The BJP has won the Gopalganj, Adampur and Gola Gokarannath assembly constituencies in Bihar, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, respectively, while the RJD has managed to retain the Mokama Assembly seat.
The saffron party is also ahead in Odisha's Dhamnagar while it is in a neck-and-neck fight in Telangana's Munungode. As per the latest reports, TRS has widened the lead over BJP to nearly 2,200 after six rounds.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction have won in Mumbai's Andheri East seat as Rutuja Latke bagging 66,247 votes. Interestingly, with major parties withdrawing their candidates, NOTA pulled in 7,556 votes.
Gola Gokarannath
The BJP retained the Gola Gokarannath assembly seat after its candidate Aman Giri defeated his nearest rival and Samajwadi Party candidate by over 34,000 votes.
After winning the elections, Giri said he would fulfil the dream of his father Arvind Giri and ensure the development of the constituency. He also thanked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for promising to develop Gola as 'Chhota Kashi'
Gopalganj
BJP candidate Kusum Devi inched ahead of RJD's Mohan Gupta. As per reports, the party retained the seat by a margin of nearly 1,800 votes following a tight contest.
This is the first electoral face-off between the ruling Grand Alliance (GA) and the opposition BJP in Bihar after the change of government in August this year, when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party JD-U snapped ties with the saffron party and aligned with Lalu Prasad's RJD-led coalition, comprising Congress and other parties, to form a new government.
Mokama
RJD has won the Mokama constituency in Bihar after its candidate Neelam Devi defeated BJP's Sonam Devi by 16,577 votes. The seat fell vacant after the sitting MLA, Neelam's husband Anant Singh, was disqualified following an arms case. This was also the first time that BJP has fielded a candidate for the seat as every other time it had offered the seat to an ally.
Neelam Devi had a steady lead from the start and had a lead of over 16,000 votes after 20 rounds. Mokama has been the stronghold of Anant Singh since 2005. He fought as an RJD candidate in the 2020 elections and retained the seat.
"My victory was certain. I had already said there's nobody else in my contest. It was just a formality. Mokama is the land of Parshuram, people won't get lured. Vidhayak ji(Anant Singh) served people. They're giving the result now," Neelam Devi told media persons after the results were announced.
Adampur
BJP candidate Bhavya Bishnoi breezed towards victory in Haryana's Adampur constituency with a significant margin of 16,606 votes. Through the win, Bhavya will be retaining the Bhajan Lal family's bastion.
The bypoll was necessitated after former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal's younger son Kuldeep Bishnoi resigned as MLA and switched from the Congress to the BJP in August.
The Adampur seat has always been held by the Bhajan Lal family since 1968, with the late ex-CM representing it on nine occasions, his wife Jasma Devi once and Kuldeep on four occasions.
BJP's Dhamnagar candidate Suraj Suryabanshi too was leading ahead by 4,392 votes after the sixth round. Suraj secured 18,181 votes in the first four rounds of counting, while BJD candidate Abanti Das bagged 14,920. Congress nominee Baba Harekrushna Sethi got 557 votes.
However, Telangana seems to be witnessing a tight fight between the ruling TRS and the BJP. The TRS candidate Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy registered a minor lead over the nearest rival BJP's Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy. Meanwhile, the TRS had levelled allegations against the slow pace of counting.
(With inputs from PTI)
