Bypoll Election Results LIVE: Early Trends Show Vijay's TVK Leading In Tamil Nadu, AINRC Ahead In Puducherry

Early trends emerging from counting of votes on Friday for the October 6 bypolls held in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry indicated an advantage for the ruling regimes led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and N Rangasamy. In Tamil Nadu, as the counting of votes, which commenced at 8 am progressed, it showed an advantage for the ruling TVK which garnered the maximum votes and retained the top spot. It was followed by the DMK and the AIADMK.

Similarly, early trends in the Union Territory of Puducherry appeared to be advantageous for the Chief Minister N Rangasamy-led AINRC. The party leads the NDA coalition ministry

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The counting of votes for the Madurantakam Assembly bypoll is currently taking place under tight security. Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) candidate Janakiraman expressed full confidence in the public, saying that the NTK, rather than the TVK will represent genuine political change.

West Bengal AICC In-Charge Prakash Joshi expressed full confidence that today's election results will favor the Congress party, marking a major step toward its resurgence in West Bengal.

Vote counting has officially commenced for the Nandigram Assembly constituency by-election, accompanied by heavy security force deployments and tight restrictions at the counting centre. 

In the Puducherry Legislative Assembly general elections held in April 2026, CM N Rangasamy contested and won from two constituencies- Thattanchavady and Mangalam.

He chose to retain the Mangalam seat, leaving Thattanchavady vacant and triggering the bypoll.

The Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu went to bypolls on October 6, 2026, due to the resignations of their sitting MLAs.

Both MPs had won their respective seats as candidates of the AIADMK in the general assembly elections held earlier in April-May 2026. However, hours before defecting to the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party led by Chief Minister Vijay, they formally resigned from their posts on May 25, 2026.

Sitting MLA K Maragatham Kumaravel resigned from the Madurantakam seat, while P Sathyabama resigned from her Dharapuram seat.

Polling was held for the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat in Assam, which saw a three-way contest between the BJP, Congress and AIUDF. The Nagaon Lok Sabha seat, which was won by the Congress in the 2019 and 2024 general elections, fell vacant after Pradyut Bordoloi left the party, joined the BJP and later won the Dispur Assembly constituency in the 2026 Assam Legislative Assembly elections.

The Nandigram seat fell vacant after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari won two constituencies in the State Assembly elections earlier this year and chose to retain the other seat.

The Rejinagar seat fell vacant following the resignation of Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) founder Humayun Kabir, who had also secured victory from Nowda.

The counting of votes has begun for five Assembly constituencies across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, as well as a Lok Sabha seat in Assam that went to bypolls on October 6.

Bypoll Election Results LIVE: Vote counting begins at 8:00 AM for high-stakes bypolls held across six constituencies for five Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat across Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Puducherry, and Assam.