The assembly by-election results today brought some solace for the Congress as it wrested one seat each from the BJP and the TMC in Maharashtra and West Bengal respectively and retained a seat in Tamil Nadu with DMK's support,
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The Erode East constituency seat in Tamil Nadu, Lumla in Arunachal Pradesh and Sagardighi in West Bengal was vacated after the demise of Thirumahan Everaa, Jambey Tashi, Subrata Saha, respectively.
Apart from the assembly elections in Nagaland and Meghalaya, bypolls are also taking place in Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and Jharkhand.