By-Election Result 2019 LIVE Counting and Updates: Counting across 51 Assembly, two Lok Sabha seats in 18 states begins – Firstpost, Firstpost.com

                                                

By-Election Result 2019 LATEST Counting and Updates: AIADMK candidate of Nanguneri constituency Narayanan leads with 412 votes against Congress’ 234. Nanguneri seat will see 12 candidates fighting it out though the main rivals are AIADMK’s V Narayanan and Congress candidate Ruby R Manohar. The total number of voters in Vikravandi is about 2. 57 lakh.

BJP maintains lead on Mau, Manikpur and Lucknow cantt seats as per the initial trends.It is a four-cornered contest with the BJP, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress fielding candidates on all 11 assembly seats. The state saw a low voter turnout of 47. 05 percent in the bypolls.

BJP is performing well and has maintained the lead on three out of eleven seats in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP has taken an initial lead on Manikpur, Zaidpur and Gangoh seats.

Counting across 18 states for 51 Assembly, two Lok Sabha seats begins. A moderate turnout of 57 percent was recorded in the by-elections held on 21 October. Among the states ruled by the BJP and its allies, counting will be held for the maximum 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh, followed by six in Gujarat, five in Bihar, four in Assam and two each in Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

It is a four-cornered contest with the BJP, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress fielding candidates across all 11 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. In politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, the polls are seen as a litmus test for the Yogi Adityanath government which has completed 30 months in office. The BJP currently has 302 members out of 403 in the Assembly. Eight of these seats were held earlier by the BJP and one by its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal). The seats of Rampur and Jalalpur (Ambedkarnagar) were held by the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, respectively. The state saw a low voter turnout of 47. 05 percent in the bypolls.

The result of bypolls in 51 Assembly constituencies spread across 18 states of the country is likely to be declared onThursday ( (October).In addition to the Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, some North East states, among others, by-elections to two Lok Sabha seats Satara (Maharashtra) and Samastipur (Bihar) also took place on Monday. *****

The elections are significant as it is the first assembly polls after Modi led the BJP-led NDA to a resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year for a successive second term in office.

The maximum numbers of constituencies voting in bypolls are in Uttar Pradesh where voters will be choosing their MLA on 11 Seats. These seats are Pratapgarh, Zaidpur (SC), Balha (SC), Rampur, Iglas (SC), Lucknow Cantonment, Manikpur, Jalalpur, Ghosi, Gangoh, and Govind Nagar.

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The Assembly bypolls were necessitated after some MLAs won the Lok Sabha elections and resigned as members of the state Assembly. Ghosi Assembly seat fell vacant following the resignation of MLA Phagu Chauhan after he was appointed the Governor of Bihar. Five assembly constituencies are also going to bypolls in Bihar namely Kishanganj, Simri Bakhtiarpur, Daraunda, Nathnagar and Belhar.

In Himachal Pradesh, More than 82, 000 voters in Dharmshala and over 74, 000 voters in Pacchad assembly constituency will exercise their franchise in the upcoming by-elections, according to the Election Commission.

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In Assam, by-elections are being conducted for four constituencies namely Rangapara, Sonari, Ratabari and Jania. As many as 20 contestants are in the fray for these four seats. Four Assembly constituencies in Punjab – Phagwara, Mukerian, Dhaka, and Jalalabad – are also going to be voting on Monday.

By-election is taking on two constituencies in Rajasthan namely Mandawa and Khinwsar. Congress has fielded Rita Chaudhary from Mandawa and Harendra Mirdha from Khinwsar. Khonsa (West) assembly constituency of Arunachal Pradesh will also vote in the by-elections.

Chitrakot assembly constituency of Chhattisgarh, Jhabua (ST) in Madhya Pradesh, Bijepur in Odisha, Kamraj Nagar in Pudducherry, Shella in Meghalaya and Huzurnagar in Telangana.                                                                                 

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