Assembly Bypl

Kerala: Police raids in Palakkad spark political war ahead of bypoll

Amidst heated campaigning for the upcoming Assembly by-election in the Palakkad constituency, a midnight police raid at a hotel here on suspicion of the arrival of black money triggered an intense political row on Wednesday. Around midnight, the police conducted searches, including in the hotel rooms where prominent women politicians from the Congress, such as Bindu Krishna and Shanimol Usman, were staying. The incident occurred as the Congress-UDF is working hard to retain its sitting constituency, while the ruling CPI (M)-led LDF and the BJP-NDA are making every effort to wrest the seat from the grand old party. The Congress leadership, vehemently protesting the police action, alleged that it was a "midnight police drama" jointly orchestrated by the BJP and the CPI (M) due to their fear of a potential poll debacle. However, the Marxist party and the BJP rejected the allegations and accused the Congress of "distributing" large amounts of black money to secure a victory in the ...

'Anger at independents joining BJP aided Cong win Dehra, Nalagarh bypolls'

Resigning and switching to the BJP has proved costly for two Independent legislators of Himachal Pradesh who lost to Congress candidates from their seats on Saturday in the assembly bypolls. Congress candidate Kamlesh Thakur, the wife of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, defeated BJP's Hoshiyar Singh for the Dehra seat by a margin of 9,399 votes. Congress' Hardeep Singh Bawa defeated his nearest rival and BJP candidate K L Thakur in the bypoll to the Nalagarh assembly seat by 8,990 votes. Bawa is a five-time Indian National Trade Union Congress president. BJP's Ashish Sharma, however, managed to win the assembly bypolls from Hamirpur seat as he secured 1,571 votes more than nearest rival and Congress candidate Pushpender Verma. The bypoll results ensured that for the first time in the electoral history of the state, a husband and wife -- CM Sukhvinder Sukhu and Kamlesh Thakur -- would be members of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly. In another first, there will not be a single ..

Rajasthan Assembly election: Polling on November 25, results on December 3

52.5 million people are registered to vote in Rajasthan with 2.2 million being first-time voters

Elderly woman refuses freebies from Meghalaya poll candidates, returns them

An elderly woman in Meghalaya, where Assembly poll will be held later this month, has allegedly refused to accept freebies from contestants in East Khasi Hills district and has returned the 'gifts' given to her family. Purity Phawa, president of the women's organisation in her locality, reportedly even told candidates' agents in person that she wants to elect legislators and not distributors. Election to all the 60 seats in the state Assembly will be held on February 27 and counting will be held on March 2. Phawa's family, which resides at Lumdiengjri in West Shillong constituency, had reportedly received freebies from the agents of ruling National People's Party candidate Mohindro Rapsang and United Democratic Party (UDP) contest Paul Lyngdoh on January 28 and 30 respectively. I was not at home when the freebies arrived. When I returned, my daughter told me that the candidates had sent us a pressure cooker and two sets of imported bowls on January 28 and 30, Phawa told PTI o

Andheri East assembly bypoll: Raj Thackeray asks BJP not to field nominee

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday sought the unopposed election of Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena, in the November 3 Andheri East Assembly bypoll while MNS president Raj Thackeray appealed to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis not to field BJP's nominee to show reverence to the late MLA Ramesh Latke. The MNS' appeal to Fadnavis and its decision to not contest the bypoll has generated intense political discussion given Raj Thackeray's political rivalry with his cousin Uddhav Thackeray. The late Latke belonged to Shiv Sena. Notably, the last date for withdrawal of the nominations for the bypoll is October 17. Fadnavis said the proposition of Raj Thackeray will be discussed seriously with BJP leaders and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the final decision will be taken only after a discussion with senior leaders in BJP. He also said whenever there was a proper communication or appeal made to BJP, it was responded to ...

86.33 % voter turnout in bypoll to Telangana's Huzurabad assembly seat

Over 86 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the bypoll to Huzurabad assembly constituency in Telangana on Saturday.As per the Election Commission's Voter Turnout app, 86.33 per cent voter turnout was reported till 7 pm.Huzurabad assembly constituency reported a total voter turnout of 61.66 per cent for the by-poll by 3:30 pm on Saturday, according to the Election Commission.Voting began at 7 am on Saturday amid stringent COVID-19 protocols.The result of the by-poll will be announced on November 2. Huzurabad seat fell vacant after former health minister Eatala Rajender resigned from ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and joined the BJP.On June 12, Rajender had submitted his resignation as Huzurabad MLA after he was sacked from the state Council of Ministers following allegations of land encroachments.The seat has become a battle of prestige for the ruling TRS and the Opposition alike.The Commission had reviewed the situations related to pandemic, flood, festivals, cold ...

Assembly bypolls cheer for BJP, Congress

New Delhi, 13 AprilThe results to the bypolls for nine legislative assembly seats across seven states have given opportunities in equal measure to rivals Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress to exult. The BJP won five of the nine seats, the Congress bagged three and Trinamool Congress one.Apart from Delhi, where the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lost a seat it had held, the other results largely followed the trend of ruling parties retaining seats in bypolls. Polling for these was on Sunday. The bypolls were part of the Election Commission's effort to fill all vacant assembly and Lok Sabha seats before the presidential elections in July.With Delhi scheduled for its civic polls on April 23, the result of the Rajouri Garden assembly seat was interpreted as evidence of a BJP resurgence. The three elected municipal bodies in Delhi are currently ruled by the BJP, while the AAP runs the Delhi government. The BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal joint candidate won Rajouri Garden, handsomely won by ..