The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won seven of the nine assembly seats for which the bypolls were held on November 20. The NDA not only improved its tally over 2022, but also snatched seats like Kundarki and Katehari from the SP, besides increasing the winning margins on some and narrowing down the defeat gap on some others.

The Bharatiya Janata Partyhas won four of nine Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypolls held this week, and is leading in two others, as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reasserts control over a state at the core of the BJP's Hindi voter base.

The counting of votes began at 8 a.m. on Saturday amid tight security arrangements, along with the counting of votes in Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

Besides Kundarki and Katehari, the Samajwadi Party was also defeated in five other seats -- Meerapur, Majhawan, Ghaziabad, Khair and Phulpur.

Patna: The ruling NDA in Bihar on Saturday swept the bypolls to four assembly segments, retaining Imamganj and wresting from the INDIA bloc Tarari, Ramgarh and Belaganj, receiving a boost ahead of the assembly elections due next year.