SP loses 2 of 3 seats in UP assembly by-polls
Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in 2017, the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) lost two of the three seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-polls results announced today. The BJP defeated the SP in Muzaffarnagar, while the Congress captured the Saharanpur Assembly seat in Deoband after a gap of 27 years. SP, meanwhile, won the Bikapur Assembly seat in Faizabad. 