Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 3:30 pm:  Congress registered a thumping win in Rajasthan by-polls, clean sweeping all the three seats on offer. Vivek Dhakad won the Mandalgarh Assembly seat, while Alwar & Ajmer Lok Sabha seats were won by Karan Singh Yadav and Raghu Sharma of Congress respectively.

Mandalgarh, Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 01:30 pm:  Congress candidate Vivek Dhakad edged past Shakti Singh Hada of BJP who was maintaining a thin lead earlier from Mandalgarh Assembly seat.  With this win, Congress is all set to clean sweep the Rajasthan by-polls as both the Congress Lok Sabha candidates from their respective seats are strengthening their leads, the counting of votes is reaching towards the last rounds. Here is the final result of Mandalgarh Assembly seat which is won by Congress.

Mandalgarh, Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 11:45 am:  Shakti Singh Hada of BJP who was maintaining a thin lead is now trailing in Mandalgarh Assembly seat against his rival Congress candidate Vivek Dhakad.  With this lead, Congress is now ahead in all the three constituencies went for by-poll in Rajasthan. Congress is well ahead in both Alwar and Ajmer Lok Sabha Seats by a comfortable margin. Here is the latest vote count from Mandalgarh Assembly constituency.

Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 11:20 am:  It looks like both Lok Sabha Seats will be bagged by Congress as Raghu Sharma is leading from Ajmer and Karan Singh Yadav is ahead from Alwar Lok Sabha constituency by a decent margin.  Shakti Singh Hada of BJP is leading in Mandalgarh Assembly seat by a small margin against the Congress candidate Vivek Dhakad.  Here are the latest vote counts of all the three constituencies went for by-poll in Rajasthan.

Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 10:45 am:  With the positive trends coming in from  Alwar & Ajmer Lok Sabha seats, Congress leader Sachin Pilot looks confident of their party's performance in the Rajasthan by-polls. While BJP is maintaining the lead in Mandalgarh Constituency.  These by-election results are considered to be as litmus test for the Vasundhara Raje-led state government. Here is what Sachin Pilot says:

Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 10:00 am: Congress is coming out strong in the Rajasthan By-Poll results as it's Lok Sabha candidates are maintaining the steady lead against their BJP rivals in both the seats. While Shakti Singh Hada of BJP is leading in Mandalgarh assembly constituency.

Ajmer Lok Sabha , Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 9:40 am:  BJP candidate Ramswaroop Lamba trails behind Congress candidate Raghu Sharma in Ajmer.  Congress is leading in both the Lok Sabha constituencies of Rajasthan.

Alwar and Mandalgarh, Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 9:15 am: Shakti Singh Hada of BJP is leading with 699 votes in Mandalgarh; while Congress candidate Karan Singh Yadav strengthens his lead in Alwar Lok Sabha by-poll with 9225 votes.

Alwar Lok Sabha , Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 9:05 am:  BJP candidate Jaswant Singh Yadav trails behind Congress candidate Karan Singh Yadav in Alwar.

Mandalgarh Assembly seat, Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 8:55 am: BJP candidate Shakti Singh Hada surges ahead of his rival Vivek Dhakad of Congress from Mandalgarh Assembly Constituency. The contest looks evenly poised.

Mandalgarh Assembly seat, Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 8:45 am: Congress is looking strong in Rajasthan as its candidate Vivek Dhakad from Mandalgarh Assembly Constituency takes the early lead.

Alwar, Rajasthan Election Results Live Update at 8:40 am:  We have got the first trends from Alwar Lok Sabha constituency, where Congress candidate is leading.

Rajasthan Bypoll Results Live Update at 8:30 am:  Counting of votes have begun for the Alwar & Ajmer Lok Sabha Seats and Mandalgarh Assembly Constituency. We will bring you the latest election results as soon as we get the first update from the counting center. The leads will be coming in shortly.

Jaipur, Feb 1: The results of by-elections conducted in two parliamentary and one assembly constituency of Rajasthan will be declared today. The bypoll were conducted on January 29 at Alwar and Ajmer -- the two Lok Sabha segments -- along with Mandalgarh, the assembly seat which fall vacant. The Election Commission was scheduled to begin the counting for the three seats at 8am. Stay tuned with Latestly for all the live results and updates.

Bypolls to the three seats were necessitated following the death of the incumbent lawmakers. All the three seats were held by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Here are the seat-wise details, candidates and past winners of the constituencies where bypolls were held:

Alwar

Last MP: Mahant Chand Nath (BJP)

Passed away on: August 9, 2017

Total voters: 18.27 lakh

BJP candidate: Jaswant Singh Yadav

Congress candidate: Karan Singh Yadav

Ajmer

Last MP: Sanwar Lal Jat (BJP)

Passed away on: September 9, 2017

Total voters: 18.23 lakh

BJP candidate: Ramswaroop Lamba

Congress candidate: Raghu Sharma

Mandalgarh

Last MLA: Kirti Kumari

Died on: August 28, 2017

Total voters: 2.31 lakh

BJP candidate: Shakti Singh Hada

Congress candidate: Vivek Dhakad

The by-election results are likely to be considered as a litmus test for the Vasundhara Raje-led government in the state, which moves into assembly polls later this year.

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