Bypoll results LIVE: Vote counting to start soon for five Assembly seats, one Lok Sabha constituency
Byelection results Live: Follow The Hindu's latest updates as vote counting takes place for bypolls to 5 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, and 1 Lok Sabha constituency in Assam
The results from West Bengal’s Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly bypolls will likely indicate the political mood in the State after the BJP replaced the TMC after 15 years in power
Updated - October 09, 2026 07:20 am IST
As per the final figures released by the ECI, Tamil Nadu's Madurantakam recorded 86.26% voter turnout while Dharapuram polled 80.30%.. File. | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan
The counting of votes polled for bypolls to five Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry, and one Lok Sabha seat in Assam will take place today (October 9, 2026).
In Tamil Nadu’s Madurantakam and Dharapuram counting will be taken up amidst a three-tier security cover. The crucial by-polls held after the TVK came to power in May is viewed as a test for its popularity while the opposition AIADMK hopes to regain the seats lost to the TVK in the April Assembly elections.
Meanwhile, the results from West Bengal’s Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly bypolls will likely indicate the political mood in the State after the BJP replaced the TMC after 15 years in power.
Counting of votes will also be carried out on Friday (October 9, 2026) for Puducherry’s Thattanchavady Assembly segment, and Assam’s Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) refused to interfere with a Calcutta High Court decision granting interim bail to Congress Nandigram Assembly by-election candidate Milan Pradhan a day after the polling.
The Bench did not comment on the merits of the cases registered against Mr. Pradhan. It said the State was free to raise all contentions against Mr. Pradhan in the appropriate court if he seeks an extension of interim bail or regular bail.
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About 76% of some 19.05 lakh electors voted for the bypoll to the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency in central Assam on Tuesday (October 6, 2026).
The bypoll was necessitated after Pradyut Bordoloi, who won the constituency for the second successive term in 2024, quit Congress to contest and win the Dispur Assembly seat on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket.
Barring a minor confrontation over alleged vote-switching at a polling booth in Nagaon district’s Juria, the polling process was largely peaceful.
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The DMK on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking action against Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s (TVK) Dharapuram Assembly segment candidate P. Sathyabama, alleging non-disclosure of election campaign expenditure and violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
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Counting of votes for the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly bypolls will begin at 8 a.m., with the results likely to indicate the political mood in West Bengal after the BJP replaced the TMC after 15 years in power.
The two bypolls are not a referendum on the four-month-old BJP government, but the results will be closely watched to assess the party’s electoral strength after moving from the opposition to the government and how the opposition space is shaping up amid a fragmented political field.
Nearly 80% of the around 5.24 lakh electors in the two constituencies voted, with Nandigram recording 80.89% turnout and Rejinagar 80.08%, according to the Election Commission.
The counting of votes for the Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly by-elections in Tamil Nadu will be taken up amidst a three-tier security cover.
The crucial by-polls held after the TVK came to power in May is viewed as a test for its popularity while the opposition AIADMK hopes to regain the seats lost to the TVK in the April Assembly elections.
The counting of votes will take place at the LRG Government Arts and Science College, Dharapuram, in Tiruppur district, and the Integrated Social Development Training Centre at Aathur (in Chengalpattu district) for Madurantakam.
Official sources said counting would begin at 8 am, with postal ballots taken up first, followed by votes recorded through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Published - October 09, 2026 06:01 am IST
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