Shocker! BJP wiped out of three Lok Sabha seats

Updated On: 15 March, 2018 11:15 AM IST | Lucknow/Patna | Agencies

Bhartiya Janata Party loses Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats to Samajwadi Party and Bihar's Araria seat to Rashtriya Janata Dal; retains Bhabhua Assembly seat

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Shocker! BJP wiped out of three Lok Sabha seats

Samajwadi Party workers celebrate their success during counting for by-election in Phulpur (Allahabad) Lok Sabha seat outside a counting centre in Allahabad on Wednesday. Pic/AFP

In a stunning blow to the BJP ahead of the 2019 general elections, the party on Wednesday lost bypolls to all three Lok Sabha seats it contested, including its bastion Gorakhpur, and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh, besides Araria in Bihar. The shocker for the BJP came days after its surprise win in three northeastern states, including Tripura, where it scripted history, demolishing the Left citadel of 25 years and forming its first government in the state.