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UP by-poll result LIVE: Akhilesh thanks Mayawati for Gorakhpur, Phulpur

Lok Sabha by-elections 2018 in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, Phulpur and Bihar's Araria being viewed as yet another test for BJP ahead of 2019 general elections

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UP Bihar bypolls 2018

Election officials count votes at a counting center after Phulpur by-poll elections in Allahabad

11:25 AM

Phulpur bypoll results 2018: Samajwadi Party's Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel leading by 6,931 votes with 54,562 votes, BJP's Kaushlendra Singh Patel is following in with 47,631 votes.
11:24 AM

Gorakhpur bypoll results 2018: BJP has widened its lead by 4,688 votes in the seat vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. 

11:17 AM

Phulpur bypoll results 2018: 'Wait and watch,' says BJP canditate Patel

Even though early trends show the Samajwadi Party having an edge over the ruling BJP, Kaushlendra Singh Patel said, "BJP will win with a huge mandate, wait and watch." After the fourth round of counting, Patel is trailing SP candidate Praveen Kumar Nishad by 3,707 votes. 

11:08 AM

11:03 AM

Gorakhpur bypoll results 2018: BJP's Upendra Dutt Shukla leading with 15,577 votes, SP's Praveen Kumar Nishad second with 13,911 votes.
11:02 AM

Gorakhpur byelection results 2018: District Magistrate Rajeev Rautela has stopped the media from entering the counting area. He also prohibited counting personnel from giving updates to journalists.
10:59 AM

Gorakhpur bypoll results 2018: BJP is still leading but the margin of votes has decreased. The saffron party is now leading by 2066 votes. 
10:57 AM

Phulpur by-poll results 2018: SP is leading with 43,562 votes, while the BJP is following in with 39,855 votes, show the fourth rounds of counting. 


10:53 AM

Bihar Assembly by-poll results 2018: BJP leading by 2714 votes in Bhabua. RJD leading in Jehanabad.
10:52 AM

Bihar's Araria Lok Sabha by-poll results 2018: BJP leading with 58,225 votes, RJD second with 55,334. 
10:48 AM

Gorakhpur by-poll results 2018: In a bizarre incident, dead people have been put on counting duty, according to media reports.

This is not the first time when the dead have been assigned election duty, reported India Today. Even on March 11 i.e polling day, two dead engineers were assigned to work. 


10:37 AM

Phulpur bypoll results 2018: BJP disses Congress candidate 

"Congress candidate Manish Mishra is only trying to encash the name of his father (K N Mishra), who had once contested the Lok Sabha elections, but lost," BJP leader Keshav Maurya said.
 
The party leaders were also of the view that youths (people under 35), who constitute nearly 60 per cent of the electorate, will also play a major role in the by-election.
10:35 AM

With ex-MP Atiq Ahmed contesting as an independent, Muslim votes, which the SP was eyeing, is likely to be split.
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First Published: Mar 14 2018 | 6:19 PM IST