While most of the parties like Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) retained their seats in this by-elections, but the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government in Kerala faced a major blow, as the alliance failed to retain its Nilambur assembly seat.
The AAP retained the seat as the by-election was necessitated following the death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Singh Gogi in January. Voting took place on June 19.
According to the Election Commission of India, Alifa received 1,02,759 votes while BJP's Ghosh received 52,710 votes. Congress' Shaikh managed to get 28,348 votes while 2,502 votes went to NOTA (None of the above).
The AAP party workers celebrated the election results in Gujarat, as Gopal Italia defeated BJP's Kirit Patel by 17,554 votes, garnering 75,942 votes in total.
convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said in a press conference that the results of the Visavadar and Ludhiana West by-elections indicate that people are "fed up with the BJP".
The 13th batch of training for Booth Level Officers (BLO) Supervisors began at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management
(IIIDEM), New Delhi on Monday.
Secretary Panchayati Raj Chandresh Kumar said the gazette notification for Uttarakhand's 2025 panchayat election reservation rules is being printed and will be submitted to the Nainital High Court to lift the interim stay.
TMC's Alifa Ahmed maintains a commanding lead of 33,255 votes over BJP's Ashish Ghosh in the Kaliganj by-election after 14 rounds of counting. Mamata Banerjee expressed her gratitude to voters and dedicated the victory to the late legislator Nasiruddin Ahmed.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday congratulated Aryadan Shoukath on his victory in the Nilambur by-election and praised the party's dedication and focus.
After winning the Nilambur Assembly by-election, UDF candidate Aryadan Shoukath of Congress on Monday criticised the government for years of neglect in Nilambur and said the result reflects widespread frustration and suffering among the people of Kerala.
In a significant blow to the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government in Kerala, UDF candidate Aryadan Shoukath of Congress defeated LDF's M Swaraj of CPI(M) by a large margin of 11,077 votes in the Nilambur assembly by-election.