New Delhi:

The outcomes for bypolls to seven meeting seats in six states can be declared on Friday in what’s being seen as a serious check for the opposition alliance INDIA in opposition to the BJP-led NDA forward of the polls in 5 states later this 12 months and Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

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The seven seats that went to the polls earlier this month are Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, Puthuppally in Kerala, Dhupguri in West Bengal, Dumri in Jharkhand, and Boxanagar and Dhanpur in Tripura. The counting of votes started at 8 am.

Congress snatched an early lead over the BJP within the Bageshwar meeting bypoll, with its candidate Basant Kumar main by 195 votes over the BJP’s Parvati Das within the preliminary spherical of relying on Thursday.

Opposition UDF candidate Chandy Oommen is main within the preliminary rounds of counting within the Puthuppally meeting bypoll in Kerala’s Kottayam.

Son of late Congress stalwart Oommen Chandy, he has been far forward of his nearest co-contestants.

The BJP on Friday morning was main in each meeting seats in Tripura’s Sepahijala district the place bypolls had been held, in response to the Election Commission.

After 4 rounds of counting, BJP’s Tafajjal Hossain was main by 25,478 votes within the Boxanagar seat. CPI(M) candidate Mizan Hossain was on the second spot.

In the Dhanpur seat, BJP’s Bindu Debnath was forward by 14,384 votes after 4 rounds of counting. CPI(M)’s Kaushik Chanda was trailing.

Among the seven seats, Dhanpur, Bageshwar and Dhupguri had been held by the BJP. The seats in UP and Jharkhand had been held by Samajwadi Party and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, respectively. Tripura’s Boxanagar seat and Kerala’s Puthupally had been with the CPM and the Congress, respectively.

The Ghosi seat was vacated after sitting legislator and OBC chief Dara Singh Chauhan rejoined the BJP. The Akhilesh Yadav-led get together is now making an attempt to retain management on Ghosi.

In Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar, the bypolls had been held after the dying of four-time MLA and cupboard minister Chandan Ram Das in April. Kerala’s Puthupally seat was vacated by the dying of former Chief Minister and Congress veteran Oommen Chandy.

In Tripura, the CPM has introduced that it’ll boycott the counting. It has alleged large-scale malpractice throughout voting within the two constituencies.

In West Bengal’s Dhupguri, the CPM and Congress have joined forces to tackle the ruling Trinamool. Incidentally, all of the three events are a part of the INDIA bloc.