A political novice, YSR Congress' M Gurumoorthy defeated former Union Minister of State Panabaka Lakshmi of the Telugu Desam Party by a margin of over 2.70 lakh votes.
BJP state president C R Paatil and CM Vijay Rupani expressed their gratitude to the voters and party workers for ensuring a huge victory for the BJP candidate in Gujarat.
Out of 15,391 votes counted in the first 4 rounds, BJP's Nimisha Suthar bagged 11,240 votes, while Congress rival Suresh Katara was trailing by 3,547 votes.
Of the six seats it contested in UP bypolls, Congress couldn't win any. SP leader Akhilesh Yadav subsequently ruled out the possibility of an alliance with ‘bigger parties’.
The bypoll in Dumka was necessitated by the resignation of CM Hemant Soren, who contested from 2 seats in 2019. Barhait went to bypolls after incumbent MLA died.
These elections assume significance as they are the first to be held amid the pandemic, with BJP leaders telling ThePrint that the BJP’s performance is an endorsement of PM Modi’s Covid handling.
According to EC data, the gap between the margin of votes secured by Congress and BJP candidates is significant in at least five constituencies — Limbdi, Abdasa, Kaprada, Dang and Karjan.
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