By the end of 11 rounds of counting, Adhikari had polled over 80,000 votes. TMC’s Pabitra Kar trailed in second place with 64,954 votes 

 A scuffle broke out at Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath counting centre in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal amid vote counting. 

 BJP’s Daochier Imchen wins Koridang bypoll in Nagaland with 7,317 votes, set to become youngest MLA after seat fell vacant due to father’s death. 

 Vijay tapped into his mass appeal as a film star, overcoming a lack of political experience, as people looked for a change and an alternative to the DMK and AIADMK 

 V. Vaithilingam served as the chief minister of Puducherry twice and later moved to national politics as a member of Parliament in 2019.