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India's Bharatiya Janata Party secured the majority of seats in the by-elections that were conducted in seven constituencies across six India states.
The country's ruling party secured four seats out of the seven, while Rashtriya Janta Dal won one seat and Shiv Sena-Uddhav secured one. Telangana Rashtra Samithi secured one seat.
Before the polls, that took place on Nov. 3, BJP held three seats, the Congress two while the Shiv Sena and the Rashtriya Janta Dal had one each.
Dhamnagar, Odisha
Leading: Suryabanshi Suraj (BJP)
Trailing: Abanti Das (BJD)
Margin: 6,755 votes
Source: Election Commission
Munugode, Telangana
Leading: Koosukuntla Prabhakar Reddy (TRS)
Trailing: Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy (BJP)
Margin: 3,100 votes
Source: Election Commission
Former chief minister Bhajan Lal's grandson Bhavya Bishnoi, who contested the polls on a BJP ticket, and RJD's Neelam Devi, whose husband Anant Singh's disqualification necessitated the by-election in Bihar's Mokama, are among the prominent candidates in the fray.
The death of sitting Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke necessitated the bypoll in Andheri (East) constituency. Rutuja Latke, the wife of late Ramesh Latke is expected to comfortably win Andheri East Assembly constituency in Mumbai, the Press Trust of India reported.
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