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Bypolls: BJP candidate Ranjanben Bhatt leads in Vadodara

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Last Updated : Sep 16 2014 | 11:51 AM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrated the early trends of the bypolls in Vadodara on Tuesday after their party candidate Ranjanben Bhatt was found leading the polls by a huge margin.

Counting of votes in three Lok Sabha and 33 assembly constituencies for the by polls began this morning.

BJP is leading at seven out of the total nine Assembly seats in Gujarat, while the Congress is leading at two seats.

In Uttar Pradesh, the ruling Samajwadi Party is leading at six out of 11 Assembly seats as well as the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat.

Vadodara Lok Sabha Seat and Maninagar Assembly seat were vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while eight other assembly seats were vacated following BJP MLAs election for Lok Sabha.

Polling in Medak Parliamentary constituency was also necessitated due to the resignation of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao from the seat.

The assembly by-poll elections were held across ten states on September 13.

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First Published: Sep 16 2014 | 11:37 AM IST

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