Bypoll Results Live Updates: INDIA bloc win 6 of 13 seats, leads in 4; BJP bags 1 in Himachal

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NDA Vs INDIAThe bypolls are seen as significant test for the opposition INDIA bloc as it faced off against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in first electoral battle after Lok Sabha Elections 2024.The elections, the results of which was announced on June 4, saw the BJP falling short of majority and opposition INDIA bloc gaining strength. The BJP finally bagged 240 Lok Sabha seats - 32 short of the majority.TMC wins 3 of 4 seats in West BengalIn West Bengal's Raiganj seat, TMC leader Krishna Kalyani defeated BJP leader Manas Kumar Ghosh by over 50,000 votes.

Madhupurna Thakur of TMC defeated Binay Biswas of BJP by about 33,000 votes in Bagda seat of West Bengal. TMC leader Mukut Adhikari win the Ranaghat Dakshin seat by about 39,000 votes.BJP wins HamirpurBJP candidate Ashish Sharma defeated Congress leader Pushpinder Verma by about 1500 votes in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur seat.

BJP candidate is also leading in Amarwara seat of Madhya Pradesh.The Congress, which won Dehri, was also ahead in Nalagarh seat in Himachal Pradesh.The Congress was ahead in both seats of Uttarakhand – Badrinath and Manglaur.The DMK was leading in the sole seat in Tamil Nadu, Vikravandi that went to the bypolls, by 11 am. In Bihar's Rupauli seat, independent candidate Shankar Singh was ahead in early trends.Why bypolls?Bypolls to these 13 assembly seats in seven states, held on July 10, were necessitated following vacancies created due to deaths or resignations of incumbent MLAs from different parties.Of the 13 seats which went to the polls, the BJP, the Congress and the TMC had each held two, while one seat each was held by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Janata Dal (United), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),