Bypoll results today for 3 Lok Sabha seats, 7 Assembly seats | Top points
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The counting of votes for bypolls for three Lok Sabha seats and seven Assembly seats is being conducted today. Details here.
The counting of votes for three Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats started on Sunday morning at 8 am. The seats are spread across five states and Delhi.
The bypoll election took place in Delhi, Punjab, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand on June 23.
1) Tripura has the highest number of four seats -- Agartala, Jubarajnagar, Surma and Town Bardowali. Manik Saha, who is contesting from Town Bardowali, needs to win this election to continue as the chief minister. He is a Rajya Sabha member who was sworn in last month after the then chief minister Biplab Deb's sudden resignation.
2) Lok Sabha by-elections were held in Rampur and Azamgarh constituencies in Uttar Pradesh and Sangrur seat in Punjab.
3) The other constituencies where assembly bypolls were held were Rajinder Nagar in Delhi, Mandar in Jharkhand's Ranchi district and Atmakuru in Andhra Pradesh.
DELHI - RAJINDER NAGAR
In Delhi, AAP's Durgesh Pathak is leading with nearly 8,000 votes.
