Bypolls 2024 LIVE Updates: Polling For Byelections In 15 Seats In 4 States Begins
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The bypolls in 15 assembly seats spread across four states- Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Uttarakhand will be held on Wednesday. While the results of the bypolls will be counted on November 23, the outcome will not have any direct impact on the respective legislative assemblies.
In Uttar Pradesh, polling will be held in Katehari, Karhal, Meerapur, Ghaziabad, Majhawan, Sisamau, Khair, Phulpur and Kundarki. Ninety candidates are in the fray in these seats with the maximum of 14 in Ghaziabad.
This will be the first electoral test of the INDIA bloc as well as the NDA in the politically-crucial state after the Lok Sabha elections. In the 2022 assembly polls, Sisamau, Katehari, Karhal and Kundarki were won by the SP, while the BJP won Phulpur, Ghaziabad, Majhawan and Khair.
The Meerapur seat was won by BJP ally RLD.Bypolls will also be held in four assembly seats -- Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal (SC) and Barnala -- in Punjab.The bypolls were necessitated after MLAs representing them were elected to the Lok Sabha. Of the four assembly segments, Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak and Chabbewal were earlier held by the Congress, and the Barnala seat by the AAP.
Forty-five candidates, including three women, are in the fray. A total of 6.96 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise.The bypolls will decide the fate of key contestants, including BJP nominee and former Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, Congress's Amrita Warring, Jatinder Kaur, AAP's Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon, Dr Ishank Kumar Chabbewal and BJP's Kewal Singh Dhillon, Sohan Singh Thandal and Ravikaran Singh Kahlon.
Amrita Warring is the wife of Punjab Congress chief and Ludhiana MP Amrinder Singh Raja Warring. Jatinder Kaur is the spouse of Gurdaspur MP and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa.Polling will also be held for the Palakkad seat in Kerala and Kedarnath in Uttarakhand.
The bypoll in Palakkad was necessitated after the Congress MLA of the constituency, Shafi Parambil, got elected to the Lok Sabha from the Vadakara constituency.The Kedarnath seat fell vacant after the death of sitting BJP MLA Shailarani Rawat in July. Both the candidates, BJP's Asha Nautiyal and Manoj Rawat of Congress, have represented the Kedarnath assembly seat in the past. Nautiyal won it in 2002 and 2007 as a BJP candidate.
Shaila Rani Rawat won it in 2012 on a Congress ticket. She contested the seat as a BJP nominee in 2017 and lost to the Manoj Rawat. However, she wrested the seat from Rawat in 2022. A total of 90,540 voters, including 45,775 women, in the constituency are eligible to exercise their franchise.
Kedarnath Bypoll: BJP Confident Of Thumping Win
Kedarnath Bypoll: BJP candidate for the assembly bypoll in Kedarnath, Asha Nautiyal said that people will vote for the work done by PM Narendra Modi and CM Pushkar Dhami. "They are constantly working for the development of this region. That is why people will vote for BJP today. Our issues have been of development, we are working for the youth, their employment and the development of this region," she said.
#WATCH | Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand: BJP candidate for Assembly by-polls in Kedarnath, Asha Nautiyal says, "...PM Narendra Modi and CM Dhami are constantly working for the development of this region. That is why people will vote for BJP today. Our issues have been of development,… pic.twitter.com/RX2K2SbCAL
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2024
Karhal Bypoll: Tej Pratap Singh Alleges Harassment Of SP Workers By UP Police
Karhal Assembly bypoll: Samajwadi Party candidate Tej Pratap Singh Yadav and his wife Rajlakshmi offered prayers at a temple in Karhal as the polling got underway. He again stressed that SP workers were being unnecessarily harassed by the UP Police. "We have registered our complaint with evidence against the administration. Our workers are being troubled, several of them were called to the police station without any case. This was done to prevent our active workers from going for polling. Fake cases were filed against several people in the last few days," Tej Pratap Singh Yadav said.
VIDEO | Karhal Assembly bypoll: Samajwadi Party candidate Tej Pratap Singh Yadav (@yadavteju), along with his wife Rajlakshmi, offers prayers at a temple in the constituency.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 20, 2024
"We have registered our complaint with evidence against the administration. Our workers are being… pic.twitter.com/jCVCG6Fmn9
UP Bypolls: Over 34 Lakh Voters To Decide Fate Of 90 Candidates In UP
As many as 34,35,974 voters are eligible to vote across the 9 assembly bypolls in UP. These voters will decide the fate of 90 candidates.
Bypolls 2024: 15 Assembly Seats Go To Polls
As many as 15 assembly seats and 1 Lok Sabha seat in five states are going to polls today:
·9 seats in UP - Karhal (Mainpuri), Sisamau (Kanpur), Katehari (Ambedkarnagar), Kundarki (Moradabad), Mirpur (Muzaffarnagar), Ghaziabad, Phulpur (Prayagraj), Khair (Aligarh), Majhawan (Mirzapur)
·4 seats in Punjab - Gidderbaha (Muktsar), Dera Baba Nanak (Gurdaspur), Chabbewal (Hoshiarpur), Barnala (Barnala)
·1 seat in Kerala - Palakkad
·1 seat in Uttarakhand - Kedarnath
·1 Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra - Nanded
Voting For Assembly Bypolls In 9 Constituencies In UP
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Voting for Assembly by-elections in 9 constituencies of the state to be held today. Visuals from a polling station in Mirzapur. pic.twitter.com/34rJDQkCsU
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2024
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