Mizoram Chief Minister and MNF president Zoramthanga congratulated Laldawnglian on winning the by-poll.
Meghalaya
The NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance got a shot in the arm, as it clinched all three assembly seats. The National People’s Party wrested Rajabala and Mawryngkneng seats from the Congress, while the United Democratic Party, a partner in the MDA government, emerged victorious in Mawphlang,
National parties
The BJP got seven assembly seats while the Congress won eight seats in the recent by-polls. One Lok Sabha seat each was bagged by the Congress, the Shiv Sena and the BJP.
The biggest setback for the BJP came from party ruled Himachal Pradesh where the Congress retained Fatehpur and Arki assembly seats and won the Jubbal-Kotkhai seat due to infighting in the saffron party.
Gaining from sympathy factor, Congress’ Pratibha Singh, wife of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh who died in July, won the Mandi Lok Sabha seat. Pratibha Singh got 3,69,565 votes against 3,62,075 secured by the BJP candidate.
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur accepted the defeat and said the verdict given by people was not as per his expectations.
Besides Himachal, the ruling Congress won both Dhariawad and Vallabhnagar assembly seats in Rajasthan, indicating that chief minister Ashok Gehlot still held his ground and was still giving a tough fight to the main opposition BJP.
The Congress also retained Deglur (SC) Assembly seat in Maharashtra with the party nominee Jitesh Raosaheb Antapurkar defeating his nearest BJP rival Subhash Pirajirao Sabne by a margin of 41,917 votes.
The by-election was necessitated due to the death of Jitesh’s father and sitting Congress MLA Raosaheb Antapurkar.
In BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh, the Congress won the by-poll to the Raigaon (SC) assembly constituency. Congress candidate Kalpana Verma defeated her nearest rival, BJP’s Pratima Bagri, by a margin of 12,290 votes. Verma received 72,989 votes and Bagri 60,699.
However, the BJP retained the Khandwa Lok Sabha seat and wrested Jobat (SC) and Prithvipur assembly seats from the Congress. BJP candidate Gyaneshwar Patil defeated Congress Rajnarayan Singh Purni in Khandwa Lok Sabha seat.
The saffron party had an edge in party ruled Assam, where it won the Thowra, Bhabanipur, Mariani seats while its ally UPPL won Gossaigaon and Tamulpur seats.
Earlier, during the April assembly elections, Gossaigaon seat was won by the UPPL while BPF had bagged Tamulpur. Mariani and Thowra had Congress MLAs, while Bhabanipur was cornered by AIUDF.
