The BJP was leading in four seats while the Samajwadi Party was ahead in two of the nine Assembly seats for which bypolls were held, according to Election Commission trends on Saturday (November 23, 2024).

The counting of votes began at 8 a.m. on Saturday amid tight security arrangements, along with the counting of votes in Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won seven of the nine assembly seats for which the bypolls were held on November 20. The NDA not only improved its tally over 2022,

The Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in six of nine Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats for which bypolls were held this week, as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reasserts control over the state that is at the core of the BJP's Hindi voter base.

In Uttar Pradesh bypolls, the BJP and RLD led in six of nine seats, while the Samajwadi Party led in three. The BJP had won most of these seats in 2022.

Besides Kundarki and Katehari, the Samajwadi Party was also defeated in five other seats -- Meerapur, Majhawan, Ghaziabad, Khair and Phulpur.

The BJP won five seats and was leading comfortably in Kundarki while its ally RLD clinched one of the nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where bypolls were held on November 20, according to the Elec

The BJP emerged victorious in five seats and was leading in one at 6 pm, while the SP secured Karhal and Sishamau seats

In UP's Kundarki Assembly seat, Ramveer Thakur is on course to create history. The BJP candidate is the lone Hindu from a Muslim-dominated area and is leading 11 other Muslim candidates with around a lakh votes.

The ruling BJP is leading in seven out of nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh whereas the Samajwadi Party had retained the Sisamau seat in Kanpur and was leading in Karhal seat in Mainpuri.