The results of bypolls to three Lok Sabha and 29 assembly seats spread across 13 states and a union territory have been a mixed bag for the BJP as its fortunes continue to nosedive in West Bengal against the might of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee while bad tidings have also come from states like Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. Pitching herself as the pivot of anti-BJP politics at the national level following her impressive assembly poll win, the West Bengal chief minister led a humiliating rout of its main rival in all four assembly seats, including in two seats where the BJP had won but the winners quit to keep their Lok Sabha membership. The TMC in total garnered a massive 75 percent of total votes cast.

It is the BJP's two prominent regional satraps, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and seasoned campaigner and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan who have delivered the goods for the party in their home state while their Karnataka counterpart Basavaraj Bommai has had a mixed bag. The BJP and its ally UPPL won all five seats in Assam with Sarma's ploy of having three sitting Congress MLAs to cross over to the saffron camp paying off as all of them won on its ticket in the bypolls with big margins.

In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP snatched two assembly seats from the Congress but lost a sitting seat to the opposition party. It was also leading Khandwa Lok Sabha seat.

While there has long been speculation about the fate of Chouhan as chief minister, the results will boost his standing, more so as the BJP has suffered in states where it lacks an established face. Outside West Bengal, the worst news for the party has come from Himachal Pradesh where its main rival Congress made a clean sweep in the bypolls to one Lok Sabha seat, which was earlier held by the BJP, and three assembly seats. It failed to save even its deposit in Jubbal-Kotkhai assembly constituency.

The results may prompt the BJP to review the performance of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur-led government. The state, incidentally, will face the assembly polls in 2022 end along with Gujarat where the party had recently replaced the entire Cabinet, including the then CM Vijay Rupani, with a new set of team under Bhupendra Patel. In Rajasthan, the BJP's central leadership's efforts to groom a fresh crop of leaders outside the influence of former chief minister Vasundhara Raje seemed to be not paying dividends so far as the Congress, despite intense internal feud, thumped its rival.

Here are latest updates from bypoll results:

The ruling BJP-led alliance in Assam won all the five Assembly constituencies where by-polls were held, with the saffron party bagging three seats and its ally United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL) emerging victorious in the two other

The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday won bypolls to Jobat (SC) and Prithvipur assembly seats by wresting them from Congress but ceded Raigaon (SC) constituency to the opposition party

Telangana: BJP workers celebrate in Hyderabad as former minister and BJP candidate Eatala Rajender leads in Huzurabad Assembly by-election pic.twitter.com/HuQM0xXnUB

— ANI (@ANI) November 2, 2021

Results at 4 pm, as per the Election Commission

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP candidate Sudha Dasari leading in Badvel

Assam: BJP candidate Sushanta Borgohain wins from Thowra, Phanidhar Talukdar from Bhabanipur, and Rupjyoti Kurmi from Mariani. UPPL candidate Jiron Basumatary wins from Gossaigaon; party ahead in Tamulpur

Bihar: RJD leading in Tarapur; JD(U) candidate Aman Bhushan Hajari wins from Kusheshwar Asthan

Haryana: INLD ahead in Ellenabad

Himachal Pradesh: Congress wins all three seats. Bhawani Singh Pathania wins from Fatehpur, Sanajy from Arki and Rohit Thakur from Jubbal-Kotkhai

Karnataka: BJP candidate Ramesh Balappa Bhusanur wins from Sindgi seat. Congress candidate Shrinivas Mane wins from Hangal

Madhya Pradesh: BJP leading in Prithvipur and Jobat; Congress in Raigaon

Maharashtra: INC leading in Deglur

Meghalaya: NPP candidate Pyniaid Sing Syiem wins from Mawryngkneng, Md. Abdus Saleh from Rajabala. UDP candidate Eugeneson Lyngdoh wins from Mawphlang

Mizoram: MZF candidate K Laldawngliana wins from Tuirial

Nagaland: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party candidate S. Keoshu Yimchunger wins from Shamator Chessore seat

Rajasthan: Congress candidate Nagraj wins from Dhariawad; party leads in Vallabhnagar

Telangana: BJP ahead in Huzurabad

West Bengal: TMC candidates Udayan Guha wins from Dinhata, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay from Khardaha, Subrata Mondal from Gosaba, and Braja Kishor Goswami from Santipur

