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New Delhi, April 13: While BJP won 5 out of 10 Assembly seats in the by-polls held in 8 states including Delhi, the party failed to snatch seats from rival incumbents in Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand – two of the states where it is in power. Does it mean that the ruling party could not convince more voters with its performance in the two states?
In Madhya Pradesh, ruling BJP retained Bandhavgarh seat but could not win Ater seat. The Ater seat was won by Congress. In the previous election also, Congress had won the seat.
In Jharkhand, the ruling BJP could not dent the stronghold of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and lost Littipara seat to it. Morcha has been winning the seat for about 40 years.
Media reports say that BJP chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhand and Raghubar Das had intensively campaigned in the by-poll of the two seats respectively.
However, BJP has got huge success in Delhi where it is not in power and snatched Rajouri Garden seat from Aam Aadmi Party.
In all, Congress has won three out of the ten Assembly seats. Trinamool Congress has also retained its seat in West Bengal.
Constituency
State
Party in Power
Winner in 2017 by-poll
Previous Winner
Bhoranj
Himachal Pradesh
Congress
BJP
BJP
Nanjangud
Karnataka
Congress
Congress
Congress
Gundlupet
Karnataka
Congress
Congress
Congress
Ater
Madhya Pradesh
BJP
Congress
Congress
Bandhavgarh
Madhya Pradesh
BJP
BJP
BJP
Dholpur
Rajasthan
BJP
BJP
BSP
Littipara
Jharkhand
BJP
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Dhemaji
Assam
BJP
BJP
BJP
Rajouri Garden
Delhi
AAP
BJP
AAP
Kanthi Dakshin
West Bengal
Trinamool Congress
Trinamool Congress
Trinamool Congress