"The public contested these elections... I was only a medium. When the people contest the elections themselves, it is confirmed that the results would be historic... The BJP did everything to win these elections... This is people's win," Italia said while speaking to ANI.
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.
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".
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.
The Nainital High Court stayed Uttarakhand's Panchayat elections, scheduled in two phases, after challenges to reservation policies. The court, led by the Chief Justice, reviewed the state government's response before issuing the stay order.
Following the Samajwadi Party's expulsion of three MLAs who supported the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Monday criticised the SP for its internal issues and alleged mistreatment of its own workers.
The Samajwadi Party has expelled three of its rebel MLAs from the party on Monday who have voted in support of the BJP candidate during the Rajya Sabha elections.
As the vote counting begins for the assembly by-elections in five constituencies, the official trends by the Election Commission from Kerala's Nilambur seat show UDF candidate Aryadan Shoukath of Congress leading by 2,286 votes over LDF's M Swaraj of CPI(M) in the fourth round of counting
Vote counting started at 8 AM for assembly bye-elections in Nilambur (Kerala), Ludhiana West (Punjab), Kaliganj (West Bengal), Visavadar, and Kadi (Gujarat). Results will be declared today amid tight security arrangements at counting centres.