Bypoll Results 2026: Vote counting in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura and Nagaland, key contests, family successors and legal twists explained.
ECI Bypoll Results: Karnataka and Maharashtra will be at the centre of attention as counting for recent assembly bypolls begins at 8 am on May 4. (Representational image/PTI)
Bypoll Results 2026: With all eyes on the counting of votes for the high-stakes assembly elections in five states, there is another set of counting that will be held on May 4 – the Bypolls in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura and Nagaland.
Counting will begin at 8 am on May 4 for seats in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura and Nagaland.
Three constituencies — Umreth in Gujarat, Koridang in Nagaland and Dharmanagar in Tripura — went to polls following the deaths of sitting BJP legislators: Govind Parmar, Imkong L Imchen and Biswa Bandhu Sen.
Karnataka: In the bypolls held in Bagalkot and Davanagere South, the Congress is working on to both seats after the deaths of its MLAs HY Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa. Meanwhile, the BJP has used “internal power struggle” within the Congress to fight this elections.
Maharashtra: The bypoll was held in Baramati due to the death of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash. It is expected that Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar will remain in the fray.
For the Rahuri seat, which fell vacant after BJP MLA Shivaji Kardile’s death, BJP has fielded his son Akshay Kardile. Both seats voted on April 23.
The Umreth seat in Gujarat, Koridang in Nagaland and Dharmanagar in Tripura went to polls on April 23 following the deaths of sitting BJP legislators Govind Parmar, Imkong L Imchen and Biswa Bandhu Sen. For this, there are five candidates in the fray, though the main contest is between BJP’s Harshad Parmar, who is the son of the late MLA, and Congress’ Bhrugurajsinh Chauhan.
Meanwhile, the planned bypoll in Goa’s Ponda has not taken place as the Bombay High Court set aside the Election Commission’s notification, citing provisions of the Representation of the People Act that allow such elections to be skipped if the remaining term is under a year. The constituency will now remain unrepresented until the end of the current assembly term.
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