While much of the outcome was anticipated, the major setbacks for the SP appear to be on the Kundarki (Moradabad) and Katehari (Ambedkar Nagar) seats.

The BJP on Saturday retained its Lok Sabha tally after recounting of votes led to Congress winning Nanded parliamentary seat in Maharashtra, but a runaway victory in the state assembly elections will boost the ruling alliance's prospects in the Rajya Sabha that gets the second-highest number of members from the western state.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has marked her debut in Lok Sabha by winning the Wayanad bypolls with a huge margin of over 4 lakh votes. However, in the bypolls held for the Nanded constituency in Maharashtra,

Maharashtra Election Results 2024 LIVE, How BJP Shiv Sena Won: Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena-NCP Mahayuti alliance has won Assembly elections in Maharashtra, while Maha Vikas Aghadi of Congress-Sena UBT & NCPSP lost.

The bypolls for Nanded Lok Sabha seat was necessitated due to the sudden death of Vasantrao who had defeated sitting BJP MP Pratap Patil Chikhalikar by a handsome margin of over 59,000 votes.

The BJP on Saturday snatched one Lok Sabha seat from the Congress, lowering the opposition party's tally to 98, while a runaway victory in Maharashtra will also boost the ruling alliance's prospects in the Rajya Sabha where the western state sends the second-highest number of members.