New Delhi/Mumbai/Patna, Nov. 6 (PTI): The BJP won in four out of seven assembly constituencies in six states, retaining the three seats it held, in the bye-election results declared on Sunday, while the TRS and RJD won one each after a stiff contest with the saffron party. Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), won the bye-election to Andheri (East) in Mumbai, the seat earlier represented by her deceased husband, after major parties including the BJP did not field candidates. The second-highest number of votes (14.79 per cent) went to the None Of The Above (NOTA) option in the constituency. The BJP said the result of the November 3 by-election was a stamp of approval by people on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies as it retained Gola Gokarannath in Uttar Pradesh, Dhamnagar in Odisha and Gopalganj in Bihar where it had fielded the kin of its party MLAs whose death necessitated the polls. BJP candidate and former chief minister Bhajan Lal
In democracy any party or individual has right to contest elections. However, how BJP is benefited in multi-cornered contest became evident once again when the by election result in Gopalganj was announced Sunday.
The BJP said the result of the November 3 by-election was a stamp of approval by people on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies as it retained Gola Gokarannath in Uttar Pradesh, Dhamnagar in Odisha and Gopalganj in Bihar where it had fielded the kin of its party MLAs whose death necessitated the polls.