Counting of votes for the bypolls in three Lok Sabha and 29 Assembly seats in 13 states and one UT is under way. YSRCP has retained the Badvel Assembly seat after BJP finished a distant second. In Karnataka, the BJP has won in Sindgi by over 31,000 votes, while Congress leads Hangal. The results will give a preview of the national mood ahead of the 2022 elections in seven
In a neck-and-neck fight in three Lok Sabha and 30 Assembly by-elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress bagged one Lok Sabha seat each while the Congress fared better, winning 8 seats as against the BJP's tally of 7, sending out a message that the saffron magic in the Hindi belt is waning.