Bypolls

Intense lobbying have begun in the BJP after the announcement of date for bypoll to the Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency in the national capital

Sources said that not a single meeting called by the BJP to discuss preparation has witnessed hundred per cent attendance

The Election Commission on Monday announced by-elections to three assembly constituencies in Odisha, Kerala, and Uttarakhand will be held on May 31, and counting on June 3.

Gahotri had offered to vacate his seat for Dhami soon after the latter was sworn in as chief minister

The bypolls are scheduled on April 12 and the counting of votes will take place on April 16

The date of polling will be April 12 and the votes will be counted on April 16

The BJP is in power in Himachal and as such the Congress's complete sweep of the bypolls in a Lok Sabha and three assembly seats there has caused concerns in the party

Congress on Friday called the cut in fuel taxes a 'reaction' of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the 'debacle' it suffered in the recently held by-elections to 30 assembly seats in 14 states

Congress wrests seats from it in four states

BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday expressed gratitude to people for the party's victory in assembly bypolls in various states

INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala won the Ellenabad bypoll after defeating his nearest rival, Gobind Kanda of the BJP, with a margin of 6,739 votes on Tuesday.

Altogether 73.77 per cent of nearly eight lakh eligible electors cast their votes in bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies in Assam that concluded peacefully on Saturday, ECI said.

A voter turnout of 65.32 per cent was recorded in the bypolls to three Assembly seats and 63.88 per cent in the Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Sunday. In the by-elections held on Saturday, Jobat (reserved for Scheduled Tribes candidates), Prithvipur and Raigaon (reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates) Assembly constituencies recorded 53.30 per cent, 78.14 per cent and 69.01 per cent polling, respectively, they said quoting late night figures of the Election Commission. During the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls in 2018, Jobat, Prithvipur and Raigaon had registered a turnout of 52.84 per cent, 79.61 per cent and 74.53 per cent, respectively, they said. In Jobat, the voter turnout has been low as tribal workers migrate from there to other states in search of jobs, as per locals. Besides, the Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency recorded 63.88 per cent polling on Saturday, as compared to 76.90 per cent in the 2019 general elections. A total of 48 candida

Voting was underway for the by-elections in Meghalaya amid tight security

Polling for bye-elections to five Assam Assembly constituencies began at 7 am on Saturday

Voting for the bypoll in Haryana began on Saturday morning, officials said

Congress has included Navjot Singh Sidhu among its star campaigners for the October 30 bypolls in Himachal Pradesh, just days after he submitted his resignation as its chief

Congress candidates will file their nomination papers for by-elections on Dhariawad and Vallabhnagar assembly seats falling in Pratapgarh and Udaipur districts on Friday this week

Ahead of Meghalaya by-polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday met former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and Lok Sabha MP Vincent H Pala

The ruling NDA in Bihar on Friday announced its candidates for bypolls to Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly segments, which have been necessitated by death of the incumbents