By-Polls cannot be great indicator of voter's mood and they are likely to vote party already in power.
The by polls results declared today gave some hope to dying powers like Samajwadi Party and Congress, while rubbing some reality check on BJP
The results of by-polls declared on 16 Sept for which the voting was held on 13 sept. were genuinely disappointing for BJP.
Primarily BJP made effort in UP to retain its seats and while in Rajasthan and Gujarat - it should have grabbed all.
It may not be anything significant in terms of voter's mood yet it reflects the missing charm at the local level.
It seems that transformation of BJP has not happened at the lower levels and the party workers on ground are not in sync with ideas of new central leadership at the moment.
It may just be time for bjp to make some notes now to avoid any major set backs in coming up Maharashtra and Haryana elections
-nishikant