New Delhi: The results of bypolls for 13 Assembly seats across seven states will be announced today. These elections mark the first electoral exercise since the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, where the BJP fell short of a majority and the opposition bloc, INDIA, gained strength.
Polling for the Assembly by-elections took place on July 10 in 13 seats spread across Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh.
The constituencies that went to polls include Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda, and Maniktala in West Bengal; Dehra, Hamirpur, and Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh; Badrinath and Manglaur in Uttarakhand; Jalandhar West in Punjab; Rupauli in Bihar; Vikravandi in Tamil Nadu; and Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh. Four of these states are governed by INDIA bloc constituents, while the others have BJP or NDA governments.
These bypolls are significant as they are the first since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, where the BJP secured 240 seats, falling 32 short of a majority. The NDA, comprising various allies, achieved a total of 293 seats, surpassing the halfway mark of 272. In contrast, the Congress-led INDIA bloc secured 232 seats.