Dhanpur seat had been vacated by sitting BJP MLA, and was won again by the party; Boxanagar saw a bypoll due to death of sitting CPM MLA, his son finishes way behind BJP
BJP s Tafajjal Hossain won the Boxanagar seat, which has around 66 per cent minority voters, by 30,237 votes. Hossain got 34,146 votes, while his nearest rival Mizan Hossain of the CPI(M) got 3,909 votes.
Bypolls Results 2023 LIVE: The seven seats Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Puthuppally in Kerala, Dhupguri in West Bengal, Dumri in Jharkhand, and Boxanagar and Dhanpur in Tripura went to poll on September 5
The BJP retained Bageshwar in Uttarakhand and Dhanpur and Boxanagar in Tripura. The TMC secured Dhupguri, the Congress won Puthuppally in Kerala, SP won Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, JMM won Dumri in Jharkhand