New Delhi [India]November 6 (ANI): With counting of votes in the by-elections to seven assembly constituencies spread across six states scheduled to be held today, security was beefed up outside polling stations and security beefed up ahead of counting.
Security was also beefed up at the Food Corporation of India godown in Telangana’s Nalgonda ahead of the counting of votes for the Munugode by-poll.
The counting of votes for the by-elections held on November 3 will be held today at the FCI warehouse.
The BJP and the ruling TRS campaigned aggressively in Munugode.
Voting took place on November 3 and counting of votes will take place today.
According to Election Commission trends, Munugode constituency of Telangana recorded the highest turnout of 77,5 per cent on Thursday in the assembly by-elections held in six states.
Assembly by-elections were held on Thursday for seven vacant seats in the states of Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, Telangana, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh.
Voting was held on November 3 from 7 am to 6 pm amid tight security.
The contest in Telangana’s Munugode assembly constituency was crucial for all the major parties in the state – the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the opposition BJP and Congress.
While 47 candidates are in the fray, BJP’s Raj Gopal Reddy, former TRS MLA Kusukuntala Prabhakar Reddy and Congress’s Palvai Shravanthi are all eyes.
So far, Reddy has claimed that he is 100 per cent confident of his victory in the ‘important’ elections.
Kusukuntala Prabhakar Reddy, TRS candidate for Munugode bypoll, told media persons, “I am 100 per cent sure of victory.”
The bypoll results are a prestige battle for Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who is planning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Meanwhile, counting of votes for Mokama and Gopalganj assembly constituencies of Bihar is also to be held today at Aryabhatta Knowledge University in Patna.
Here a group of people can be seen at the center earmarked for counting of votes with security personnel deployed to deal with any untoward incident.
Gopalganj constituency recorded 48.35 per cent voter turnout, while Bihar’s Mokama recorded 52.47 per cent voter turnout, as per the projected trends of the Election Commission.
This was the first major election in Bihar after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar broke away from the BJP and formed the Grand Alliance government by joining hands with the RJD and the Congress.
The main contest in Bihar is between BJP and RJD.
For the Mokama bypoll, the BJP has fielded Sonam Devi against RJD’s Neelam Devi, whose disqualification of her husband Anant Singh has necessitated the bypoll.
Notably, Mokama has been called Anant Singh’s stronghold since 2005. He won the seat twice on a JD(U) ticket.
BJP has given ticket to Kusum Devi, wife of sitting BJP MLA Subhash Singh, while RJD has given ticket to Mohan Prasad Gupta in Gopalganj bypoll.
Bhavya Bishnoi, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from Haryana’s Adampur seat, has expressed confidence that the people here will “celebrate Diwali” in a few hours.
“It was not about winning or losing the election, but about the margin of victory. Bhavya Bishnoi, BJP candidate for Adampur by-election, said, “I have received blessings from my Adampur family from the very beginning, I am sure people will celebrate Diwali once again in a few hours.
The counting of votes for the Adampur bypoll is still on and three-tier security has been provided as soon as the EVMs reach here.
“CAPF and district police are deployed. A law and order company is present with anti-riot equipment in case of any incident. Investigation is being done,” said the SSP.
A total of 75.25 percent voting was recorded between the BJP, Congress, Indian National Lok Dal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Adampur seat of Haryana.
In Adampur, Kuldeep Bishnoi, son of former chief minister Bhajan Lal, resigned as an MLA from the seat and a bypoll was necessitated after he switched from the Congress to the BJP in August. Bishnoi’s son Bhavya had contested the by-election as a BJP candidate.
The Congress has fielded former Union minister Jai Prakash, while the INLD has fielded Congress rebel Kurda Ram Numberdar as its candidate. Satendra Singh was AAP’s candidate.
Significantly, Adampur seat is considered to be the stronghold of Bishnoi.
In Odisha’s Dhamnagar bypoll, there appears to be a tough contest between ruling BJD candidate Abanti Das and BJP candidate Suryavanshi Suraj Sthaparajana, son of BJP MLA Bishnu Sethi, whose assembly seat fell vacant after his death, as its candidate. – Election. The Election Commission recorded 66.63 percent voting in the Dhamnagar Assembly Constituency by-election.
In Andheri East, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction candidate Rutuja Latte, wife of sitting Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latte, who voted due to death in May, is expected to win the bypoll comfortably as the BJP did not contest. had decided.
This was the first election after Eknath Shinde and 39 other MLAs rebelled in the Shiv Sena, which led to the fall of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
The NCP and Congress have also supported the candidature of Rutuja Latke. (ANI)
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