Bypoll results: BJP win Lok Sabha seats in Rampur and Azamgarh

In Uttar Pradesh by-elections, the ruling BJP won both Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituencies.  BJP candidate Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Mohammad Asim Raja with a margin of more than 42000 votes in Rampur seat while BJP candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua won with a margin of more than 8 thousand votes in Azamgarh constituency.  He defeated  Dharmendra Yadav of the Akhilesh Yadav-led party . 

Bahujan samaj Party candidate in Azamgarh Guddu Jamali gave a tough fight and came on 3rd position. He bagged around 2.5 lakh votes.  Both seats were considered as Samajwadi Party bastion.  Party stalwart Mulayam Singh Yadav and current party president Akhilesh Yadav have been elected from the Azamgarh seat in 2014 and 2019 respectively. Rampur seat was bagged by BJP in 2014 elections but in 2019 general elections Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was elected from the seat.

The bypolls were



necessitated by the resignations of Akhilesh Yadav and Azam Khan from Azamgarh and Rampur seats, respectively. Both leaders quit as Lok Sabha MPs following their election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the elections held earlier this year.

In Punjab, the  President of Shiromani Akali Dal, Amritsar and party candidate from Sangrur constituency Simranjit Singh Mann has won the Loksabha by-poll. He has defeated his nearest rival Gurmail Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party with 5822 votes. Simranjit Singh Mann got 253154 votes while the Aam Aadmi Party Candidate got 247332 votes.

The Indian National Congress secured the third position with 79668 votes while BJP is in the fourth position with 66298 votes. Shiromani Akali Dal-BSP alliance with 44428 votes is in the fifth position.

The vote share of the BJP has increased and it left behind Shiromani Akali Dal.