Datia Bypoll Election Result 2026 LIVE Updates: Vote Counting Continues, Congress Ghanshyam Singh Takes Lead by 9500 Votes
✍️ Written by: Nakshab Khan
Datia Bypoll Election Result 2026 Live Updates: Check Madhya Pradesh By-Election Counting Winning Candidate, BJP vs Congress | Know Who Is Leading and Who Is Trailing
The counting of votes for the Datia Assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh has finally commenced today, August 3. The political parties, candidates, and voters are eagerly waiting for every round of vote counting to know about their winner is in this crucial by-election.
The by-election took place on July 30 with a 71.44% voter turnout. The Datia seat had seen a multi-cornered battle; therefore, its result is one of the most awaited political events of the state today.
As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), the counting process of votes has started at 8:00 AM. The officials have started with counting postal ballot papers, and then EVM results will be counted. Trends may come out during the morning session, but the actual result will be announced in the latter part of the day.
After taking an early lead, BJP’s Ashutosh Tiwari has now fallen behind Congress’s Ghanshyam Singh.
Live Updates
- 10:37 (IST) 03 Aug 2026
Datia By Election Results Live Updates: Congress Takes Lead
The early trends in the Datia Assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh show that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading. After taking an early lead, BJP’s Ashutosh Tiwari has now fallen behind Congress’s Ghanshyam Singh. After nine rounds of counting, Singh is leading with 44,958 votes, while BJP’s Tiwari is at second position with 35439 votes.
- 09:57 (IST) 03 Aug 2026
Datia Bypoll Result 2026 Live Updates: BJP Will Win, Says Narottam Mishra
BJP leader Narottam Mishra shared his first remark after the first round of counting and expressed confidence in the victory of his party. While speaking to ANI, Mishra said that he has been saying from the beginning that the BJP will win.
“Rajendra Bharti was expelled (from Congress) earlier too. He spent time in more than half a dozen parties and fought elections on symbols of four parties,” he added.
- 08:57 (IST) 03 Aug 2026
Datia By Election Results 2026: Results to Declare After 15 Rounds of Counting
A total of 157,473 voters have cast their ballots out of 220,410 in the Datia by-poll elections 2026. The counting has started, and the results will be declared after 15 rounds of counting.
- 08:45 (IST) 03 Aug 2026
Datia Bypoll Election Result 2026 Updates: BJP vs Congress
The by-poll election in Datia is majorly bipolar as BJP’s Ashutosh Tiwari is facing off against Congress’ Ghanshyam Singh. Congress is eyeing to retain this seat after the disqualification of Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti. He lost his membership after being convicted and sentenced to three years in prison in a 2015 bank fraud case. The voting in the seat was held on July 30, and the constituency saw a voter turnout of 71.44 per cent.
- 08:17 (IST) 03 Aug 2026
Datia Bypoll Result Live Updates: Counting Begins
Counting begins in the Datia by-poll election under tight security. The Election Commission is starting counting with postal ballots, and then the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be counted.
