LUCKNOW: Six months is all it took for CM Yogi Adityanath to script a bounce-back for BJP in UP with a spirited campaign that yielded Saturday seven out of nine seats at stake in assembly bypolls, easing the hurt of seeing the party's Lok Sabha tally in the state slip from 62 to 33.

The Election Commission of India on Saturday declared the results of by-polls of 48 assembly seats held across 13 states with BJP and its allies winning majority of the seats while Congress won both Lok Sabha constituencies of Wayanad in Kerala and Nanded in Maharashtra.

While much of the outcome was anticipated, the major setbacks for the SP appear to be on the Kundarki (Moradabad) and Katehari (Ambedkar Nagar) seats.

The BJP and its allies Asom Gana Parishad and the United Peoples' Party Liberal have almost swept bypolls in Assam. Whereas, electors gave the thumbs up to Congress nominees in South India.

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won seven of the nine assembly seats for which the bypolls were held on November 20. The NDA not only improved its tally over 2022,

In just a few months, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has bounced back and how! Six months ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP faced a setback in the Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi’s ambitious slogan 'Ab ki baar,

The BJP and Samajwadi Party are neck and neck in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, with the BJP leading in four seats and the SP ahead in two, according to early trends. The Election Commission is yet to announce the final results for all nine assembly seats.

Voting for the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh took place along the polling for assembly election in Maharashtra and Jharkhand on November 20.