Counting of votes for eleven Assembly and four Lok Sabha seats was held on Thursday amid tight security arrangements in several states of India.

The rhetoric of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ ( collective effort, inclusive growth) by Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have fallen flat with public, as the saffron party faced major setback in the results, while the united opposition made significant gains.

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Here’s a quick look at all the winners:

Lok Sabha bypolls

Constituency: Kairana
State: Uttar Pradesh
Winning party: Rashitrya Lok Dal (RLD)
Candidate: Tabassum Hasan

RLD candidate Tabassum Hasan defeated her nearest rival BJP’s Mriganka Singh by over 55,000 votes.

Constituency: Palgarh
State: Maharashtra
Winning party: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Candidate: Rajendra Gavit

Rajendra Gavit defeated Shiv Sena’s Shriniwas Vanga by over 29,000 votes.

Constituency: Kohima
State: Meghalaya
Winning party: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)
Candidate: Tokheho Yepthomi

Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) candidate Tokheho Yepthomi defeated Naga People’s Front (NPP) rival C Apok Jamir by over
1,55,922 votes in this lone constituency in Nagaland.

Constituency: Bhandara–Gondiya
State: Maharashtra
Winning party: National Congress party (NCP)
Candidate: Madhukar Kukde

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Madhukar Kukde defeated BJP candidate Hemant Patles by a margin of 40,097 votes.

Assembly bypolls

Constituency: Shahkot
State: Punjab
Winning party: Congress
Candidate: Hardev Singh Laddi

Hardev Singh Laddi got 82,745 votes while Akali Dal’s candidate Naib Singh Khar polled 43,944 votes

Constituency: Palus Kadegaon
State: Maharashtra
Winning party:  Congress
Candidate: Vishwajeet Patangrao Kadam

Congress candidate Vishwajeet Patangrao Kadam was elected unopposed from the seat after the BJP withdrew its candidate Sangramsinh Deshmukh.

Constituency: Ampati
State: Meghalaya
Winning party: Congress
Candidate: Miani D Shira

Miani D Shira, daughter of Congress leader Mukul Sangma, won the seat with a margin of just 3,191 votes beating her nearest rival was Clement G Momin of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP).

Constituency: Chengannur
State: Kerala
Winning party: Communist Party of India(Marxist)
Candidate: Saji Cherian

Cherian won Chengannur, a municipal town in the Alappuzha district, with a record margin of 20,956 votes. He secured 67,303 votes against Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate D Vijayakumar, who got 46,347 votes.

Constituency: Jokihat
State: Bihar
Winning party: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
Candidate: Shahnawaz Alam

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Shahnawaz Alam defeated Janata Dal (United)’s candidate Murshid Alam by over 40,000 votes – a margin which was more than the total votes polled by JD(U).

Constituency: Noorpur
State: Uttar Pradesh
Winning party: Samajwadi Party (SP)
Candidate: Naeem-ul-Hasan

Naeem-ul-Hasan got 94,866 votes against 89,188 garnered by his nearest rival Avni Singh of the BJP in the bypoll to this assembly constituency located in Bijnore district.

Constituency: Gomia
State: Jharkhand
Winning party: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Candidate: Babita Devi

Babita Devi bested AJSU’s Lambodar Mahto and BJP’s Madhav Lal Singh by around 4,000 votes in Gomia.

Constituency: Silli
State: Jharkhand
Winning party: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Candidate: Seema Devi Mahto

Seema Devi Mahto defeated All Jharkhand Students Union’s (AJSU) Sudesh Mahto by 10,000 votes in Silli, which is located in Jharkhand district.

Constituency: Tharali
State: Uttarakhand
Winning party: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Candidate: Munni Devi

BJP’s Munni Devi won the Tharali by-election by a margin of 1981 votes. Munni Devi got 25,737 votes and Congress candidate Dr Jeet Ram secured 23,756 votes.

Constituency: Maheshtala
State: West Bengal
Winning party: Trinamool Congress
Candidate: Dulal Das

TMC’s Dulal Das bagged 1,04,818 votes as against just 41,992 of BJP’s Sujit Kumar Ghosh.

Constituency: RR Nagar
State: Karnataka
Winning party: Congress
Candidate: Muniratna

Congress leader Muniratna secured 1,08,064 votes. BJP’s Thulsi Muniraju Gowda came in second with 82,572 votes and JD(S)’ GH Ramachandra secured 60,380 votes.