India Bypolls: Jan Swaraj Party Wins Bihar, Congress Madhya Pradesh, BJP Gujarat
Summary
Jan Swaraj Party won Bihar’s Bankipur seat, Congress captured Datia in Madhya Pradesh, and BJP retained Manjalpur in Gujarat in the final results of the by-elections. Prashant Kishor won Bankipur by 19,324 votes as technical glitches briefly affected the Election Commission’s counting updates.
Key Points
- Jan Swaraj Party founder Prashant Kishor won Bihar’s Bankipur assembly seat by 19,324 votes.
- Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh won the Datia seat in Madhya Pradesh by 6,016 votes.
- BJP’s Satendrabhai (Satish) Patel won Gujarat’s Manjalpur seat by 30,630 votes.
- The Election Commission’s website showed temporary counting glitches during the vote tally.
