By-poll results: SP still leads in UP, BJP ahead in Bihar
Lucknow/Patna, Mar 14 (IBNS): Updated information on bypolls revealed that Samajwadi Party (SP) has taken a lead in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Phulpur constituencies, which are considered as the bastions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityananth and deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya respectively.
The SP is leading in Gorakhpur seat by 11,000 votes, NDTV reported.
While the Gorakhpur seat was vacated by Adityanath after assuming the CM's office in 2017, the Phulpur seat fell vacant after Maurya resigned from his MP post to become the deputy CM of the state in the same year.
After surviving a sudden jolt from Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RD) in the course of vote counting, the BJP came back strongly by taking leads in two out of three by-poll seats.
The BJP is leading in Araria parliamentary seat and Bhabua assembly seat of Bihar.
The RJD is leading in Jehanabad assembly seat.
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