Uttar Pradesh Bypolls

Congress brainstorms revamp of party structure in Uttar Pradesh; Priyanka Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia meet party secretaries

Congress is reportedly going to appoint a convener for each of the 12 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh which will go for by-elections

Those elated at BJP's eight bypoll losses forget our victories in 14 states, says Amit Shah

Taking a dig at the Congress, BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday said that those who are elated over BJP losing eight bypolls recently forget that his party has wrested 14 states from its rivals and that it rules in 20 out of the 29 states in the country.

Narendra Modi's 'dynasty' narrative against Congress rings hollow; dynasticism not new to Indian politics

Dynasticism has been prevalent in Indian politics right from first Lok Sabha. It is neither recent nor restricted to any particular party like Congress.

BJP MLAs lament Kairana bypoll loss, use poetry to blame ministers in Yogi Adityanath government

A BJP MLA on Friday blamed the ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government for the party's humiliation in Uttar Pradesh bypolls, while another dejected lawmaker resorted to poetry.

Anatomy of bypolls: Lessons for Opposition, BJP and why losses could end up helping Narendra Modi in 2019

Questions will be raised on whether this social coalition or Opposition unity may hold but assuming that it does and if replicated elsewhere, this strategy may seriously challenge BJP in upcoming state elections where the saffron unit will additionally fight anti-incumbency issues.

After thumping victory in by election 2018, Opposition says democracy has won, BJP downplays outcome

Several Opposition parties emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls, limiting BJP party and its allies to just three seats, and snatching the high-profile Kairana seat in Uttar Pradesh.

EC begins probe into failure of VVPATs in bypolls, sends teams to Kairana and Bhandara-Gondiya

The Election Commission on Thursday initiated a probe into the large-scale failure of paper trail machines during the 28 May bypoll to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats.

UP by election results 2018: BJP fails to break Lok Sabha bypoll jinx as RLD's Tabassum Hasan wins in Kairana

From Gorakhpur and Phulpur in the east to Kairana in the west, the ruling BJP has let another Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh slip away to the Opposition in a bypoll, the result of which was declared on Thursday.

UP by election results 2018 updates: Jolted with surprise defeats, BJP looks for silver lining; claims bypolls no precursor to 2019

The Samajwadi Party has won the Noorpur Assembly seat by 6,678 votes. Meanwhile, RLD's Tabassum Hasan is leading with 3,60,821 votes in Kairana.

Kairana bypoll results 2018: Coming together of Jats and Muslims suggests communalism can only be pushed so far

With jats voting with Muslims for RLD's Tabassum Hasan, the Kairana by election results marks a substantial pushback against the everyday communalism in Uttar Pradesh