By-polls 2017: Congress's MC Mohan Kumari wins Karnataka's Gundlupet assembly seat with margin of 10,877 votes

New Delhi: The counting of votes for Delhi's Rajouri Garden by-poll, Rajasthan by-polls, Jharkhand by-polls, Karnataka by-polls, West Bengal by-polls and Himachal Pradesh by-poll started on Thursday. Here are latest updates:

• Congress's MC Mohan Kumari wins Karnataka's Gundlupet assembly by-poll with a margin of 10,877 votes.
• Madhya Pradesh by-polls: BJP's Shivnarayan Singh wins from Bandhavgarh with a margin of 25476 votes.
• Congress's Kaale N Keshavamuthy wins from Nanjangud with a margin 21334 votes in Karnataka by-polls
• Trinamool Congress candidate Chandrima Bhattacharya wins from West Bengal's Kanthi Dakshin by-poll
• Madhya Pradesh by-polls: BJP's Shivnarayan Singh wins from Bandhavgarh
• BJP-SAD candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa wins by a margin of 14,652 votes in Delhi's

• BJP's Ranoj Pegu wins Assam's Dhemaji assembly bypoll by a margin of 9,285 votes.
• BJP-SAD candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa wins in Delhi's Rajouri Garden by-poll, Cong 2nd, AAP at 3rd position
• TMC's Chandrima Bhattacharya leading by a margin of 29084 votes to BJP's S M Jana in West Bengal's Kanthi Dakshin assembly by-poll.
• Himachal Pradesh by polls: BJP's Anil Dhiman wins from Bhoranj seat by 8290 votes
• Supporters celebrate as BJP candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa continues to lead, by a margin of 5928 votes in Rajouri Garden by-poll, Delhi

• Karnataka by-polls: Congress leading from both Nanjangud (by a margin of 15896 votes) and Gundlupet
• Madhya Pradesh bypolls: BJP leading from both Ater and Bandhavgarh
• Rajouri Garden bypoll: BJP candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa continues to lead, by a margin of 5928 votes, followed by Congress
• In Rajouri Garden by-poll, AAP candidate at number 3

• Madhya Pradesh by-polls: BJP leading from Bandhavgarh, Congress leading from Ater
• BJP ahead in Rajasthan's Dholpur.

• Assam by-polls: BJP candidate leading by 2752 votes from Dhemaji
• West Bengal bypolls: TMC's Chandrima Bhattacharya leading by 2935 votes from Kanthi Dakshin
• In MP's Atari, Congress leading
• Rajasthan by-polls: BJP's Shobha Rani Kushavah leading from Dholpur
• Himachal Pradesh by-poll: BJP's Anil Dhiman leading on Bhoranj seat by 1364 votes
• Karnataka by-polls: Early trends indicate Congress' lead on Gundlupet and Nanjangud seats after first round of counting.
• Delhi's Rajouri Garden by-poll: BJP candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa leading by 1011 votes

• Jharkhand by-poll: Simon Marandi of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leading from Litipara
• Counting of votes for Rajouri Garden by-poll will begin at 8 AM

The by-poll to the Rajouri Garden Assembly seat passed off peacefully with a low turnout of 47 per cent amidst snags in VVPAT machines at several booths, and in one EVM. Stakes are high for not only AAP but Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiromani Akali Dal combine too in the Rajouri Garden by-poll that was held on April 9. Nine candidates were in fray for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency where more than 1,500 polling stations were set up for nearly 12.61 lakh voters. Internet services were shut down before the polling. All the polling stations were declared as either sensitive or hyper-sensitive keeping in mind threats perceptions. In Madhya Pradesh, polling for by-election of the Bandhavgarh Assembly seat in Umaria district and Ater segment of Bhind took place. In Himachal Pradesh, polling took place for Bhoranj seat. In West Bengal, voters used their right to elect their representative for Kanthi Dakshin Assembly seat. In Assam, polling held for Dhemaji constituency. In Rajasthan, polling held for Dholpur Assembly. Here voters exercised their franchise through VVPAT machines for the first time. In Karnataka, voters voted for their representatives for Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly segments. In Jharkhand, polling took place for Litiparah Assembly seat. By-elections to the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat and 10 assembly constituencies in eight states, including the national capital, held on April 9. (With inputs from agencies)