The BJP lost two Lok Sabha seats in the party-ruled states of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, and won just one of the 11 Assembly constituencies where by-elections were held. A united Opposition snatched the Kairana Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra. A series of by-election defeats has now reduced the BJP's Lok Sabha tally from the high of 282 in 2014 to 273. In Bihar, which the BJP had swept in 2014, its ally Janata Dal United lost the Jokihat Assembly seat by a huge margin. In Jharkhand, a united Opposition retained two Assembly segments.

Source: The Telegraph May 31, 2018 21:00 UTC