Lessons for the BJP in Bengal bypoll losses
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Lessons for the BJP in Bengal bypoll losses

Hindustan Times  

The byelections for four seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly have dealt a big blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party as it chases its goal of breaking into the Trinamool Congress’s bastion. He had won the seat on a BJP ticket in 2021 by approximately 17,000 votes, before defecting to the TMC, resigning his membership of the assembly and contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Ranaghat constituency, which he lost to the BJP candidate by over 180,000 votes. Though the TMC’s Sudip Bandyopadhyay had won the Kolkata Uttar seat in the general elections by over 90,000 votes, the margin had been whittled down considerably in the Maniktala assembly segment. Raiganj is in North Bengal, which has been under the BJP’s sway since the 2019 general elections and, more importantly, Bagdah and Ranaghat Dakshin are in the heart of Matua territory. BJP leaders might bravely argue that between 2019 and 2024, the party has lost less than 2% of the vote and has retained its vote share from the 2021 assembly elections, but numerical callisthenics aren’t hiding the disarray in the West Bengal BJP.

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India Today  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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ABP News  

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ABP News  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Bypoll results 2024: Trinamool Congress set for clean sweep in Bengal, UP BJP leads in 6 seats | Updates on 48 seats
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bypoll results 2024: Trinamool Congress set for clean sweep in Bengal, UP BJP leads in 6 seats | Updates on 48 seats

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission of India is counting votes polled for the bypolls held across 48 assembly constituencies and two Parliamentary seats in 13 states on Saturday, November 23. Assembly bypoll results: Total seats 48 Assam-5 AGP: Bongaigaon BJP: Behali, Dholai Congress: Samaguri UPSPL: Sidli Bihar-4 BJP: Ramgarh, Tarari HAMS: Imamganj JD: Belaganj Chhattisgarh-1 BJP: Raipur City South 1 Gujarat-1 Congress: …

Bengal bypoll results 2024: TMC wins all six seats despite RG Kar wave; check numbers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bengal bypoll results 2024: TMC wins all six seats despite RG Kar wave; check numbers

Live Mint  

Despite the ongoing protest over RG Kar rape case and demands for CM Mamata Banerjee to step down, Trinaamool Congress made a clean sweep in six assembly constituencies in West Bengal that went into polls this year. Check early trends here: In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste constituency, TMC's Sangita Roy won by 1,65,984 beating her nearest rival, Dipak Kumar Ray …

Bengal bypoll results: Trinamool leads on all six seats, as per early trends
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bengal bypoll results: Trinamool leads on all six seats, as per early trends

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress candidates have taken an unassailable lead in the bypolls held for six assembly constituencies in West Bengal, with counting underway since 8 am on Saturday. In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste constituency, TMC's Sangita Roy is leading by 73,452 votes, a margin of 60,493 votes over her nearest rival, Dipak Kumar Ray of the BJP, who has so far …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rajasthan Bypoll Election Results 2024 LIVE: List of leading BJP, Congress, BAP candidates in 7 seats

India TV News  

Rajasthan Bypoll Results 2024 LIVE: The counting for votes is still underway for the seven constituency seats of Rajasthan, check out the list of all the leading and trailing candidates from these seats. Seat Name Leading candidate Trailing candidate Dausa Deen Dayal Jag Mohan Chorasi Anil Kumar Katara Karilal Salumber Jitesh Kumar Katara Shanti Amrit Lal Meena Deoli-Uniara Rajendra Gurjar …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bihar Bypolls Results 2024 LIVE: Counting of votes begins on all four seats in state

India TV News  

Bihar Bypolls Results 2024 LIVE: The counting of votes for the bypolls to four Assembly seats in Bihar is set to begin at 8 am on Saturday. Here are details of each of the four seats: Tarari Assembly Seat Tarari Assembly seat witnessed a contest between Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Vishal Prashant and CPI's Raju Yadav. Ramgarh Assembly Seat Ramgarh …

West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: Counting for six Assembly seats today, TMC confident of winning all seats
1 month, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: Counting for six Assembly seats today, TMC confident of winning all seats

India TV News  

The counting of votes for the bypolls to six Assembly seats in West Bengal is scheduled to begin on November 23 at 8 am, following the elections held on November 13. Madarihat - In the Madarihat bypoll, Bikash Champromary of the Indian National Congress contested against Jayprakash Toppo of the All India Trinamool Congress and Rahul Lohar of the Bharatiya …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will Congress wrest Raipur City South seat from BJP?

India TV News  

Chhattisgarh Bypoll Results 2024 Live: The Election Commission of India started vote counting for the byelection held in the Raipur City South assembly seat. 30 candidates were in the fray A total of 30 candidates were in the fray for the bypoll, but the main contest was between Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sunil Kumar Soni and Congress nominee Akash Sharma. …

Rajasthan Bypoll Results LIVE: Counting for votes begin, BJP confident of decimating Congress
1 month, 2 weeks ago

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India TV News  

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Trinamool dominates West Bengal bypolls, leads in all six constituencies
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trinamool dominates West Bengal bypolls, leads in all six constituencies

India TV News  

Trinamool Congress candidates are leading by significant margins in all six assembly constituencies where by-elections were held in West Bengal. Key trends from the bypolls In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste seat, TMC's Sangita Roy is leading with a massive 73,452 votes, holding a commanding margin of 60,493 votes over BJP's Dipak Kumar Ray, who has secured 12,959 votes. In Madarihat, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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India Today  

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Results today on nine Uttar Pradesh, 39 other assembly bypoll seats; counting also in Wayanad LS seat
1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

