India / BJP leads on 5 seats, SP on 1 in Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-polls

Lucknow: The result for the Uttar Pradesh bypolls will be announced on Tuesday. The counting of votes has begun across seven assembly seats --Naugaon Sadat, Tundla, Bangarmau, Bulandshahr, Deoria, Ghatampur and Malhani. An average of over 53 per cent voters had exercised their franchise to decide the fate of 88 candidates in the fray. Voting in the bypolls was held on November 3.

The fight is between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP). Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party has also fielded its candidate, Mohammad Yameen, in Bulandshahr to test its electoral popularity.

1:51 pm: BJP is leading on 6 seats and SP on 1 seat. Congress is currently out of the picture.

1:50 pm: Bangarmau assembly seats:

BJP leading with 31490 votes

Congress: 18211 votes

BSP: 8775 votes

SP: 15822 votes