Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Modi Says Bypoll Results Show Deep BJP-NDA Support
Several election results were announced on Friday.
The BJP and its allies won several seats mentioned in the report.
The AINRC, an ally of the BJP-led NDA, won a seat in Puducherry.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked voters and said the results showed support for the alliance.
Other BJP leaders also praised the results and criticized the opposition.
The article says that INDIA bloc MPs had asked President Droupadi Murmu to remove the Chief Election Commissioner.
It also reports that 10 candidates for Uttar Pradesh’s Rajya Sabha seats were elected without a contest.
Eight of them were from the BJP and two were from the Samajwadi Party.
Bypoll results for five Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat were announced on Friday.
Modi said the results in Nagaon and West Bengal showed public support for the BJP-NDA’s good-governance agenda.
The report identifies wins in Nagaon, Nandigram, Rajnagar, and Thattanchavady; AINRC won Thattanchavady.
Amit Shah said the results showed voters had rejected the INDIA alliance.
All 10 Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha candidates—eight BJP and two Samajwadi Party—were elected unopposed.
- Who
- The BJP-led NDA, including ally AINRC, and opposition INDIA bloc MPs.
- What
- NDA leaders welcomed bypoll victories and characterized them as public support for the alliance.
- When
- The results were announced on Friday; no calendar date is given.
- Where
- Assam, West Bengal, Puducherry, and Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- NDA leaders said the results reflected public faith in their development and good-governance agenda.
INDIA Bloc
NDA
Interpretation of the election results
INDIA Bloc
The article reports that INDIA bloc MPs sought the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, but gives no explanation of their position on the bypoll results.
NDA
NDA leaders described the results as evidence of public support for BJP-NDA governance and said voters had rejected the opposition alliance.
- Bypolls reported
- Five Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat
- Seats cited in leaders’ statements
- Nagaon in Assam; Nandigram and Rajnagar in West Bengal; Thattanchavady in Puducherry
- Puducherry winner
- AINRC, an NDA ally, won Thattanchavady
- Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha result
- All 10 candidates were elected unopposed: eight BJP and two Samajwadi Party candidates
- Prime Minister’s response
- Narendra Modi thanked voters and said the mandate would strengthen the alliance’s work
- Opposition-related development
- INDIA bloc MPs took their demand to sack Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to President Droupadi Murmu