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Bypoll results 2018: BJP's Lok Sabha tally down to 271 from 282 in 2014

The BJP managed to retain only one seat-Palghar, Maharashtra-after the bypolls held on May 28, 2018, where the party called in Yogi Adityanath for campaigning

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BJP workers celebrate with crackers the party's decisive lead in Karnataka Assembly elections, as the counting of votes is in progress, outside the party headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday

Prachi Salve | IndiaSpend Mumbai

Last Updated : Jun 01 2018 | 7:21 AM IST

With the loss of Kairana, Uttar Pradesh and Bhandara-Gondiya, Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) now has 271 seats in the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament), down 11 from the 282 seats it won in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP managed to retain only one seat–Palghar, Maharashtra–after the bypolls held on May 28, 2018, where the party called in Yogi Adityanath for campaigning.

While the BJP lost the Kairana seat to Rashtriya Lok Dal, it lost the Bhandara-Gondiya seat to the Nationalist Congress Party.

With its tally down to 271 in Lok Sabha

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