June 23: Bi-election for 3 Lok Sabha and 7 Assembly seats are taking place across 6 States on Thursday.
The results of these votes will be announced on 26 June.
Punjab’s Sangrur Lok Sabha seat bi-poll
Amid tight security, the polling began here at 8 am and will continue till 6 pm, officials said, adding the counting of votes will be taken up on June 26. A total of 16 candidates, including 3 women, are in the fray.
The bi-polls come at a time when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is facing Opposition heat over the law and order issue and the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.
The Sangrur Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after Bhagwant Mann resigned as MP after winning Dhuri seat in the February 20 Assembly polls. The CM had won the Sangrur seat in 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections.
Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh and Rampur bi-polls
Polling began on Thursday morning in UP’s Azamgarh and Rampur. These Lok Sabha Seats considered as the bastions of the Opposition Samajwadi Party.
Over 35 lakh people are eligible voters to vote in the bi-polls and will be deciding the fate of 19 candidates.
The bi-polls to the Azamgarh seat were necessitated by the resignation of Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav, who was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly as an MLA in the elections earlier this year.
Rajinder Nagar bi-poll in Delhi
Polling began at 7 AM amid tight security and is scheduled to be held till 6 PM. “Mock polls were held at all polling stations, and voting is going on. Actor Sonam Kapoor has released a video message to appeal voters to exercise their franchise” Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh.
The bi-poll was necessitated in the wake of AAP leader Raghav Chadha leaving the seat after being elected to the Rajya Sabha recently.
Jharkhand: Mandar bi-polls underway
Polling is underway for the bi-election in Mandar assembly constituency in Ranchi district amid tight security.
Voting is going on in 433 polling booths from 7 am to 4 pm.
The Congress has fielded Shilpi Neha Tirkey, daughter of Bandhu Tirkey, while the BJP has pitted former MLA Gangotri Kujur against her. BJP rebel candidate Deo Kumar Dhan is contesting the election as an independent candidate supported by All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
It was Bandhu Tirkey who had won the seat in 2019 but was disqualified following his conviction in a disproportionate assets case, necessitating the bi-poll.
Polling begins for bi-elections to 4 Tripura assembly seats
Bi-elections to 4 assembly seats in Tripura began at 7 AM on Thursday amid tight security arrangements.
Polling to the Agartala, Town Bardowali, Surma and Jubarajnagar seats is taking place in 221 booths, and it will continue till 5 PM.
The bi-elections in Agartala and Town Bardowali constituencies were necessitated after Sudip Roy Barman and Asish Saha quit as BJP MLAs and joined the Congress in February.
Surma seat in Dhalai district fell vacant after BJP legislator, Asish Das, was disqualified by Speaker Ratan Chakraborty and bi-poll to Jubarajnagar was necessitated following the death to sitting CPI(M) MLA Ramendra Chandra Debnath.
Chief Minister Manik Saha, who is not a member of the assembly, is contesting from Town Bardowali constituency against Congress nominee Asish Saha.
