Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Bypoll Results for Five Assembly and One Lok Sabha Seat Due
People voted in six special elections: five for state or territory Assembly seats and one for a seat in India's Parliament.
The voting took place on October 6, and results are due Friday.
The Assembly contests were in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, while the Lok Sabha contest was in Assam.
The Nagaon race included the BJP, Congress and AIUDF.
Some seats became vacant after politicians kept another seat or changed parties and won another election.
The article gives two different names for one Tamil Nadu constituency: it first says a seat in Chengalpattu district and later says Maduranthakam.
Tamil Nadu Minister K. A. Sengottiyan said he expects TVK to win by a very large margin.
The article reports his prediction, not a confirmed result.
Results are due Friday for five Assembly bypolls and one Lok Sabha bypoll held on October 6; the year of that polling date is not specified.
Assembly contests were held in Nandigram and Rejinagar in West Bengal, Dharapuram and a constituency in Chengalpattu district in Tamil Nadu, and Thattanchavady in Puducherry.
The article later calls the second Tamil Nadu constituency Maduranthakam, rather than identifying it by name as the Chengalpattu district seat.
The Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll in Assam featured the BJP, Congress and AIUDF; the seat became vacant after Pradyut Bordoloi left Congress, joined the BJP and won the Dispur Assembly seat.
Tamil Nadu Minister K. A. Sengottiyan predicted a historic, large-margin TVK victory and said the result would reflect the state government's performance.
- Who
- Voters in five Assembly constituencies and the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency; parties named in the Nagaon contest include the BJP, Congress and AIUDF.
- What
- Votes are being counted for five Assembly bypolls and one Lok Sabha bypoll.
- When
- Polling took place on October 6; results are due Friday. The article does not specify the year of the polling date.
- Where
- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Assam.
- Why
- The seats became vacant for different reasons, including a politician retaining another seat, a resignation, and a former MP leaving a party and winning an Assembly seat.
Reported facts
Minister's prediction
Election outcome
Reported facts
The article says counting is taking place and results are due Friday; it does not provide a confirmed outcome.
Minister's prediction
Tamil Nadu Minister K. A. Sengottiyan expressed confidence that TVK would win by a historically large margin and presented the result as a measure of the state government's performance.
- Seats contested
- Five Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat
- Polling date
- October 6; year not specified
- Expected results
- Friday
- West Bengal Assembly seats
- Nandigram and Rejinagar
- Tamil Nadu seats
- Dharapuram and a seat identified as being in Chengalpattu district; the article later calls it Maduranthakam
- Puducherry Assembly seat
- Thattanchavady
- Assam Lok Sabha seat
- Nagaon; the reported contest was between the BJP, Congress and AIUDF
- Minister's prediction
- K. A. Sengottiyan predicted a large-margin TVK win; results were not reported in the article
