Slain Odisha Minister Naba Kishore Das's daughter Dipali Das, who the Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) fielded in the constituency of her father, emerged victorious with a margin of 48,721 votes in the Jharsuguda by-election.
As the counting of votes is underway on Saturday for the Karnataka Assembly elections, Congress has won 79 seats while leading in 57 constituencies, according to the Election Commission (EC) data.
As per the latest trends by the Election Commission at 2.15 pm, Nikhil Kumaraswamy got 76975 votes against Congress' HA Iqbal Hussain who secured 87690 with 47.98 per cent vote share so far.
As the counting of votes for the Karnataka assembly elections was underway, netizens were quick to share some quirky memes as the latest trend showed Congress crossing the halfway mark.
From the Suar seat, Apna Dal candidate Shafeek Ahmed Ansari is ahead of SP candidate Anuradha Chauhan by 6002 while from Chhanbey, Rinki Kol is leading with 221 votes, as per ECI's latest trends at 1 pm.
AAP's Sushil Rinku is leading by more than 52000 votes over nearest rival Congress' Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, as per the latest data available on ECI's official website at 12:25 pm.