Mumbai, Oct. 13 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly by-elections in West Bengal and the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election in Assam. In Tamil Nadu, the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won the Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly bypolls, while the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) retained the Thattanchavady seat in Puducherry.

In West Bengal, BJP candidate Hasi Rani Rath defeated Congress candidate Milan Pradhan in Nandigram by 1,22,753 votes. Rath secured 1,64,427 votes against Pradhan's 41,674 votes. In Rejinagar, BJP candidate Shankharavh Sarkar won with 1,29,914 votes, defeating Golam Nabi Azad, who secured 54,098 votes, by a margin of 75,816 vote...