Monteswar (West Bengal)
- Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)
- Aravakurichi (Tamil Nadu)
- Tiruparakundram (Tamil Nadu)
- Barjala (Tripura)
- Khowai (Tripura)
- Nellithope (Puducherry)
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