Counting of votes of by-polls held in 58 assembly constituencies across 11 states in the country is began at 8m on Tuesday. This is being held along the vote-counting process in Bihar where the country’s first major electoral exercise was held amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Votes are being be counted for 28 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, where the stakes are high for the ruling Shivraj Singh Chouhan led-BJP government and the Congress. The BJP government needs at least eight more MLAs for a clear majority in the state assembly. By-polls were held in Joura, Sumaoli, Morena, Dimani, Ambah, Mehgaon, Gohad, Gwalior, Gwalior East, Dabra, Bhander, Karera, Pohari, Bamori, Ashok Nagar, Mungaoli, Surkhi, Malhara, Anuppur, Sanchi, Biaora, Agar, Hatpipliya, Mandhata, Nepanagar, Badnawar, Sanwer and Suwasra.
While counting is taking place for eight assembly seats of Abdasa, Limdi, Morbi, Dhari, Gadhada (ST), Karjan, Dangs (ST) and Kaprada (ST) in Gujarat, votes are also being counted for seven assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Naugaon, Ghatampur (Kanpur), Bulandshahr, Tundla (Firozabad), Bangarmau (Unnao), Deoria and Malhani seats had fallen vacant in the northern state.
Votes are also being counted for by-elections held for two seats each in Karnataka, Jharkhand, Odisha, Nagaland and one each in Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Haryana. There will be no impact of the by-poll results on the ruling governments in Jharkhand, Karnataka, Odisha and Nagaland. By-polls were also conducted across four seats in Manipur and the votes will be counted in this northeastern state on Tuesday as well.
Congress ahead in Punjab’s Baroda
According to early trends, Congress candidate Indu Raj Narwal is leading ahead of BJP’s Yogeshwar Dutt by 1,021 votes in Punjab’s Baroda .
BJP takes lead in Telangana’s Dubbak
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken a slender lead of 341 votes in the first round of counting of votes polled in Dubbak by-polls in Telangana.
Why were by-polls held in Gujarat
The bypolls were necessitated after sitting Congress MLAs resigned ahead of Rajya Sabha polls in June this year. Five of them then joined the ruling BJP, which fielded them from the same seats they had won in the 2017 elections.
What Madhya Pradesh result will signify
The results of the Madhya Pradesh by-polls will be an indicator of the effect of the Jyotiraditya Scindia factor in the changed political scenario in the state.The ruling BJP needs to win at least eight of these 28 seats to attain a simple majority in the 230-member Assembly, whose effective strength is 229.
1453 postal ballots and 51 service votes to be counted in Telangana
Counting has begun in Dubbak by-elections in Telangana’s Siddipet district. As many as 1453 postal ballots and 51 service votes are being counted at the Indur Engineering College at Ponnala on the outskirts of Siddipet town.
Counting begins
Counting of votes for 58 assembly constituencies spread across 11 states has begun.
Covid-19 safety protocols to be strictly followed
As counting of votes is set to begin shortly, the administrations have ensured that the protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease are followed strictly.
Counting to begin at 8am
The counting of votes across 58 assembly seats in 11 states will begin at 8am Tuesday. The result of by-polls is particulary important for Madhya Pradesh, where the ruling BJP government is needs to win on at least eight seats for a clear majority in the state assembly.
