AIADMK cadres celebrate their party's victory in the Sankarankoil Assembly bye-election. The ruling party retained the constituency with a huge margin. Photo: B. Velankanni Raj
AIADMK candidate Muthuselvi defeated the nearest DMK candidate Jawahar Suryakumar by a massive margin of 68,744 votes. She polled 94,964 votes against Mr. Suryakumar’s 26,220. Party cadres distribute sweets to the public in front of the Thanjavur railway station. Photo: B. Velankanni Raj
Congress candidate Jayaprakash Hegde flashes the victory sign after winning the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka, defeating the BJP’s V. Sunil Kumar. Photo: PTI
In Andhra Pradesh, six out of seven constituencies that went to the polls are in the Telangana region. However, the TRS, which fought for a clean sweep, won four seats. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Supporters of Jaganmohan Reddy's YSR Congress celebrate in Kovur, the only constituency the party won in the Andhra Pradesh bypoll. N. Prasanna Kumar Reddy emerged the victor in this constituency. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Andhra Pradesh BJP chief G. Kishan Reddy pulled off a surprise win in Mahabubnagar, by a close margin of 1,875 votes. Photo: G: Krishnaswamy
TRS MLA T. Harish Rao is covered in his party's colours after he won the Ghanpur constituency in Warangal. Apart from Mahabubnagar, the results in the Andhra Pradesh bypolls were true to expectations. Photo: M. Murali
In a boost to the ruling UDF in Kerala, Anoop Jacob won the Piravom bypoll with a margin of 12,070 votes. In this picture, Mr. Jacob is congratulated by a teacher of Nirmala Junior School, Muvatupuzha, his alma mater. Photo: H. Vibhu
Anoop Jacob's supporters in Muvattupuzha celebrate his victory. The focus now moves to Neyyantikkara, where the CPI (M) MLA R. Selvaraj resigned during the election campaign. Photo: H. Vibhu