UP & Bihar By-Election Results 2018 News Updates: SP Wins Phulpur & Gorakhpur; RJD Wins Jehanabad & Bhabhua

In Gorakhpur, Samajwadi Party’s Praveen Kumar Nishad wins Yogi Adityanath’s Gorakhpur seat, defeats BJP’s Upendra Dutt Shukla by 21,916 votes. Pravin Nishad, the candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party in Gorakhpur had spoken of a "bigger alliance" if the Samajwadi Party won. 

 SP candidate Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel was declared winner from Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency. His victory is expected to cause major embarrassment to the ruling BJP in the state, as bypoll was necessitated following the appointment of incumbent MP Keshav Prasad Maurya as the Deputy CM. Dedicating his victory to the BSP, which extended backchannel support to the SP, the winning candidate said, "I want to specially thank Mayawati ji and dedicate this victory to her. I want to thank the BSP workers as well. The message is clear. We are two parties but have one ideology."

The Samajwadi Party, backed by two-decade-old rival BSP, is likely to wrest the Gorakhpur constituency from the BJP. The seat was last represented by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The loss in Gorakhpur is likely to dent the credibility of Yogi, who has represented the seat for five consecutive terms.In Bihar, the RJD and BJP retained one seat each. From the Araria Lok Sabha seat, the Lalu Yadav-led party was leading by over 40,000 votes. For full report, click here.

The recent trends suggest that SP is likely to win in Gorakhpur and Phulpur. The margin after rounds of counting suggests that the BJP failed miserably in the run-up to elections. After leading in Gorakhpur, the BJP faltered during early noon, and the SP has been widening its lead since then.In Bihar, the results were declared in two of the three constituencies. The seat of Jehanabad was won by RJD, whereas the Bhabhua constituency was won by the BJP.

In a major setback to BJP, RJD candidate Uday Yadav wins Jehanabad bypoll. The Jehanabad Assembly seat fell vacant after the death of RJD Legislator Mundrika Yadav. 

In Gorakhpur, SP's Praveen Kumar Nishad is leading by 28,737 votes with 2,93,153 votes, BJP's Upendra Dutt Shukla second with 2,64,416 votes after 19th round of counting."We didn't expect that BSP's vote will be transferred to SP in such a manner. We will analyze after seeing the final results & prepare for a situation in future when BSP, SP & Congress can come together & also make our strategy for winning 2019 elections", says KP Maurya, Deputy CM.

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee congratulated BSP supremo Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav for ‘great victory’. In Gorakhpur, SP candidate Praveen Kumar Nishad leads by 26,910 votes over BJP’s Upendra Dutt Shukla in Gorakhpur by-election. 

With BJP on a slippery ground in both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the party is trailing by huge margins in both the states. In Bihar, the RJD has extended its lead in Jehanabad and Araria constituency.In Uttar Pradesh, too, the party is trailing on both the seats in contention. SP has widened its lead in both Gorakhpur and Phulpur constituencies and is now looking invincible with its lead.

As per the recent trends, the BJP is trailing in both Bihar and UP.  RJD has taken lead in the constituency of Araria too and has strengthened its lead in Jehanabad. The saving grace for BJP in the state by-election is the seat of Bhabhua, where the party is currently leading.In Uttar Pradesh, the SP is leading in both Phulpur and Gorakhpur constituencies. On both, the seats that BJP is trailing on were vacated by UP CM and Deputy CM. The SP has taken a massive lead in both the constituencies.