New Delhi, Oct 28 (TIWN) The BJP managed to form government in Haryana in spite of not having enough numbers and is all set to form government in Maharashtra, but the thin margin of victory in some of the Assembly by-elections has got the party worried.

The Assembly by-elections will be held in Gangoh, Rampur, Iglas (SC), Lucknow Cantonment, Govind Nagar, Manikpur, Pratapgarh, Zaidpur (SC), Jalalpur, Balha (SC) and Ghosi seats.  Polling on these seats will be held on Monday and counting will take place on October 24.  A four-cornered contest will be witnessed on all seats with the BJP, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress trying their luck. 

For the BJP, these by-elections are likely to bring good news since the opposition parties have run a lackluster campaign. The BJP has mobilized its cadres for the by-polls and its leaders have spared no efforts to win all seats.  It held 8 of the 11 seats while the SP and BSP held one seat each. BJP ally Apna Dal held the Pratapgarh seat.  The Assembly by-polls were necessitated after some MLAs won the Lok Sabha elections and resigned as members of the state assembly.  The Ghosi Assembly seat fell vacant following the resignation of MLA Phagu Chauhan after he was appointed the Governor of Bihar.