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Bypoll results: BJP wins both Rampur and Azamgarh LS seats; SAD(A) defeats AAP in Sangrur

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha was among the victorious BJP candidates in the by-poll results announced on Sunday as the party bagged three out of four assembly seats in the eastern state and wrested the Samajwadi Party strongholds of Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, while the AAP lost Punjab's Sangrur parliamentary constituency. After BJP won the Azamgarh seat, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, "The historic victory in the Azamgarh Sadar Lok Sabha seat in the by-election is the result of the public welfare policies of the 'Double Engine BJP Government' under the leadership of the respected Prime Minister." However, there was some cheer for Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party as it retained Rajinder Nagar assembly seat in the national capital. The Congress won a seat each in Tripura, where it opened its account after drawing nil in the last assembly polls, and Jharkhand, while the ruling YSR Congress emerged victorious in Atmakuru Assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh. The ruling YSR Congress has retained the Atmakuru Assembly seat, in SPS Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, by a huge margin of 82,888 votes in the by-election held on June 23, the result of which was declared on Sunday. YSRC’s Mekapati Vikram Reddy secured 1,02,241 votes against his rival G Bharat Kumar Yadav of the BJP, who managed to get only 19,353. Bahujan Samaj Party’s Nanda Obuleshu polled 4,904 and an Independent 2,276 while 4,182 voters preferred NOTA. Ten other candidates got less than 999 votes each. A total of 1,37,289 votes out of 2,13,338 were polled in the by-poll. Counting of votes was held on Sunday for the June 23 by-election to three Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats spread across five states and Delhi. In Uttar Pradesh, ruling BJP candidate Ghanshyam Lodhi won the Rampur parliamentary seat by a margin of over 42,000 votes. Lodhi defeated SP's Mohd Asim Raja, considered close to senior SP leader Mohd Azam Khan who won the seat in 2019 but vacated it after being elected to the assembly. In Azamgarh, a pocket borough of the SP and vacated by party chief Akhilesh Yadav after his election to the state assembly, BJP candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' defeated Dharmendra Yadav of SP by a margin of 8,679 votes. After BJP snatched two seats from the Samajwadi Party stronghold, PM Modi called the win historic. In a tweet, he said, "The by-poll wins in Azamgarh and Rampur are historic. It indicates wide-scale acceptance and support for the double engine Governments at the Centre and in UP. Grateful to the people for their support. I appreciate the efforts of our Party Karyakartas." In Delhi's Rajinder Nagar, AAP's Durgesh Pathak defeated BJP candidate Rajesh Bhatia by a margin of over 11,000 votes, officials said. "People defeated their dirty politics and appreciated our good work. Thank you Rajinder Nagar, thank you Delhi," Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal said. In a huge setback at a time when Bhagwant Mann-led government has been facing the opposition's wrath over the law and order situation in the state, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and Khalistan ideologue Simranjit Singh Mann has defeated ruling party candidate Gurmail Singh from Sangrur. Image courtesy: Hindustan Times