Byelection Results 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: BJP's Kedar Prasad Gupta Wins From Bihar's Kurhani, Setback For Nitish Kumar's JD(U)

Byelection Results 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: The counting of votes polled in the by-election in 6 assembly districts across 5 states will seal the fate of the BJP, AAP and Congress. Follow live updates here.

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By-election Results 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: Welcome to ABP Live as we bring to you detailed coverage of the high-voltage byelection results 2022. Byelections in six assembly districts across five states and the well-known Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, where the Samajwadi Party and the BJP are engaged in a power struggle, will see votes counted today.Results for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur and Khatauli, Odisha's Padampur, Rajasthan's Sardarshahar, Bihar's Kurhani, and Chhattisgarh's Bhanupratappur will be announced on December 8, the same day that the votes for the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh will be counted.In Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri seat, where Mulayam Singh Yadav, the patriarch of the Samajwadi Party, passed away in October, and in Rampur Sadar, where senior SP leader Azam Khan was disqualified, there was a high-stakes contest.Dimple Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav's older daughter-in-law and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife, is the SP candidate in Mainpuri, a Yadav family pocket borough. Raghuraj Singh Shakya, Mulayam's brother Shivpal Singh Yadav's former confidant, is the BJP candidate.After Akhilesh Yadav's defeat in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections early this year and the BJP's loss of Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha seats in June bypolls, a victory for SP could provide some consolation.In the event that the Congress and the BSP do not participate in the byelections in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP, Samajwadi Party, and its ally, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), would face off directly in each of the three locations.In April 2019, the Assembly Speaker disqualified Rampur MLA Azam Khan after he was found guilty and given a three-year prison sentence in a hate speech case against him.Khan, known as the "Muslim face" of the SP and out on bail after being held in jail for more than two years in various cases, sought votes for Asim Raja, citing the alleged injustice the BJP government had done to him. Monday saw a low turnout for the seat.The Congress held Sardarshahar and Bhanupratappur, while the BJP won Khatauli and the SP held Rampur. Kurhani was held by the RJD, while Padampur belonged to the BJD.The central and state governments won't be affected by the by-election results because the ruling parties have a large majority.The BJP is fielding Rajkumari Saini in Khatauli, which was a hotbed of the Muzaffarnagar riots in western Uttar Pradesh in 2013.She is Vikram Singh Saini's wife, and he was kicked out of the assembly after being found guilty and given a two-year prison sentence by a district court in a riots case in 2013.Madan Bhaiya, a RLD candidate and a four-term MLA, won his last election almost 15 years ago. After that, he lost three assembly elections in a row from Loni in Ghaziabad in 2012, 2017 and 2022.The Sardarshahar seat in Rajasthan was held by Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma (77) who died on October 9 after a delayed sickness. Anil Kumar, the late Sharma's son, is running for Congress, while Ashok Kumar, a former MLA, is running for the BJP.The passing of BJD legislator Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha forced a byelection to fill the Padampur seat in Odisha.The BJD launched an aggressive campaign for the December 5 byelection for its nominee Barsha Singh Bariha, the older daughter of MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha, whose death necessitated the byelection. This came after the party suffered its first defeat in a by-election since 2009.Due to the death of Congress MLA and deputy speaker of the Assembly Manoj Singh Mandavi last month, the by-election to the reserved Scheduled Tribes seat of Bhanupratappur in Maoist-hit Kanker was necessary.Savitri Mandavi, the deceased MLA's wife, has been chosen by the Congress, while Brahmanand Netam, a former MLA, is the BJP's choice.If JD(U) candidate Manoj Singh Kushwaha, a former MLA, wins the Kurhani assembly segment in Bihar, it will strengthen Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's position, while a loss could empower his critics.The JD(U) is running for the seat where RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani's disqualification forced a by-election.

08/12/2022 18:00:24

Byelection Results 2022: Congress' Anil Kumar Sharma wins from Rajasthan's Sardarshahar

08/12/2022 17:48:44

Byelection Results 2022: BJP's Kedar Prasad Gupta Wins From Bihar's Kurhani, Setback For Nitish Kumar's JD(U)

08/12/2022 17:45:16

Byelection Results 2022: BJD's Barsha Singh Bariha Wins Padampur In Odisha

08/12/2022 17:39:23

Byelection Results 2022: Congress' Savitri Manoj Mandavi Wins From Chhattisgarh's Bhanupratappur

08/12/2022 17:12:15

Byelection Results 2022: Congress' Anil Sharma Wins From Rajasthan's Sardarshahr Constituency

08/12/2022 15:02:41

Byelection Results 2022: Congress Candidate Anil Kumar Sharma Leads In Sardarshahar By Margin Of 26,852 Votes

