In Meja, a rural Brahmin-dominated seat, jailed ex-MLA

Uday Bhan Karwaria's wife Neelam defeated her nearest SP rival by about 20,000 votes.

Karachhana was the sole seat in trans-Yamuna, which the BJP-led alliance lost as SP candidate and former MLA Ujjwal Raman Singh wrested it back after having tasted defeat in two consecutive assembly polls.

The BSP, which had won it on the trot in 2002 and 2007, finished third, well behind the BJP.

In trans-Ganga, Apna Dal's Jamuna Prasad won Soraon by a comfortable margin of 18,000 votes amid anxieties caused by BJP's Surendra Kumar throwing his hat in the ring and failing to withdraw his nomination in time.

Kumar polled only 6,522 votes.

The BJP ally, however, lost Handia and Pratappur to the BSP.

BJP won Phaphamau defeating sitting SP MLA Ansar Ahmed by 26,000 votes.

The SP had won eight seats in the district in the 2012 polls, but was unable to retain any of these this time.

The BSP, too, has failed to retain any of the three seats held by it.

It has suffered a major slump since 2007 when it had won eight out of the 11 assembly seats falling in the district at that time.

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)