New Delhi: Counting of votes has begun for three Lok Sabha constituencies and 29 Assembly constituencies across 13 States and one Union Territory, where by-polls were held on October 30.
The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa and Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi, are the three parliamentary constituencies that held by-polls on October 30.
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West Bengal: TMC workers celebrate outside a counting centre in North 24 Parganas as party candidates lead on all four assembly bypolls seats pic.twitter.com/E2s68nZQLR
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By-election to Assembly constituencies | Congress now leading on all the three seats in Himachal Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/ie3HE69mtY
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By-election to Assembly constituencies | In Himachal Pradesh, now Congress leading on 2 seats & BJP on 1 (total 3 seats). In Madhya Pradesh, now BJP leading on 2 seats & Congress on 1 (total 3 seats). pic.twitter.com/n811ZtScQZ
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#WATCH | TMC workers celebrate outside a counting centre in Dinhata, Cooch Behar as the party leads on all 4 seats in the by-polls to the State Assembly.
TMC’s Udayan Guha is leading in Dinhata with 96,537 votes so far.#WestBengalBypolls pic.twitter.com/k0GyQ3XC87
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By-election to Assembly constituencies across 14 states | YSRCP leading on the lone seat in Andhra Pradesh, BJP leading on 3 & UPPL on 2 in Assam, JD(U) & RJD on one each in Bihar and INLD leading on the single-seat in Haryana. pic.twitter.com/05AZkshsKa
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The Election Commission on Tuesday prohibited victory procession after the counting of votes of bypolls ends.
No victory procession after counting permissible. Not more than 2 persons allowed to accompany the winning candidate or his/her authorised representative receives certification of election from Returning Officer concerned: EC
Counting underway for by-polls to various states/UTs. pic.twitter.com/DECzcT5Amq
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As the counting of votes is underway for Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seat in Darbhanga district and Tarapur Assembly seat in Munger, Rashtriya Janta Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav exuded confidence in winning the bypolls.
We’ll win by handsome margin. If administration or other people will try to create any disturbance, I’m here in Darbhanga. I’ll not let the mandate be stolen by anybody. Our teams are here & overseeing everything: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Bihar assembly bypolls pic.twitter.com/GdZydJ90ud
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By-election to Assembly constituencies across 14 states | BJP leading in 2 out of 5 seats in Assam, INLD on 1 seat in Haryana, Congress on 2 out of 3 seats in Himachal Pradesh and BJP on all 3 seats in Madhya Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/WspOmG9Lgi
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By-election to Assembly constituencies across 14 states | Mizo National Front leading on 1 seat in Mizoram, Congress on both seats in Rajasthan, BJP on the lone seat in Telangana and TMC on all 4 seats in West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/LTVVkyFu7A
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By-poll to 3 Parliamentary constituencies | BJP leading in Madhya Pradesh & Himachal Pradesh and Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli. pic.twitter.com/VFdvZEQP95
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By-election to Assembly constituencies across 14 states | BJP leading in 1 out of 5 seats in Assam, RJD in 1 out of 2 seats in Bihar, Congress in 1 out of 3 seats in Himachal Pradesh and BJP & Congress on one each in Karnataka. pic.twitter.com/eLbwkN2JCT
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Telangana: Counting of votes for by-election to three Parliamentary constituencies in three states and 30 Assembly constituencies in 14 states underway this morning. Visuals from SRR College in Huzurabad, Karimnagar District. pic.twitter.com/1dCV2QSQlM
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West Bengal: Results of four assembly seats — Dinhata, Khardaha, Gosaba (SC), and Santipur — that went into bypolls on October 30 will be announced today; visuals from Dinhata College counting centre. pic.twitter.com/5NZgErIotN
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As far as the assembly constituencies are concerned, five assembly constituencies of Assam that held elections earlier include Gossaigaon, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Mariani and Thowra. Dinhata, Santipur, Khardaha and Gosaba (SC) assembly seats in West Bengal hled polls on October 30. Madhya Pradesh held elections on Prithvipur, Raigaon (SC), Jobat (ST) seats.
Himachal Pradesh also held elections on three seats in Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai. In Meghalaya as well, bypolls for three seats in Mawryngkneng (ST), Mawphlang (ST) and Rajabala constituencies were held.
Bihar held elections on two seats namely Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) and Tarapur. Karnataka held bypolls on two seats namely Sindgi and Hangal. Rajasthan also held polls in two constituencies namely Vallabhnagar and Dhariawad (ST).
Bypolls for one seat each was held in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana, Mizoram and Telangana.
Andhra Pradesh held an election in its Badvel (SC) constituency. Maharashtra held polls in Deglur (SC) seat. Haryana held an election in the Ellenabad assembly seat. Mizoram held polls in Tuirial (ST) assembly constituency and Telangana held a poll in the Huzurabad assembly constituency.
In West Bengal’s Dinhata and Santipur, two MPs Nishith Pramanik and Jagannath Sarkar had resigned.
The Commission had decided to hold these byelections to fill vacancies. The results of these polls will be announced today.
The Election Commission had decided to use EVMs and VVPATs in the bypolls in all the polling stations.