In New Delhi, footage showed Congress workers being loaded into buses while shouting chants in favour of their leaders.
Panwar needed less than 30 votes to win, according to election officials, and his six extra votes were transferred to Kartikeya Sharma (who was the second choice in all 36 districts), who beat Maken. Sharma was declared the winner when Maken received no second preference votes.
Protests in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, and Howrah, West Bengal, became violent. Even though there was a shutdown in Srinagar, the protests in Delhi and parts of Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Bihar, and Maharashtra were calm.