For the first time, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday won the Rampur Sadar assembly seat, considered a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan when its candidate Akash Saxena defeated his nearest rival, Asim Raja.
In 2016, Akhilesh had shown the Samajwadi Party's exit door to his uncle Shivpal due to family disputes.
Shivpal later formed his own party Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya). However, the PSPL failed to win any seat in the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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.
The counting began at 8 am to decide the fate of the candidates contesting the polls, among whom all eyes will be on the wife of Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav, who is contesting from the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, necessitated by the demise of Samajwadi Party veteran Mulayam Singh Yadav in O
The counting of votes for by-elections in six Assembly constituencies in five states including the high-state Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh will be held on Thursday.
Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav for the Lok Sabha Assembly Seat of Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri exuded confidence in marking her victory at the party's stronghold on Monday.
Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and National President of Samajwadi Party, Akhilesh Yadav has said that his party would win Mainpuri by-elections.
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday alleged that police is trying to prevent voters from casting votes in the by-polls and even resorting to lathi charge in Rampur.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday cast his vote for the ongoing election at the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat at Abhinav Vidyalaya in Saifai in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah.
The voter turnout in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri Lok Sabha Assembly Seat was recorded 7.08 per cent till 9 am on Monday, the Election Commission of India said.
Voting for the by-elections for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and six assembly seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh began today at 7 am.
Voting for by-elections for Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and six assembly seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh is underway.