Results at 3 pm, as per Election Commission of India

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP candidate Sudha Dasari leading in Badvel

Assam: BJP candidate Sushanta Borgohain wins from Thowra; party leads in Bhabanipur, Mariani. UPPL candidate Jiron Basumatary wins from Gossaigaon; party ahead in Tamulpur

Bihar: RJD leading in Tarapur; JD(U) on Kusheshwar Asthan

Haryana: INLD ahead in Ellenabad

Himachal Pradesh: Congress wins all three seats. Bhawani Singh Pathania wins from Fatehpur, Sanajy from Arki and Rohit Thakur from Jubbal-Kotkhai

Karnataka: BJP candidate Ramesh Balappa Bhusanur wins from Sindgi seat. Congress leads in Hangal

Madhya Pradesh: BJP leading in Prithvipur and Jobat; Congress in Raigaon

Maharashtra: INC leading in Deglur

Meghalaya: NPP ahead in Mawryngkneng, Rajabala; UDP in Mawphlang

Mizoram: MZF candidate K Laldawngliana wins from Tuirial

Nagaland: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party candidate S. Keoshu Yimchunger wins from Shamator Chessore seat

Rajasthan: Congress candidate Nagraj wins from Dhariawad; party leads in Vallabhnagar

Telangana: BJP ahead in Huzurabad

West Bengal: TMC candidates Udayan Guha wins from Dinhata, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay from Khardaha, Subrata Mondal from Gosaba. The party leads in Santipur

Assembly bypoll: Leads at 1:30 pm, as per Election Commission of India

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP leading in Badvel

Assam: BJP leading in Bhabanipur, Mariani, Thowra; UPPL ahead in Gossaigaon, Tamulpur

Bihar: RJD leading in Tarapur; JD(U) on Kusheshwar Asthan

Haryana: INLD ahead in Ellenabad

Himachal Pradesh: Congress leading in all three seats - Arki, Jubbal-Kotkhai and Fatehpur

Karnataka: BJP wins Sindgi seat. Congress leads in Hangal

Madhya Pradesh: BJP leading in Prithvipur and Jobat; Congress in Raigaon

Maharashtra: INC leading in Deglur

Meghalaya: NPP ahead in Mawryngkneng, Rajabala; UDP in Mawphlang

Mizoram: MZF ahead in Tuirial

Rajasthan: Congress leading on both seats - Vallabhnagar and Dhariawad

Telangana: BJP ahead in Huzurabad

West Bengal: TMC wins Gosaba, leads in Dinhata, Santipur, Khardaha

West Bengal: TMC workers celebrate outside a counting centre in North 24 Parganas as party candidates lead on all four assembly bypolls seats pic.twitter.com/E2s68nZQLR

— ANI (@ANI) November 2, 2021

Assembly bypoll: Leads at 12:30 pm, as per Election Commission of India

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP leading in Badvel

Assam: BJP leading in Bhabanipur, Mariani, Thowra; UPPL ahead in Gossaigaon, Tamulpur

Bihar: RJD leading in Tarapur; JD(U) on Kusheshwar Asthan

Haryana: INLD ahead in Ellenabad

Himachal Pradesh: Congress leading in all three seats - Arki, Jubbal-Kotkhai and Fatehpur

Karnataka: BJP leading in Sindgi and Congress in Hangal

Madhya Pradesh: BJP leading in Prithvipur and Jobat; Congress on Raigaon

Maharashtra: INC leading in Deglur

Meghalaya: NPP ahead in Mawryngkneng, Rajabala; UDP in Mawphlang

Mizoram: MZF ahead in Tuirial

Rajasthan: Congress leading on both seats - Vallabhnagar and Dhariawad

Telangana: BJP ahead in Huzurabad

West Bengal: TMC ahead in all 4 seats -- Dinhata, Santipur, Khardaha and Gosaba

Assembly bypoll: Leads at 11:30 am, as per Election Commission of India

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP leading in Badvel

Assam: BJP leading in Bhabanipur, Mariani, Thowra; UPPL ahead in Gossaigaon, Tamulpur

