Bypoll Results: Himachal Chief Minister’s Wife Wins Dehra Seat, AAP Takes Jalandhar West
Himachal Pradesh Congress leader Kamlesh Thakur defeated her nearest rival, BJP nominee Hoshyar Singh, by over 9,000 votes in the Dehra constituency. Her party colleague, Hardeep Singh Bawa, also won from the Nalagarh seat, while the BJP secured Hamirpur.AAP’s Mohinder Bhagat won the bypoll in Punjab’s Jalandhar West assembly segment by more than 30,000 votes.In West Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress won the Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin and Bagda bypolls and is leading on the remaining seat. The BJP is currently trailing in Manglaur, a Muslim- and Dalit-dominated seat In Uttarakhand, that has been held either by Congress or the BSP so far. The ruling party is also trailing in Badrinath.The Bihar byelection was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MLA Bima Bharti, who had won the seat for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) several times in the past but quit the party recently to contest Lok Sabha elections on an RJD ticket. The JD(U) is currently ahead.