AAP good points in bypolls; Cong, BJP win seats

But celebrations in #West Bengal had been marred by the dying of a 13-year-old lady after a crude bomb was hurled allegedly by employees of the #Trinamool Congress (TMC) throughout a victory procession. Police arrested one individual and chief minister #Mamata Banerjee expressed shock over the incident.

The AAP held on to the Visavadar seat in #Gujarat with former state unit chief #Gopal Italia defeating BJP’s Kirit Patel by 17,581 votes. In the high-profile Ludhiana West bypoll in Punjab, AAP candidate and former #Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora defeated former minister and Congress chief Bharat Bhushan Ashu by 10,637 votes.

Arora’s victory fuelled hypothesis that the vacant #Rajya Sabha seat could possibly be stuffed by get together chief Arvind Kejriwal, however the former Delhi chief minister denied the rumours.

“I wish to inform you I’m not going to the #Rajya Sabha. The political affairs committee of the get together will determine whom to appoint,” he advised reporters in Delhi.

The BJP gained the Kadi seat and the TMC the Kaliganj seat in #West Bengal. The Congress snatched the #Nilambur seat from the Left Democratic Front (LDF).

Bypolls are normally localised contests the place turnouts are decrease than common elections and that are dominated by incumbents. They should not indicative of the broader temper of the state, however can generate curiosity particularly within the run-up to meeting polls – as is the case in Punjab, #West Bengal and Kerala, all of which go to the polls subsequent 12 months.

In Visavadar, the bypoll was necessitated by AAP MLA Bhupendra Bhayani’s resignation in December 2023, after which he joined the BJP. The BJP has not gained the seat in 18 years.

“In #Gujarat, BJP fights elections utilizing energy, cash, administration and each trick attainable – therefore it isn’t straightforward to win in opposition to them. But the double margin victory of #Aam Aadmi Party in Visavadar exhibits that now the general public is fed up with the 30 years of misrule of BJP. #Gujarat is now on the trail of change,” Kejriwal mentioned on X.

In Kadi, a constituency reserved for scheduled castes, BJP candidate Rajendra Chavda gained with a margin of 39,452 votes over Congress candidate Ramesh Chavda. The bypoll adopted the dying of BJP MLA Karsanbhai Solanki in February 2025. Kadi has lengthy been a BJP bastion. The Kadi constituency, a part of the Mehsana Lok Sabha seat, is a BJP stronghold.

“This is the victory of all voters… The get together gave me a ticket after 40 years and the general public additionally made me victorious by a margin of about 40,000 votes,” Chavda mentioned.

The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) scored a formidable victory in #Nilambur, wresting the seat from the LDF and gaining momentum forward of meeting polls. Riding on what he claimed was a wave of anti-incumbency sentiments in opposition to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, UDF’s Aryadan Shoukath beat LDF’s M Swaraj by 11,077 votes.

“For the previous 9 years, the individuals of #Nilambur had been uncared for. It is their victory. It exhibits the general public anger in opposition to the Pinarayi Vijayan-led authorities,” Shoukath mentioned.

While Shoukath, son of eight-time MLA and veteran Congress chief Aryadan Mohammed, acquired 77,737 votes, Swaraj, a former lawmaker and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretariat, acquired 66,660 votes.

PV Anvar, a former two-time MLA who left the LDF fold following variations with Vijayan and fought as an unbiased, dented the vote-banks of each coalitions and garnered 19,760 votes to finish up third. The BJP’s Mohan George, who was fielded to shore up Christian votes, may solely achieve 8,648 votes and ended fourth. The seat fell vacant after Anvar resigned as an MLA.

Though #Nilambur, positioned in #Malappuram district, is basically considered as an UDF stronghold, it ended up within the LDF kitty in 2016 and 2021 due to Anvar. This is the primary time since 2021 that the UDF has wrested a seat that belonged to the LDF in a bypoll.

Leader of the Opposition and UDF chairman VD Satheesan mentioned the #Nilambur win provides the UDF sufficient gas to clinch a victory within the 2026 meeting elections. “This win is the results of the laborious work of crew UDF. We have turn out to be the strongest political coalition in Kerala at present. We promised the voters that if we win #Nilambur, we’ll come to energy in 2026. We will preserve that promise,” mentioned Satheesan.

In #West Bengal’s Kaliganj, Alifa Ahmed, the TMC candidate, gained by 50,049 votes. Ahmed acquired 1,02.759 votes, and Ashish Ghosh, the BJP candidate, acquired 52,710 votes. The byelection was necessitated after the sudden demise of the previous TMC lawmaker and Alifa’s father Nasiruddin Ahmed in February. The TMC has held the seat since 2011.

Bengal goes to the polls subsequent 12 months.

“In the by-election of the Kaliganj meeting constituency, individuals from all religions, castes, communities, and all walks of life have overwhelmingly blessed us by exercising their voting rights. I humbly categorical my gratitude to them,” chief minister #Mamata Banerjee mentioned.

During the victory procession, a 13-year-old lady died when a crude bomb was hurled allegedly by TMC employees. In the night, police arrested a neighborhood resident, Adar Ali Sheikh, 28. Speaking on situation of anonymity, locals mentioned the accused was a TMC employee and the sufferer’s dad and mom had been Left supporters.

“Today, a 13-year-old lady succumbed to her accidents sustained from an explosion within the Kaliganj PS space of Krishnanagar police district. We shall spare no stone unturned to nab the culprits who had been behind the incident,” the police mentioned in an announcement.

In Ludhiana West, AAP celebrated its victory in a high-stakes contest. “The important lead within the win displays that the individuals of the state are happy with our authorities’s work. We will prioritise fulfilling each promise made to the individuals of Punjab,” mentioned chief minister Bhagwant Mann. The seat fell vacant after the ruling get together’s sitting MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gog died in January

The Congress emerged as a divided home with state unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring lacking from a number of marketing campaign occasions. Ashu accepted full duty for the defeat and resigned because the working president of the state Congress. “I firmly imagine that the complete Congress stood by me all through. I congratulate Sanjeev Arora,” he mentioned.