With the results of Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls expected to hog the limelight tomorrow, the battles in states in assembly bypolls will have their own significance as the ruling parties and those in opposition seek to send a message about their having the electoral momentum. The bypolls have also strongly fought in various states besides Uttar Pradesh, where nine …

Mint Quick Edit | It’s advantage BJP: So say exit polls
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Live Mint  

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Elections in 2 Indian states are seen as a test of Prime Minister Modi’s popularity
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Associated Press  

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UP bypolls: 49.71% voter turnout recorded, SP accuses BJP of 'manipulating' voters
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UP bypolls: 49.71% voter turnout recorded, SP accuses BJP of 'manipulating' voters

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: The by-poll to nine assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh witnessed a moderate 49.71 per cent voters turn out to seal the fate of 90 candidates, including 11 women, on Wednesday. According to the information shared by the Election Commission of India, the Kundarki assembly segment in Moradabad district recorded the highest voter turnout of 57.32 per cent voter turnout, …

Jharkhand Polls: BJP Relies on Anti-Incumbency
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand Polls: BJP Relies on Anti-Incumbency

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The BJP is heavily relying on anti-incumbency and consolidation of non-tribal votes for the second phase polling in Jharkhand. In its bid to make inroads into the Santhal Pargana, considered a JMM stronghold, the BJP is aggressively campaigning to woo non-tribal voters besides harping on its “illegal immigrants changing the Jharkhand’s demography” poll plank. Besides Santhal Pargana, the …

Nearly 73% polling till 5pm in bypolls to 5 Assam Assembly seats
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Nearly 73% polling till 5pm in bypolls to 5 Assam Assembly seats

Hindustan Times  

The voting for bye-election to five assembly seats in Assam took place on Wednesday without any major incident of violence, officials said. Bye-elections are taking place for the Behali, Samaguri, Bongaigaon, Sidli and Dholai seats, which became vacant earlier this year after the MLAs from those seats won the Lok Sabha polls. While polling was by and large peaceful in …

Election cycle starts with voting in Jharkhand today
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Election cycle starts with voting in Jharkhand today

Hindustan Times  

Ranchi: Jharkhand will kick off crucial assembly elections on Wednesday as 13.7 million people across 43 of its 81 seats will vote in the first phase of polls and bypolls will be held in 32 seats across 10 states, marking the beginning of a high-stakes round of contests. The BJP suffered some setbacks in these regions during the Lok Sabha …

Six assembly seats in West Bengal to go on by-polls tomorrow
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Six assembly seats in West Bengal to go on by-polls tomorrow

Hindustan Times  

Theby-elections in six assembly seats in West Bengal are scheduled to be held on Wednesday. The bypolls were necessitated in all the six seats after the sitting legislators contested in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and won. Partha Bhowmick, former state transport minister, who won from Naihati in 2021, won the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat defeating BJP heavyweight leader Arjun …

Could BJP infighting in Kerala dash its Palakkad bypoll win hopes?
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Could BJP infighting in Kerala dash its Palakkad bypoll win hopes?

India Today  

With campaigning for by-elections to the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat and Chelakkara Assembly seat coming to an end, the focus has now shifted to the Palakkad Assembly seat in Kerala. BJP'S LITMUS TEST IN PALAKKAD Palakkad will witness a three-way contest between BJP candidate C Krishnakumar, Congress's Rahul Mamkootathil and Left Democratic Front’s P Sarin. Krishnakumar is no electoral novice; …

Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological fount, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, have stepped up efforts to strengthen their campaign to coalesce Hindu voters and prevent a split on caste lines in poll-bound Jharkhand and Maharashtra, people aware of the details said. A senior BJP leader said the campaign, which has seen terse messaging from party leaders including Prime Minister Narendra …

Desultory Congress campaign may make BJP lose again
2 months ago

Desultory Congress campaign may make BJP lose again

New Indian Express  

Since 2014 Lok Sabha polls, its evident in every election in Delhi that BJP in assembly polls, with poll not being a direct referendum on the leadership of Narendra Modi, fails to touch the mark of 40 per cent votes in its favour. In 2013 polls, when the Congress had garnered about 15 percent votes, AAP got 28 seats and …

TMC and BJP Battle It Out in Festive Bengal Elections
2 months, 1 week ago

TMC and BJP Battle It Out in Festive Bengal Elections

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are both utilising the October-November festive season to recover lost ground in the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections. TMC has been holding 611 Bijaya sammilani events, while the BJP has launched its six-year membership drive. Despite these efforts, the BJP has lost substantial ground, while the TMC has secured 29 Lok …

BJP, Cong Battle It Out in 74 Seats in Maharashtra Assembly Polls
2 months, 1 week ago

BJP, Cong Battle It Out in 74 Seats in Maharashtra Assembly Polls

Hindustan Times  

The Maharashtra assembly polls are a contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. The stakes are much higher for these parties considering their importance in national politics, and that they are contesting the maximum number of seats within their respective alliances – the Mahayuti and Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The BJP and Congress are going head-to-head in …

Mayawati's BSP to Focus on Upper Caste Votes in Upcoming Bypolls
2 months, 1 week ago

Mayawati's BSP to Focus on Upper Caste Votes in Upcoming Bypolls

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is set to play spoilsport in the upcoming byelections, aiming to disrupt the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Indian National Congress (INC) dominance in Uttar Pradesh. The party has fielded four upper caste candidates in four seats, hoping to combine its core Scheduled Caste vote bank with that of the caste of the candidate to …

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