BJP leads in five, SP in three in tightly-contested UP bypolls

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which typically refrains from contesting bypolls, has actively participated this clip and has secured 3rd presumption successful 7 constituencies. In the remaining 2 seats—Meerapur and Kundarki—the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram), led by Chandrashekhar Azad, is successful 3rd place. Notably, the Azad Samaj Party holds the 4th presumption successful the different 7 constituencies.

With the Congress opting retired of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypolls and alternatively extending enactment to the SP, the spotlight is connected the latter, which has made efforts to reconnect with Muslims successful the runup to the polls. The SP had fielded lone 5 Muslim candidates successful the caller Lok Sabha election.

This time, the SP contested each 9 seats nether its ain symbol, portion the BJP fielded candidates successful 8 constituencies, allotting Meerapur to its ally, the RLD.

The 9 constituencies wherever counting is underway are Ghaziabad, Meerapur, Kundarki, Khair, Sisamau, Katehri, Phulpur, Majhawan, and Karhal.

Of these, the SP had won 4 of these seats — Kundarki, Karhal, Sisamau, and Katehari — successful 2022 portion the BJP had secured three: Phulpur, Ghaziabad, and Khair.

BJP allies RLD and NISHAD had clinched Meerapur and Majhawan.

Until 12.30 pm, the SP was starring successful 3 of 4 seats it won successful 2022 but was trailing successful Kundarki. There, the BJP’s Ramveer Singh is starring with a important borderline of 18,086 votes implicit its Mohammad Rizwan, who has secured 2,815 votes truthful far, aft the 4th circular of counting.

On the different hand, the BJP, which had secured Phulpur, Ghaziabad, and Khair successful 2022, continues to support its pb successful these constituencies. It is besides up successful Majhawan, a spot antecedently won by its ally, the NISHAD Party.

The RLD aims to clasp its Meerapur seat. There, its Mithlesh Pal is starring with 10,229 votes aft the 4th circular of counting portion SP’s Sumbul Rana, the nearest contender, has secured 8,069 votes.

In Majhawan, BJP’s Shuchismita Maurya is starring with a borderline of 5,172 votes implicit SP’s Jyoti Bind, who has secured 11,251 votes, aft six rounds of counting.

In Katehari, BJP’s Dharamraj Nishad is starring by 1,011 votes aft 3 rounds of counting against with SP’s Shobhawati Verma, who’s trailing astatine 3,061 votes.

In Phulpur, BJP’s Deepak Patel has 12,614 votes by the 5th round, maintaining a pb of 2,073 votes implicit SP’s Mohammad Mujtaba Siddiqui.

Meanwhile, successful Sisamau, Naseem Solanki, the woman of jailed erstwhile MLA Irfan Solanki, america starring with 28,315 votes aft 8 rounds of counting. Her closest competitor, BJP’s Suresh Awasthi, has 12,853 votes.

The SP is starring successful the Karhal spot aft the eighth circular of counting. Here, SP campaigner Tej Pratap Singh has 30,288 votes, maintaining a pb of 13,227 votes implicit BJP’s Anujesh Pratap Singh, who has secured 17,061 votes.

In Khair, BJP’s Surender Diler is starring aft six rounds of counting with 10,586 votes, up of SP’s Charu Kain.

In Ghaziabad, BJP’s Sanjeev Sharma had a important pb of 19,863 votes astatine the extremity of the sixth round, portion his closest competitor, SP’s Singh Raj Jatav, had 5,943 votes.