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The Samajwadi Party is leading in 9 of 11 assembly bye-election seats in Uttar Pradesh that were previously held by the BJP after their national election sweep. The Samajwadi Party is also set to retain the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat vacated by their leader Mulayam Singh Yadav. In Gujarat, the BJP maintained their perfect record by winning the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat vacated by Prime Minister Modi, but the Congress wrested 2 of 9 assembly seats from the BJP that they had previously vacated.

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1. n Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party is now leading in nine of 11 assembly seats for which bye-elections were held. Ten of those were held by the BJP, vacated by legislators who became MPs as the party virtually swept the state in national elections four months ago. (A Mulayam Jolt for BJP in Early Trends in UP) 2. By-elections were also held for one Lok Sabha seat - Mainpuri, vacated by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. The party looks set to retain Mainpuri, where Mulayam Singh's grand-nephew Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, 26, makes his political debut. 3. In Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state, the BJP's perfect score of 26-0 in the May national elections remains unblemished with it's candidate winning Vadodara, the one Lok Sabha seat where by-elections were held after Mr Modi vacated it choosing to keep Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh as his parliamentary constituency. 4. But the Congress, flattened in the state four months ago, has wrested from the BJP two of the nine seats it had vacated, necessitating by-elections.

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  • 1. 1. n Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party is now leading in nine of 11 assembly seats for which bye-elections were held. Ten of those were held by the BJP, vacated by legislators who became MPs as the party virtually swept the state in national elections four months ago. (A Mulayam Jolt for BJP in Early Trends in UP) 2. By-elections were also held for one Lok Sabha seat - Mainpuri, vacated by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. The party looks set to retain Mainpuri, where Mulayam Singh's grand-nephew Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, 26, makes his political debut. 3. In Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state, the BJP's perfect score of 26-0 in the May national elections remains unblemished with it's candidate winning Vadodara, the one Lok Sabha seat where by-elections were held after Mr Modi vacated it choosing to keep Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh as his parliamentary constituency. 4. But the Congress, flattened in the state four months ago, has wrested from the BJP two of the nine seats it had vacated, necessitating by-elections.