New Delhi, November 6
The BJP on Sunday won four seats in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha, while the RJD retained the Mokama Assembly seat in the bypolls to seven Assembly constituencies in six states.
Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), won the bypoll to Andheri (East) Assembly seat in Mumbai, while the TRS maintained a slender lead over the BJP in Munugodu in Telangana.
The BJP retained the Gola Gokarannath Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh with its candidate Aman Giri defeating his nearest rival and Samajwadi Party candidate by over 34,000 votes.
The Gola Gokarannath seat fell vacant after the death of BJP MLA Arvind Giri on September 6.
After winning the elections, Giri said he would fulfil the dream of his father Arvind Giri and ensure development of the constituency.
The BJP also won Adampur in Haryana with its candidate Bhavya Bishnoi defeating his nearest rival and Congress candidate Jai Prakash by a margin of around 16,000 votes.
With the win, former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal’s family has maintained its winning streak in the assembly segment. Bhavya is Bhajan Lal’s grandson.
The Adampur seat has been held by the Bhajan Lal family since 1968, with the late ex-chief minister representing it on nine occasions, his wife Jasma Devi once, and younger son Kuldeep Bishnoi on four occasions.
The by-election was necessitated after Kuldeep Bishnoi resigned as MLA from the seat and switched from the Congress to the BJP in August.
In Bihar, RJD candidate Neelam Devi won the Mokama seat by more than 16,000 votes. The by-poll was necessitated after the disqualification of her husband MLA Anant Kumar Singh.
