Bypoll Results 2026: BJP leads in Nandigram, Rejinagar and Nagaon

BJP’s Devashish Sharma leads by over 43,418 votes in Assam’s Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency. In the Madurantakam constituency of Tamil Nadu, TVK candidate K.Maragatham Kumaravel is currently leading with 12,075 votes

Bypoll Results 2026: BJP leads in Nandigram, Rejinagar and Nagaon: The counting of votes for the bypolls to 5 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat is underway. The counting of vote began at 8am for 5 assembly seats including Nandigram and Rejinagar in West Bengal, Madurantakam and Dharapuram in Tamil Nadu, and Thattanchavady in Puduchery as well as the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat in Assam. The fate of candidates will  be decided today.

Early trends from  the Election Commission of India(ECI) showed that the BJP is leading in both seats in West Bengal and lone parliamentary seat in Assam. Tamil Nadu CM Vijay-led TVK is also leading in both seats across the state, namely Madurantakam and Dharapuram.

BJP’s Devashish Sharma leads by over 43,418 votes in Assam’s Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency. In the Madurantakam constituency of Tamil Nadu, TVK candidate K.Maragatham Kumaravel is currently leading with 12,075 votes.

In Dharapuram, AIADMK candidate K. Bhanumathi secured 8,244 votes after three rounds of counting, ahead of TVK’s P Sathyabama, who had 7,434 votes. The ruling All India NR Congress (AINRC) maintained a substantial lead in Thattanchavady, Puducherry.

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A total of 76.19 per cent of the 19.05 lakh electors voted in the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election in Assam. The Thattanchavady constituency recorded a voter turnout of 80.81 per cent, compared with 87.20 per cent in the Assembly elections held in April this year.