🔥 Trending Datia Election Results 2026: Live Updates and Analysis

The Datia Assembly by-election results for 2026, announced on August 3, 2026, show that the Congress candidate, Ghanshyam Singh, won the seat ¹³⁵. He defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Ashutosh Tiwari ¹³.

Key Outcomes and Figures

• Winner: Ghanshyam Singh (Congress) ¹³⁵
• Runner-up: Ashutosh Tiwari (BJP) ¹³⁵
• Vote Margin: Ghanshyam Singh won by a margin of over 6,000 votes ¹⁵. Some reports indicated a lead of 9,519 votes after nine rounds of counting ². The final vote count showed Ghanshyam Singh securing 66,757 votes against Ashutosh Tiwari's 60,741 votes ³.
• Counting Rounds: The counting of votes was completed in 15 rounds ⁵⁸.

Context of the Election

The Datia by-election was significant for both parties. The BJP had denied a ticket to former state home minister Narottam Mishra, who had previously lost the Datia seat to Congress candidate Rajendra Bharti in the 2023 Assembly elections. Tiwari's candidature had reportedly caused discontent among Mishra's supporters ⁴. The Congress aimed to retain its numbers in the assembly, and the victory in Datia contributed to this goal ⁷.

This by-election was part of a larger set of by-elections held in August 2026, which also included Bankipur in Bihar and Manjalpur in Gujarat ³⁷. While the BJP retained the Manjalpur seat in Gujarat, the Congress secured Datia in Madhya Pradesh ³.