08/12/2022 15:01:29

Byelection Results 2022: BJD Candidate Barsha Singh Bariha Leads In Padampur By Margin Of 33,596 Votes

08/12/2022 14:51:05

Byelection Results 2022: Congress Candidate Savitri Manoj Mandavi Continues Her Lead In Bhanupratappur

08/12/2022 14:50:18

Byelection Results 2022: BJP Candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta Leads In Kurhani With Margin Of 3649 Votes

08/12/2022 14:23:31

Byelection Results 2022: BJP Wins Bihar's Kurhani Assembly Seat

BJP candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta wins Kurhani assembly seat defeating JD(U) by 3,645 votes, according to Election Commission.

08/12/2022 13:31:45

Byelection Results 2022 Live: Dimple Yadav Maintains Lead In Mainpuri

Dimple Yadav is currently leading over BJP's Raghuraj Singh Shakya, with a margin of 1,69,248 votes.

08/12/2022 13:08:56

Byelection Results 2022 Live: Congress Continues To Lead On Bhanupratappur Seat

Speaking on the lead Congress has maintained on the Bhanupratappur byelection seat in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said, "This shows that people's trust in Govt remains intact. It also puts a stamp on the work done by Manoj Mandavi. BJP is working hard but just for the 2nd and 3rd positions."

08/12/2022 12:05:27

Byelection Results 2022 Live: Janata Dal United Leads From Bihar's Kurhani Seat

Janata Dal United candidate Manoj Kumar Singh leads in the byelection to the Kurhani Assembly seat in Bihar.

08/12/2022 10:25:33

Byelection Results 2022 Live: Dimple Yadav Leading With 28,358 Votes From Minpuri

According to the Election Commission, Dimple Yadav is leading with 28,358 votes from her closest rival Raghuraj Shakya of the BJP. Dimple has received 49,137 votes so far. Whereas, 20779 votes have gone in favour of Raghuraj Shakya.

08/12/2022 10:18:58

Byelection Results 2022 Live: Congress Leads In Chhattisgarh And Rajasthan

As per EC trends, Congress is leading in Bhanupratappur, Chhattisgarh and Sardarshahar, Rajasthan while BJD is leading in Padampur, Odisha. The BJP is leading in Bihar's Kurhani while Samajwadi Party candidate is in lead in Rampur.

08/12/2022 10:09:41

Byelection Results 2022 Live: RLD Maintains Lead In Khatauli

Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Madan Bhaiya leads in Khatauli Assembly seat; BJP candidate trailing.

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08/12/2022 10:01:54

Byelection Results 2022 Live: BJP Leads From Padampur

Bharatiya Janata Party leads from Padampur assembly seat in Odisha.

08/12/2022 09:57:09

Byelection Results 2022 Live: Dimple Yadav Leads From Mainpuri With Big Margin

The first round of counting in Mainpuri is over and is expected to conclude by noon, said DM Etawah. Dimple Yadav is leading from the seat with 16,933 votes.

08/12/2022 09:47:31

Byelection Results 2022 Live: Congress Leads From Sardarshahar Seat

Congress candidate Anil Kumar Sharma is leading from Sardarshahar constituency in Rajasthan.

08/12/2022 09:40:48

Byelection Results 2022 Live: BJP Candidate Leads From Bihar's Kurhani Seat

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta is leading from Kurhani assembly seat in Bihar.

08/12/2022 08:37:40

Byelection Results 2022 Live: BJP Candidate Leads From Rampur Assembly Seat

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Akash Saxena is leading from Rampur assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh.

08/12/2022 08:41:54

Byelection Results 2022 Live: Rashtriya Lok Dal Leads From Khatauli

In the counting of postal ballots, RLD candidate is leading from Khatauli assembly seat.

Follow Gujarat Election Results Here

08/12/2022 08:25:01

Byelection Results 2022 Live: Dimple Yadav Leading From Mainpuri In Early Trends

The trends for 6 byelection assembly seats in 5 states including Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat have started coming. Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav is leading from Mainpuri. While BJP is leading from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh.

08/12/2022 08:15:05

Byelection Results 2022 Live: Counting Of Votes For 6 Assembly Seats Begins

Counting of votes for six byelection seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh begins. 

Follow Gujarat Election Results Here

08/12/2022 07:24:59

By-Election Results 2022 Live: Counting Of Votes For 6 Assembly Districts To Begin Soon

Counting of votes polled in the byelection in six assembly seats across five states, including the well-known Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, where the Samajwadi Party and the BJP are locked in a power struggle, will begin in a short while.