Counting of votes cast during the recently held by-polls in multiple Assembly constituencies is ongoing. Repolling is going on in 38 polling stations of Srinagar on Thursday after EVMs were destroyed after the April 9 polling at the Lok Sabha constituency.
The re-polling in Srinagar is being held amid tight security. At least eight people had died during the violence on April 9. Violence had also affected polling in Madhya Pradesh.
Elections were also held in Rajouri Garden Assembly seat in New Delhi, Bandhavgarh Assembly seat in Umaria district and Ater segment of Bhind, Bhoranj in Himachal Pradesh, Kanthi Dakshin in West Bengal, Dhemaji in Assam, Dholpur in Rajasthan, Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly seats in Karnataka and Litiparah in Jharkhand.
Here are the LIVE updates:
6 pm IST: And the last of the results is declared. The Congress has won the Ater constituency in MP, but by a margin of around 800 votes.
3 pm IST: The BJP has won the Dholpur byelection in Rajasthan.
12:30 pm IST: The Trinamool Congress' Chandrima Bhattacharya has won West Bengal's Kanthi Dakshin seat in the bypoll by a margin of around 40,000 seats. The second in the poll is the BJP, with the Left parties and the Congress lagging far behind.
12:10 pm IST: BJP candidate Shivnarayan Singh has won from Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh. Counting has been disrupted in Ater.
12:02 pm IST: BJP-SAD candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa wins the Rajouri Garden byelection in Delhi, defeating the Congress' Meenakshi Chandela by 14,652 votes.
11:50 am IST: The BJP's Ranoj Pegu has won the Dhemaji Assembly bypoll by 9,253 votes.
11:40 am IST: Congress candidates MC Mohana Kumari and Kalale Keshavamurthy defeat the BJP in Gundlupet and Nanjangud bypolls in Karnataka
11:30 am IST: The Congress has just complained of EVM-tampering in Ater in Madhya Pradesh after the BJP snatched the lead from the party in the constituency.
11:25 am IST: The AAP has conceded defeat in the Rajouri Garden byelection in Delhi. Meanwhile, the Congress continues to lead — with increased margins, in Nanjangud and Gundlupet in Karnataka.
11:20 am IST: Trinamool Congress candidate Chandrima Bhattacharya is leading the BJP's SM Jana by 29,084 votes in West Bengal's Kanthi Dakshin seat.
10:45 am IST: The BJP's Anil Dhiman has won the Bhoranj seat in Himachal Pradesh by 8,290 votes.
He was later congratulated by several BJP leaders, including Union Health Minister JP Nadda.
Congratulations to the BJP candidate Sh. Anil Dhiman ji, for winning HP’s Bhoranj Bye-Election with 8,648 votes. Thanks to all the voters.
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) April 13, 2017
10:35 am IST: The BJP is in the lead from Dhemaji in Assam after Round 7 of counting. The SAD+BJP combine is in the lead in Rajouri Garden, Delhi.
10:30 am IST: The Congress leads in Karnataka's Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-elections at the end of the fifth round. Meanwhile, the BJP is in the lead from both Ater and Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh.
10:10 am IST: BJP seems to be leading in five of the 10 constituencies in which counting is taking place.
10 am IST: Rajouri Garden Assembly seat fifth round counting results:
BJP+ SAD - 13542 (leading)
Congress - 9677
AAP - 2668
9:30 am IST: Congress ahead of BJP in Karnataka.
