Bypoll results: INDIA jolts BJP, wins 10 of 13 assembly seats

The opposition INDIA bloc looked set to rout the ruling NDA by winning ten of the 13 seats where by-elections were held earlier this week. The BJP, which had the rude shock of failing to clear the majority mark in last month’s Lok Sabha elections, went home with two assembly seat.

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress swept the Bengal bypolls, winning all four seats by a landslide. In Himachal Pradesh, Congress clinched two of the three seats up for grabs, with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu’s wife Kamlesh Thakur emerging as a giant slayer in Dehra. In Uttarkahand, Congress was able to grab both Badrinath, and Manglaur assembly seats. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which rules in Punjab, secured the Jalandhar West constituency in a three-cornered contest. In Tamil Nadu, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) secured Vikravandi assembly constituency.

The counting of votes began at 8 am at key constituencies in West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Bihar.