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Topic: Bypoll results

Assembly bypolls results offer important lessons for INDIA bloc

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Mayawati’s NOTA appeal in Ghosi yields little — story behind Dara Singh Chauhan’s loss & INDIA’s gain

SP & Congress defeating veteran turncoat Chauhan of BJP in Ghosi bypoll exposes BSP's eroding base. Its absence helped SP get Dalit votes along with its traditional Muslim-Yadav votes.

BJP 3, INDIA 3 in 7 key bypolls, Opposition leads in Uttar Pradesh seat

In the seven seats that went to polls Tuesday, five saw a direct clash between the BJP and the newly-formed Opposition bloc INDIA.

‘Hum seedha sarkar mein aate hai:’ AAP wins Jalandhar LS bypoll, ends Congress’s 24-yr reign

AAP’s Sushil Kumar Rinku, a former Congress MLA, defeated Congress’s Karamjit Kaur, the wife of Santokh Singh Chaudhary, whose death necessitated the bypoll.

After high-octane campaign, BJP’s loss to BJD in Padampur bypoll is blow to Mission Odisha

BJD leading in Padampur by margin of 38,252 votes. If trends hold, this win will come as relief to party which last month saw its 1st bypoll loss since 2009 when BJP won Dhamnagar.

BJP ahead in three seats, TRS in Munugode after initial rounds of counting in bypolls

However, the BJP was trailing in Bihar where the RJD has established a lead in the two assembly seats after the first round of counting. In Munugode, TRS got 6,096 votes & BJP got 4,904.

Tripura CM Manik Saha wins electoral debut as BJP bags 3 of 4 assembly seats in bypolls

BJP bagged Town Bardowali, Jubarajnagar and Surma seats, while Sudip Roy Barman of the Congress won from Agartala. TMC candidates lost their deposits in all four seats.

Sympathy for Virbhadra widow, inflation caused bypoll defeat: Himachal BJP chief Suresh Kashyap

BJP is worried in Himachal Pradesh because it is the only party-ruled state where it failed to win a single seat in 30 October bypolls. A review of its poll performance is now under way.

Bypolls setback for BJP in Himachal, Bengal & Rajasthan, Assam & Telangana the face-savers

BJP leaders say the party lost mainly because of ticket distribution at the local level and infighting in some of the state units.

BJP’s Yogeshwar Dutt loses to Congress again in Haryana’s Baroda, in 1st poll after farm laws

In his second defeat from the Jat-dominated seat, Dutt loses to Congress' Induraj Narwal by over 9,200 votes. Congress terms Baroda win farmers’ victory against an 'anti-farmer regime'.

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Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

France keen to make Rafale jets in India, boost not just defence but people-to-people ties, says envoy

In a chat with ThePrint newsroom, French Ambassador Thierry Mathou indicated talks are on between French firm Safran & Indian govt for joint design & manufacture of AMCA engine.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.