Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Bypoll Vote Counting Begins for Six Assembly and Parliamentary Seats
Votes are being counted in six by-elections.
Five contests are for Assembly seats, and one is for a Lok Sabha seat.
Two Assembly seats are in West Bengal.
The Lok Sabha contest is in Assam.
People voted in all six contests on October 6.
The results are expected by the afternoon.
The results may offer clues about how people across the country are feeling.
This comes while protests against the Centre over the SIR controversy are ongoing.
Vote counting has begun for bypolls to five Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency.
Two of the Assembly seats are in West Bengal; the Lok Sabha seat is in Assam.
Voting for all six seats took place on October 6.
The results are expected to be announced by the afternoon.
The outcome could offer a glimpse of the national mood amid protests against the Centre over the SIR controversy.
- Who
- Voters in five Assembly bypolls and one Lok Sabha bypoll.
- What
- Counting of votes has begun.
- When
- Voting took place on October 6; results are expected by the afternoon.
- Where
- Two Assembly seats are in West Bengal, and the Lok Sabha constituency is in Assam.
- Why
- The bypoll results will determine the winners and could offer a glimpse into the national mood.
- Total seats
- Six
- Assembly seats
- Five
- Lok Sabha seats
- One
- West Bengal Assembly seats
- Two
- Assam Lok Sabha constituencies
- One
- Voting date
- October 6
- Expected results
- By the afternoon