Lucknow: In a major reversal of the trend witnessed in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday won seven of the nine assembly seats that went to bypolls and restricted the Samajwadi Party (SP) to merely two seats.

The Bharatiya Janata Partyhas won four of nine Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypolls held this week, and is leading in two others, as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reasserts control over a state at the core of the BJP's Hindi voter base.

In Uttar Pradesh bypolls, the BJP and RLD led in six of nine seats, while the Samajwadi Party led in three. The BJP had won most of these seats in 2022.

Besides Kundarki and Katehari, the Samajwadi Party was also defeated in five other seats -- Meerapur, Majhawan, Ghaziabad, Khair and Phulpur.

The BJP won five of the seven seats in the Rajasthan Assembly bypolls, the results of which were announced on Saturday. Congress and Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) bagged one seat each, according to the Election Commission (EC).

The BJP secured victories in Ghaziabad, Khair, and Phulpur assembly seats, while the Samajwadi Party emerged triumphant in Sishamau and Karhal in the recent Uttar Pradesh bypolls. The BJP's Deepak Patel,

The BJP emerged victorious in five seats and was leading in one at 6 pm, while the SP secured Karhal and Sishamau seats

Congress manages to win only Dausa, finishes third in four constituencies; Hanuman Beniwal’s RLP loses Khinwsar for the first time

The ruling BJP is leading in seven out of nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh whereas the Samajwadi Party had retained the Sisamau seat in Kanpur and was leading in Karhal seat in Mainpuri.