Counting of votes will be held on Sunday in the bypolls to seven assembly constituencies in six states and elaborate arrangements have been made for the same. Polling was held on these seats – Haryana’s Admapur, Bihar’s Gopalganj and Mokama, Maharashtra’s Andheri (East), Telangana’s Munugode, Uttar Pradesh’s Gola Gokarannath, and Odisha’s Dhamnagar – on November 3.
Among the seven seats which witnessed a stiff contest between the BJP and the regional parties, the saffron party held three and the Congress two, while the Shiv Sena and the RJD had one each.
The voter turnout recorded on November 3 was – Andheri (East) (31.74%), Munugode (93.13%), Mokama (53.45%), Gopalganj (51.48%), Adampur (75.25%), Gola Gokarannath (55.68%), and Dhamnagar (66.63%).
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Gola Gokarannath Seat (Uttar Pradesh)
The BJP is hoping to retain the Gola Gokarannath seat in Uttar Pradesh and Dhamnagar in the BJD-ruled Odisha, banking on sympathy votes as it has fielded the sons of sitting MLAs whose death necessitated the by-polls.
The Gola Gokarannath seat, which fell vacant after the death of BJP MLA Arvind Giri on September 6, witnessed a direct fight between the BJP’s Aman Giri and the SP candidate – former Gola MLA Vinay Tiwari as the BSP and the Congress decided to stay away from the bypolls.
Dhamnagar (Odisha)
The bypoll on Dhamnagar seat was necessitated due to the death of MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi. BJD’s Abanti Das was pitted against Sethi’s son Suryabanshi Suraj of the BJP.
Apart from this, the candidature of BJD rebel and former MLA Rajendra Das as an Independent nominee has added colour to the poll battle. He is expected to cut some BJD votes, while Suraj may get sympathy votes, news agency PTI reported.
Munugode (Telangana)
In Telangana, where the BJP is trying to make inroads campaigned aggressively in Munugode. The bypoll took place after sitting Congress MLA Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy’s resignation. Reddy contested the polls on BJP’s ticket.
While 47 candidates are in the fray, the main contest is between Raj Gopal Reddy (BJP), former MLA Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy of TRS and Congress’ Palvai Sravanthi.
The by-poll has assumed political significance as the winner would have an edge over the others ahead of next year’s Assembly polls in Telangana.
Adampur (Haryana)
Bhajan Lal’s younger son Kuldeep Bishnoi resigned as Congress MLA from Adampur and joined the BJP. Bishnoi’s son Bhavya is now contesting as the BJP candidate to retain the seat which has been held by the Bhajan Lal family since 1968, with the late ex-chief minister representing it on nine occasions, his wife Jasma Devi once, and Kuldeep on four occasions.
Mokama and Gopalganj (Bihar)
In Bihar, it was the first electoral test for the Nitish Kumar-led ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government, formed less than three months ago after the JD(U) decided to quit the BJP alliance. Mokama and Gopalganj seats were earlier held by the RJD and the BJP respectively.
In Mokama, BJP nominee Sonam Devi is pitted against RJD’s Neelam Devi, whose husband Anant Singh’s disqualification has necessitated the by-election. The BJP fielded Kusum Devi, the wife of deceased party MLA Subhash Singh in Gopalganj against RJD’s Mohan Gupta.
Andheri East (Maharashtra)
With BJP, NCP, Congress decided to stay away, Shiv Sena’s Rutuja Latke is expected to comfortably win Andheri East Assembly constituency in Mumbai. The by-election was necessitated due to the death of Latke’s husband and Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke in May.
(with inputs from PTI)
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