Assembly Bypolls Highlights: Voting Ends In 13 Assembly Seats, Sporadic Incidents Of Violence In U'khand, Bengal, Bihar
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The polling began for byelections to 13 Assembly seats in seven states on Wednesday. The bypolls will decide the fate of many senior leaders and some debutants including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur.
The assembly seats where voting is underway include Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda and Maniktala (West Bengal); Badrinath and Manglaur (Uttarakhand); Jalandhar West (Punjab); Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh); Rupauli (Bihar); Vikravandi (Tamil Nadu) and Amarwara (Madhya Pradesh). The bypolls are being held against vacancies created either due to deaths or resignation of incumbent members.
The counting of votes will take place on July 13.
Voting For Assembly Bypolls In Bengal
Polling began for by-elections in four assembly seats in West Bengal on Wednesday, amid heavy deployment of security forces, an official said. Voting started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.
Three of the four constituencies - Maniktala in Kolkata, Ranaghat Dakshin and Bagdah in North 24 Parganas - are in the southern part of the state. The fourth, Raiganj, is in north Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district. There are around 10 lakh voters across the four assembly segments.
Voting Begins For Bypoll In Bihar's Rupauli
Polling began for the by-election to the Rupauli assembly seat in Bihar on Wednesday, amid tight security arrangements, an official said. The voting started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.
More than three lakh voters will decide the electoral fate of 11 candidates. The bypoll was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MLA Bima Bharti, who won the seat for JD(U) several times but quit the party to contest Lok Sabha elections on an RJD ticket.
She lost her deposit in the parliamentary poll and is again in the fray for the bypoll as an RJD candidate.
The JD(U) has fielded Kaladhar Prasad Mandal, who had contested the 2020 assembly polls from Rupauli as an Independent. Former MLA Shankar Singh, who had quit the LJP (Ram Vilas) headed by Union minister Chirag Paswan, is also in the fray as an Independent.
Stay tuned for all the updates pertaining to the Assembly bypolls on 13 seats across seven states.
51% Turnout In Bypoll For Punjab's Jalandhar West Assembly Seat
A voter turnout of 51.30 per cent was recorded in the Jalandhar West assembly bypoll in Punjab on Wednesday, a sharp drop from the 67 per cent in the 2022 state election. Polling came to an end at 6 pm but the Election Commission may update the turnout figure later.
Voter Turnout Between 63% And 75% Recorded In Bypolls In 3 Himachal Seats
A voter turnout between 63 per cent and 75 per cent was recorded in the bypolls in three assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, according to data shared by the state election department till 5 pm. The Nalagarh assembly constituency recorded the highest polling of 75.22 per cent, followed by Hamirpur (65.78 per cent) and Dehra (63.89 per cent).
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