Bihar: RJD leading in Tarapur; JD(U) on Kusheshwar Asthan

Haryana: INLD ahead in Ellenabad

Himachal Pradesh: Congress leading in Arki, Jubbal-Kotkhai; BJP on Fatehpur

Karnataka: BJP leading in Sindgi and Congress in Hangal

Madhya Pradesh: BJP leading in Prithvipur and Jobat; Congress on Raigaon

Maharashtra: INC leading in Deglur

Meghalaya: NPP ahead in Mawryngkneng, Rajabala; UDP in Mawphlang

Mizoram: MZF ahead in Tuirial

Rajasthan: Congress leading on both seats - Vallabhnagar and Dhariawad

Telangana: BJP ahead in Huzurabad

West Bengal: TMC ahead in all 4 seats -- Dinhata, Santipur, Khardaha and Gosaba

Assembly bypoll: Leads at 10:30 am, as per Election Commission of India

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP leading in Badvel

Assam: BJP leading on Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Mariani, Thowra; UPPL ahead in Gossaigaon

Bihar: RJD leading on Tarapur; JD(U) on Kusheshwar Asthan

Haryana: INLD ahead in Ellenabad

Himachal Pradesh: Congress leading on Arki; BJP on Fatehpur and Independent on Jubbal-Kotkhai

Karnataka: BJP leading on Sindgi and Congress on Hangal

Madhya Pradesh: BJP leading on all 3 seats - Prithvipur, Raigaon and Jobat

Meghalaya: NPP ahead in Mawryngkneng; UDP in Mawphlang

Mizoram: MZF ahead in Tuirial

Rajasthan: Congress leading on both seats - Vallabhnagar and Dhariawad

West Bengal: TMC ahead in all 4 seats -- Dinhata, Santipur, Khardaha and Gosaba

Leads as at 9:45 am, as per Election Commission of India

Assam: BJP leading in 2 out of 5 seats.

Bihar: RJD leading on 1 seat

Haryana: INLD ahead in 1 seat

Himachal Pradesh: Congress leading on 2 seats; Independent on 1

Karnataka: BJP and Congress leading on 1 seat each

Madhya Pradesh: BJP leading on 1 seat

Meghalaya: NPP and UDP ahead on 1 seat each

Mizoram: MZF ahead on 1 seat

Rajasthan: Congress leading on 1 seat

West Bengal: TMC leading on 2 seats

# LS bypoll (9:30 am): BJP leading in Madhya Pradesh & Himachal Pradesh. Shiv Sena ahead in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Andhra Pradesh: Postal ballots counting for State Assembly by-poll is underway at Badvel, Kadapa. pic.twitter.com/3PyZNOzNa8

— ANI (@ANI) November 2, 2021

# West Bengal: Results of four assembly seats -- Dinhata, Khardaha, Gosaba (SC), and Santipur -- that went into bypolls on October 30 will be announced today.

# INLD leader Abhay Chautala, who quit the Haryana assembly in protest against the three new central agri laws, Congress' Pratibha Singh, wife of late chief minister Virbhadra Singh, former national footballer Eugeneson Lyngdoh and ex-minister from Telangana Eatala Rajender are among the prominent candidates whose fate will be decided.

# The seats where Lok Sabha by-elections were held are Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. In all the three Lok Sabha constituencies, the sitting members had died.

# Meghalaya: Former national footballer Eugeneson Lyngdoh is contesting the election from Mawphlang on a United Democratic Party (UDP) ticket. He is up against former Congress MLA Kennedy C Khyriem and a sitting member of the district council (MDC) from the NPP, Lamphrang Blah.

# Haryana: The by-election to Ellenabad Assembly constituency was necessitated by the resignation of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Chautala as MLA in protest against the Centre's new farm laws. He is contesting against Congress nominee Pawan Beniwal and BJP-JP candidate Gobind Kanda, the brother of Haryana Lokhit Party chief and legislator Gopal Kanda.

# Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Seven-time independent MP Mohan Delkar's wife Kalaben Delkar is contesting as Shiv Sena candidate against BJP's Mahesh Gavit and Congress' Mahesh Dhodi in Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha constituency

# Telangana: In Huzurabad Assembly constituency, the ruling TRS, opposition BJP and Congress are locked in a triangular contest.

First Published:Nov 2, 2021 9:13 AM IST