UP Bypolls: BJP Wins Azamgarh & Rampur Lok Sabha Seats, Both SP Strongholds

In a major blow to SP in Uttar Pradesh, BJP clinched victory in both Azamgarh and Rampur bypolls.

In a major blow to Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ghanshyam Lodhi defeated SP's Mohd Asim Raja from Rampur Lok Sabha constituency by over 40,000 votes and Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' defeated Dharmendra Yadav from Azamgarh seat on Sunday, 25 June.

Both Rampur and Azamgarh have been the stronghold of the SP under Akhilesh Yadav.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took to twitter to congratulate the winning candidates and termed it as the success of the "double engine government."