Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rakesh Kumar won the Himachal Pradesh assembly election from the Sundernagar constituency on Thursday, the Election Commission of India said.
As the trends for the assembly election results in Gujarat show a massive lead for the BJP, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that there is pro-incumbency in the state.
The bypoll to Mainpuri parliamentary seat was held on December 5, and over 56 per cent of voting was recorded. The parliamentary seat had fallen vacant after the demise of SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Bharatiya Janata Party is currently leading on 152 seats in the latest trends as the counting of votes is progressing, thus clearly indicating that the party is simultaneously breaking its own record of 127 seats and also shattering the highest previous electoral record of 147 achieved by
The vote counting trends of the Election Commission of India show that the Bharatiya Janata Party's rebels are leading in their respective constituencies as Independent candidates.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Jamnagar North seat, Rivaba Jadeja who was earlier trailing at the third spot in the early hours of counting of votes, is now leading at the top spot but the final results.
With the initial trends pointing at the return of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat, Congress state in charge Raghu Sharma on Thursday expressed hope of having "surprising" results for this party.
In a neck-to-neck competition between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC), the Election Commission of India show that the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, both are leading at 32 seats in Himachal Pradesh.
As the trends emerged on the 144 seats in the counting of votes for the Gujarat Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading on 112 seats while Congress is placed in the second spot with its lead on 21 seats.
The latest trends of vote counting in Himachal Pradesh disclose that Bharatiya Janata Party is leading the assembly elections here at 30 seats, while Congress is trailing behind with 28 of the 68 seats in the hilly state.
Initial trends in the counting of votes for the Gujarat Assembly polls showed the Bharatiya Janata Party leading on 42 seats while Congress opening its account with its lead on six seats.