2 losses, 1 win: BJP election scorecard days after Gen Z delivered a setback to Modi govt
The biggest setback for the BJP came from Bihar, where Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor defeated BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar by 19,324 votes in Bankipur.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faced a mixed electoral outcome in the assembly bypolls on Monday, winning just one of the three contested seats, all located in states it governs. The party's only victory came in Gujarat, where it retained the Manjalpur Assembly seat. In contrast, the BJP suffered losses in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
In Bihar, the Jan Suraaj Party achieved its first electoral success since entering politics, defeating the BJP candidate in the Bankipur bypoll by 19,324 votes. Meanwhile, the BJP lost the Datia bypoll in Madhya Pradesh, where the Congress candidate emerged victorious. Following these results, opposition parties targeted the BJP, with the Samajwadi Party chief citing public anger over examination paper leaks, unemployment, inflation, and corruption as contributing factors to the defeats.
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