Patna/New Delhi: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who made his electoral debut in the bypoll in Bankipur, is leading by more than 2,000 votes as per trends released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) till 11.30am.
BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha is trailing in the seat. The counting of votes is also underway for the bypolls in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia and Gujarat’s Manjalpur constituencies.
Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh has taken a narrow lead in Datia.
The Bankipur assembly went to polls after former MLA Nitin Nabin resigned from the seat. The contest for the seat has turned out to be a three-cornered fight involving the BJP, Jan Suraaj Party and the RJD. Voting was conducted on July 30.
The main contest in Datia is between BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari and Congress nominee Ghanshyam Singh. The constituency had recorded a turnout of 71.44 per cent on voting day (July 30), according to ECI.
In 2023, Congress candidate Rajendra Bharti had defeated BJP leader and former state home minister Narottam Mishra by more than 7,500 votes in this constituency. The seat later fell vacant after a Delhi court sentenced Bharti to three years in prison in a fraud case.
The Manjalpur bypoll was necessitated following the death of BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Yogesh Patel.
The poll fight is between BJP leader Satish Govindbhai Patel and Gujarat Congress vice president Bhikhabhai Rabari.