In by-elections held on Wednesday for 13 Assembly Constituencies of seven states, the first two results have come so far from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party has won the Jalandhar west reserved assembly seat. In Himachal, ruling Congress won Dehra seat. Counting for remaning constituencies is underway in 11 Assembly Constituencies seats spread over six states.
The AAP candidate Mohindar Bhagat won this seat by a margin of 37,325 votes. He defeated BJP candidate Sheetal Angural in the triangular contest. In Himachal, Congress candidate Kamlesh Thakur defeated BJP candidate Hoshyar Singh by 9399 votes.
In West Begal, All India Trinamool Congress is leading on all four assembly seats went for by-polls. TMC candidates, Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj, Mukut Mani Adhikari from Ranaghat Dakshin, Madhuparna from Bagda and Supti Pandey is leading from Maniktala Assembly Constituency.
In Himachal, Congress candidate Hardeep Singh Bawa is leading from Nalagarh assembly constituencies, while BJP candidate Ashish Sharma is leading in Hamirpur assembly constituency.
In Bihar, after the end of the seventh rounds of counting, independent candidate Shankar Singh is leading with a margin of over one thousand votes.
In Uttarakhand, Congress is leading on both Badrinath and Manglaur; Congress is also leading in Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh. DMK is leading from Vikravandi seat in Tamil Nadu.
