While much of the outcome was anticipated, the major setbacks for the SP appear to be on the Kundarki (Moradabad) and Katehari (Ambedkar Nagar) seats.

The bypolls for Nanded Lok Sabha seat was necessitated due to the sudden death of Vasantrao who had defeated sitting BJP MP Pratap Patil Chikhalikar by a handsome margin of over 59,000 votes.

The opposition leaders, especially those from the Congress, will have to question themselves how they managed to lose momentum within months of the Lok Sabha polls and why they could not hold on to a narrative that had impressed people,