Bypoll results 2020: BJP takes leads in 20 out of 31 Assembly seats across 10 states

The saffron party is riding high on 20 out of the 31 seats across the 10 states as it swept to victory in Karnataka and Telangana.

The BJP is currently leading in 20 out of 31 Assembly seats spread across 10 states as of 4 pm. The result of three of five Assembly seats in Manipur has been declared.

The BJP won two Assembly seats in Manipur – Singhat and Wangoi and is leading in two constituencies – Wangjing Tentha and Saitu while an Independent candidate Y Antas Khan bagged one seat – Lilong.

Meanwhile, early trends show the BJP is leading in all eight Assembly seats in Gujarat. The saffron party won two seats in Karnataka bypolls.

In Uttar Pradesh, BJP is leading 6 out of 7 seats while Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party is ahead in one seat.

Congress has won the Haryana while BJP has won Telangana’s only seat. In Nagaland, an Independent candidate was leading in both seats.

The bypolls in Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Telangana were held to fill one vacant Assembly seat each. The number of seats that were vacant in Gujarat are 8, Karnataka and Jharkhand, Odisha and Nagaland 2, Manipur 5 and Uttar Pradesh 7.