The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress are leading in two seats each out of the eight constituencies where the counting of votes in Assembly bye-elections is underway.

At 11.30 am, BJP candidate Devyani Rana was leading in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nagrota and and Jay Dholakia in Odisha’s Nuapada. The Congress’ Pramod Jain was leading in Rajasthan’s Anta and Naveen Yadav V in Telangana’s Jubilee Hills.

Aam Aadmi Party’s Harmeet Singh Sandhu was ahead of Shiromani Akali Dal’s Sukhwinder Kaur in Tarn Taran, Punjab.

Somesh Chandra Soren from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, a Congress ally, was leading from Jharakhand’s Ghatsila.

The National Conference’s Aga Syed Mahmood Al-Mosavi was leading in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam, while the Mizo National Front’s R Lalthangliana was ahead in Mizoram’s

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