Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the assembly bypoll results show "the honours are even" today between the BJP and the parties opposed to it, as he wondered which way will the wind blow in the 2022 elections in various states.

The former Union minister also said there is a "new wind behind the sails" of the Congress and asked whether it will gather strength and speed.

Reacting to the bypoll results, he said here is a "thought-provoking analysis of the results of by-elections in 30 assembly constituencies -- BJP won seven seats and its declared allies won eight seats. Congress won eight seats. Non-BJP parties won seven seats of which only one seat was won by a crypto ally of the BJP, namely YSR Congress".

The other six seats were won by parties opposed to the BJP, the Congress leader said.

"The honours are even today. Which way will the wind blow in 2022?" Chidambaram said.

Later in another tweet, he put forward another analysis of the results of the by-elections.

"In states where the Congress won, it did so with a significantly higher vote share. In HP, the Congress vs BJP was 48.9% to 28%. In Maharashtra, it was 57% to 35%. In Rajasthan, it was 37.51% to 18.8%.

"In states where the Congress lost to the BJP, the spread was narrow, e.g., in MP the Congress' vote share was 45.45% and BJP's vote share was 47.58%. In Karnataka, where the two parties won one seat each, the vote share was Congress 44.76% and BJP 51.86%," Chidambaram said.

"There is a new wind behind the sails of the Congress. Will it gather strength and speed?" he said.

The Congress on Tuesday had cited bypoll results to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to shed arrogance, repeal the three farm laws and stop petrol and diesel "loot".

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had said the party's victory was that of its workers and asked them to keep fighting hate without fear.

The terms of the legislative assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand are coming to an end in March 2022, while the term of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly is scheduled to end in May next year.

Polls are also due in Himachal Pradesh in December next year.