Bypolls 2023 Results Live Updates: Counting of votes for byelections to five assembly seats in four states will begin at 8 am on Thursday. Of these, two segments are in Maharashtra’s Pune – Kasba Peth and Chinchwad – and one each in Tamil Nadu (Erode East), Jharkhand (Ramgarh) and West Bengal (Sagardighi). Both Kasba Peth and Chinchwad polled on Feb 26, while electors in the other three seats cast their votes a day later.
You can track live trends, updates and results on the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) official website.
Byelections for Kasba Peth and Chinchwad were necessitated due to the demise of the sitting BJP legislators, Mukta Tilak and Laxman Jagtap, respectively. The Erode (East) assembly constituency was vacated due to the passing away of its Congress MLA E Thirumahan Evera. In Jharkhand’s Ramgarh, Congress legislator Mamta Devi lost her assembly membership after conviction in a 2016 case.
In Sagardighi, too, the exercise was necessitated due to the demise of its incumbent MLA, Subrata Saha, a Trinamool Congress leader and Bengal minister.
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Mar 02, 2023 06:51 AM IST
Its BJP vs MVA in Kasba Peth and Chinchwad
To retain these seats, which were vacated due to the demise of incumbent legislators – both from BJP – Mukta Tilak (Kasba Peth) and Laxman Jagtap (Chinchwad), the party has fielded Hemant Rasne and Ashwini Jagtap, respectively. Their primary challengers are Congress’ Ravindra Dhangekar and NCP’s Vitthal Kate, respectively, who represent the opposition MVA alliance (Shiv Sena-UBT, Congress, NCP).
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Mar 02, 2023 06:31 AM IST
Bypolls: Counting to begin at 8 am
At 8 am on Thursday, the counting of votes will begin for the five segments in four states, where byelections were held on Feb 26 (Kasba Peth and Chinchwad – both Maharashtra) and Feb 27 (Tamil Nadu’s Erode East, Jharkhand’s Ramgarh, and Sagardighi in West Bengal).