In Firozabad Lok Sabha by-election, actor-turned- Congress candidate Raj Babbar defeated Dimple Yadav, daughter-in-law of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, by an overwhelming margin of 85,343 votes.

The seat was won in May by Dimple's husband Akhilesh Yadav, who retained Kannauj and gave up Firozabad. Babbar had lost from Sikri constituency in the May elections. BSP has made a surprise comeback in Uttar Pradesh. The Party wrested Powayan, Issuali, Hainsar Bazaar, Etawah and Bharthana assembly seats from Samajwadi Party while Padrauna and Jhansi from Congress. BSP has successfully retained its Lalitpur seat.

In Firozabad Lok Sabha by-election, actor-turned- Congress candidate Raj Babbar defeated Dimple Yadav, daughter-in-law of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, by an overwhelming margin of 85,343 votes.

The seat was won in May by Dimple's husband Akhilesh Yadav, who retained Kannauj and gave up Firozabad. Babbar had lost from Sikri constituency in the May elections. BSP has made a surprise comeback in Uttar Pradesh. The Party wrested Powayan, Issuali, Hainsar Bazaar, Etawah and Bharthana assembly seats from Samajwadi Party while Padrauna and Jhansi from Congress. BSP has successfully retained its Lalitpur seat. Main opposition Samajwadi Party is the main loser who has lost all five seats which it won in the last assembly elections. In Kolasala, an Independent won the seat for the fourth time in a row.(air)