Bypolls Highlights: Polling ends, 80.5% turnout till 6pm in Odisha's Padampur
Assembly bypolls Highlights: On Monday, by-elections took place im Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, formerly held by SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav; and six assembly seats – two in UP, and one each in Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Chhattisgarh.
Bypolls Highlights: On Monday, bypolls were held for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, and six assembly seats in five states in a charged election battle. Assembly seats in Rampur Sadar and Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh, Padampur in Odisha, Sardarshahar in Rajasthan, Kurhani in Bihar, and Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh also went to polls. The Mainpuri Lok Sabha by-election was necessitated following the death of Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav. SP leader Dimple Yadav, daughter-in-law to Mulayam Singh contested from Mainpuri in a bid to retain his seat, while in a counter-strategy, the BJP fielded Raghuraj Singh Shakya, a former confidant of Mulayam's brother Shivpal Singh Yadav. ...Read More
The bypolls in UP's Rampur Sadar and Khatauli were necessitated after SP MLA Azam Khan and BJP MLA Vikram Singh Saini were disqualified after being convicted in separate cases. While Khan was disqualified in a hate speech case, the BJP MLA is facing conviction in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case.
Congress and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party were not in the race in these polls in UP.
In other states, Rajasthan's Sardarshahar seat went to polls following the death of Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma after a prolonged illness. His seat was contested by his son Anil Kumar while BJP fielded former MLA Ashok Kumar there.
Padampur seat in Odisha faced a by-poll after the death of (Biju Janata Dal) BJD legislator Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha where 10 candidates were up for a nail-biting contest. An anticipated direct contest between Congress and BJP was expected at the Bhanupratappur seat after Congress MLA Manoj Singh Mandavi passed away last month. The Congress fielded Savitri Mandavi, the wife of the deceased MLA in a bid to retain the seat while BJP fielded a former MLA. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
In Bihar's Kurhani, the disqualification of RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani prompted the polls.
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- Dec 05, 2022 09:03 pm IST
80% turnout in Odisha's Padampur, 70% in Rajasthan's Sardarshahar
According to the election department, 69.91% voting estimated at 5.30pm in Rajasthan's Sardarshahar; Odisha's Padampur records 80.5% voter turnout by 6 pm.
- Dec 05, 2022 05:26 pm IST
53% voting for Bihar's Kurhani segment
Till 5pm, a turnout of 53% recorded for Bihar's Kurhani segment, as polling continues.
- Dec 05, 2022 04:21 pm IST
44% voter turnout in UP's Mainpuri
Till 3pm, a turnout of 44.13% recorded in UP's Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat; 40.20% in Khatauli and 26.32% in Rampur assembly segments.
- Dec 05, 2022 03:34 pm IST
65% polling in Odisha's Padampur
Till 3pm, a voter turnout of 65.28% recorded for Odisha's Padampur by-election
- Dec 05, 2022 03:10 pm IST
SP shares video of BJP 'hooliganism' in Rampur
Samajwadi Party shared a clip of BJP's ‘hooliganism’ at a polling booth in Rampur, appeals to EC to take cognisance.
- Dec 05, 2022 02:31 pm IST
‘Mainpuri DM not answering his phone’
“Mainpuri DM is not taking calls to register SP workers' complaints against electoral fraud. Election Commission should take cognisance,” tweets Dimple Yadav, SP's candidate for Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll.
- Dec 05, 2022 01:44 pm IST
In Rajasthan's Sardarshahar constituency, nearly 32% votes cast till 1 pm
In Rajasthan's Sardarshahar assembly bypoll, nearly 32.64 per cent votes were cast till 1 pm.
- Dec 05, 2022 01:25 pm IST
In Odisha's Padampur assembly byelection, polling turnout inches close to 50% mark
Nearly 47 % polling was recorded in Padampur assembly byelection till 1 pm.
- Dec 05, 2022 12:49 pm IST
Mainpuri witnesses 18.72 pc voter turnout till 11 am
UP's high-octane Mainpuri Assembly seat has recorded 18.72 per cent voter turnout till 11 am.
- Dec 05, 2022 12:19 pm IST
Around 30% polling turnout till 11 am in Odisha's Padampur constituency
Nearly 30% polling was recorded till 11 am in Padampur assembly bypoll in Odisha.
- Dec 05, 2022 11:33 am IST
31% polling recorded in Chhattisgarh's Bhanupratappur Assembly seat till 11 am
Around 31 per cent polling was recorded till 11 am in Bastar's Bhanupratappur assembly byelection in Chhattisgarh.
- Dec 05, 2022 11:22 am IST
'UP govt monitoring election instead of EC': Akhilesh Yadav in Mainpuri
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged Monday that UP government was monitoring election instead of Election Commission in constituencies where bypolls are ongoing at the moment.
- Dec 05, 2022 11:20 am IST
Bihar's Kurhani assembly seat registers 24 % polling till 11 am
Bihar's Kurhani Assembly seat has registered 24% polling till 11 am as per state election commission.
- Dec 05, 2022 10:52 am IST
'Administration in Mainpuri acting at behest of ruling party': Akhilesh Yadav
Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav arrived with wife and candidate Dimple Yadav to cast their votes in Saifai. Speaking to the media, the SP president also alleged that administration in Mainpuri was acting on behest of ruling party.
- Dec 05, 2022 10:37 am IST
12 transgender persons among over 2.57 lakh eligible voters in Odisha bypoll
Over 2.57 lakh voters, including 12 members of the transgender community, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the by-poll.
