Assembly by-poll results 2017 LIVE: BJP ahead in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan; Congress​ leading in Karnataka

New Delhi: Counting is underway for by-elections for 10 Assembly constituencies across eight states, including in the national capital.

The Assembly constituencies where by-polls were held on Sunday are Rajouri Garden in Delhi, Littipara in Jharkhand, Nanjangud and Gundlupet in Karnataka, Dholpur in Rajasthan, Kanthi Dakshin in West Bengal, Ater and Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh, Bhoranj in Himachal Pradesh and Dhemaji in Assam.

Here are the LIVE UPDATES:

• West Bengal by-polls: TMC's Chandrima Bhattacharya is leading by 2,935 votes from Kanthi Dakshin
• Assam by-polls: BJP candidate is ahead by 2,752 votes from Dhemaji
• BJP's Shobha Rani Kushavah is leading from Dholpur in Rajasthan by-polls.
• Jharkhand by-polls: Simon Marandi of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is leading from Litipara
• Delhi Rajouri Garden by-poll: BJP candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa is leading by 1,011 votes
• Himachal Pradesh by-poll: BJP's Anil Dhiman is leading on Bhoranj seat by 1,364 votes
• Karnataka by-polls: Early trends indicate Congress' lead on Gundlupet and Nanjangud seats after the first round of counting
• Aam Aadmi Party's Harjeet Singh, Congress' Meenakshi Chandela and BJP-SAD's Manjinder Singh Sirsa are in the fray for the seat. The seat fell vacant as AAP's Jarnail Singh resigned to contest the Punjab Assembly polls.
• Delhi's Rajouri Garden Assembly by-poll saw disinterested voting, registering just 47 percent. In the 2015 Assembly Elections, when the Aam Aadmi Party swept to power, the constituency had witnessed 72 percent.
• Assam's Dhemaji constituency saw 66.97 percent voting. The by-election was necessitated as BJP lawmaker Pradan Baruah contested and won the by-election to the Lok Sabha from the Lakhimpur constituency. Sarbananda Sonowal vacated the seat after winning from the Majuli Assembly constituency on becoming the Chief Minister. VVPAT machines were used in polls for the first time in the state.
• Amid reports of violence and allegations of booth capturing, over 60 percent balloting was recorded in bypolls for Ater in Bhind district and 65 percent in Bandhavgarh in Umaria district. There were also instances of stone pelting and reports of alleged firing in Ater. Congress candidate Hemant Katare accused the BJP of attacking his car and of booth capturing. State Congress chief Arun Yadav accused the BJP and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of using the state machinery to influence the voting.
• In Himachal Pradesh, by-poll for the Bhoranj seat saw over 63 percent voting. The Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines were used in the state for the first time. There were technical snags at a few places but the machines were subsequently replaced, an official said.
• Around 82 percent voting was seen in West Bengal's Kanthi Dakshin Assembly by-poll.
• Jharkhand's Littipara by-poll saw 72.15 percent voting. Ten candidates were in the fray for the seat, the contest for which was a prestige issue for both the ruling BJP and opposition Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
• Karnataka's Gundlupet saw a record 80 percent turnout while 76 percent was registered in Nanjangud (reserved) Assembly constituency. The by-poll for Nanjangud (Scheduled Caste) in Mysuru district was necessitated by the resignation of former Congress lawmaker and Revenue Minister Srinivasa Prasad, who is re-contesting on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. The ruling Congress has fielded K Keshavamurthy.