- Dec 05, 2022 10:16 am IST
SP Manipuri dist president casts vote, alleges ‘police not allowing SP supporters to cast vote’
District president of Samajwadi Party at Mainpuri and former minister in UP cabinet Alok Shakya after casting his vote alleged that the police and administration are playing in the hands of BJP and not allowing SP supporters to cast their votes.
- Dec 05, 2022 10:03 am IST
8.50% polling recorded in Odisha's Padampur till 9 am
8.50% polling has been recorded in Odisha's Padampur till 9 am.
- Dec 05, 2022 09:54 am IST
Close to 7 % voting in Mainpuri, Khatauli till 9 am
As voting for Mainpuri LS seat and two assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh continues, state election commission has informed that till 9 am, 6.9 per cent votes were cast in Khatauli while nearly 7% votes were registered in Mainpuri.
- Dec 05, 2022 09:37 am IST
Shivpal Singh Yadav appeals to people to vote for ‘progress’ of Mainpuri
“I appeal to all the voters of Mainpuri Lok Sabha to participate enthusiastically in Mainpuri Lok Sabha by-election-2022. Your every vote is the strength of democracy. Do go to cast your vote today for progress, prosperity and all round development of Mainpuri,” Shivpal Singh Yadav tweeted Monday.
- Dec 05, 2022 09:21 am IST
11% votes cast till 9am in Bihar's Kurhani Assembly seat
As per state election commission notification, Bihar's Kurhani Assembly seat witnesses 11 per cent voter turnout till 9 am. In Kurhani, the disqualification of RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani has prompted the bypolls.
- Dec 05, 2022 08:56 am IST
SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav casts his vote, alleges electoral malpractice
- Dec 05, 2022 08:46 am IST
20,000 security personnel stationed in Mainpuri to ensure fair polling
More than 20,000 security personnel including those from central para military forces, PAC and state police have been deployed to have free and fair polling for Mainpuri lok sabha by poll.
- Dec 05, 2022 08:34 am IST
Congress candidate for Bhanupratappur, wife of deceased MLA, Savitri Mandavi casts her vote
In Chhattisgarh, Congress candidate for Bhanupratappur constituency, Savitri Mandavi casts her vote for by-poll to the assembly seat. "Atmosphere is in favour of Congress because our Govt has set standards of development. Looking at those works, people are voting for us."
- Dec 05, 2022 08:27 am IST
‘Police telling people not to vote’: Azam Khan alleges electoral malpractice
"Barbarism being done & people being arrested, beaten up. Police are going to colonies & telling people not to step out to vote. People in one colony locked up their houses and migrated in fear. They are saying it everywhere to not cast votes," SP's Azam Khan to ANI.
- Dec 05, 2022 08:20 am IST
17.42 lakh voters to decide fate of six candidates in Mainpuri seat
17.42 lakh voters will exercise their voting rights at 1756 polling booths in five assembly constituencies in Kisni, Karhal, Bhongaon and Mainpuri city within Mainpuri district and Jaswant Nagar in Etawah.
- Dec 05, 2022 07:56 am IST
PM Modi appeals to people to vote in large numbers in second phase of Gujarat election, bypolls in 5 states
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged voters to vote in large numbers in second phase of Gujarat election and bypolls happening in 5 states for seven seats. “There are also by-polls taking place in different parts of India. I urge those whose seats are witnessing these by-polls to turnout in large numbers and vote,” he said in a tweet.
- Dec 05, 2022 07:45 am IST
Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother casts vote in Saifai, says SP will win by huge margin
Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother Abhay Ram Yadav casted his vote at Abhinav Vidyalaya in Saifai, Etawah on Monday. “SP is going to win by a huge margin. There is no competition with any other political party,” he said to the news agency ANI.
- Dec 05, 2022 07:31 am IST
UP CM Yogi Adityanath appeals to voters to come out in large numbers
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, in a tweet, has appealed to voters to come out in large numbers to cast their votes in Mainpuri Lok Sabha and Rampur Sadar and Khatauli assembly seats.
- Dec 05, 2022 07:17 am IST
Mainpuri stronghold of Mulayam Singh Yadav since 1996
The Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat had been represented by Mulayam Singh Yadav since 1996 for five times until his demise while other SP nominees have won it a number of times as well.
- Dec 05, 2022 07:04 am IST
Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav to cast votes in Safai for Mainpuri bypolls
Son of late SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and party president Akhilesh Yadav along with his wife Dimple Yadav will cast their votes in UP's Safai for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll.
- Dec 05, 2022 06:49 am IST
Bypolls in Uttar Pradesh: Election Commission makes elaborate security arrangements
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has made elaborate security arrangements for fair, safe and peaceful voting in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency as well as Rampur and Khatauli assembly constituencies where by-elections will be held on Monday…read more.
- Dec 05, 2022 06:42 am IST
Now, BJP moves Election Commission ahead of Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday approached the Election Commission (EC), complaining against the “anti-social elements of the Samajwadi Party” allegedly active in Mainpuri where a Lok Sabha bypoll is scheduled for December 5…read more.
- Dec 05, 2022 06:30 am IST
High-profile campaign for Uttar Pradesh bypolls ends
Campaigning for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll as well as the Rampur Sadar and Khatauli assembly by-elections came to an end on Saturday…read more.
- Dec 05, 2022 06:09 am IST
Six assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat in 5 states to hold by-polls
Six assembly seats in five states will go to bypolls on Monday along with one Lok Sabha seat in a charged election battle.