By-polls held in three Lok Sabha, 33 Assembly seats today
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IBNS): By-polls are being held in three Lok Sabha constituencies and 33 Assembly segments across 10 states on Saturday.
Gujarat’s Vadodara constituency which was vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is undergoing a by-election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Ranjan Ben Bhatta in Vadodara against Narendra Rawat of the Congress.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s grand nephew Tej Pratap Yadav, a Leeds University graduate, is debuting as the party’s candidate from Mainpuri seat, a constituency vacated by the SP supremo as he retained Azamgarh.
By-elections are also being held to the Medak Lok Sabha (LS) seat vacated by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao after he became the first Chief Minister of newly-born state of Telangana.
Polling is taking place in 13 assembly seats in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal. The counting will take place on Tuesday.
In West Bengal, Chowringhee and Basirhat Assembly seats are witnessing by-election on Saturday.
Top Headlines
-
News
PE firm TA Associates' strategic investment in VeeHealthtek
November 19, 2024
-
News
Manipur unrest: Civil society sets 24-hr deadline for BJP MLAs to take 'decisive action'
November 19, 2024
-
News
Delhi chokes as air quality remains in 'severe plus' category amid curb on several daily activities
November 19, 2024
-
News
Keir Starmer meets Narendra Modi in Brazil, announces relaunch of UK-India free trade agreement talks
November 19, 2024
-
News
Tirumala trust asks non-Hindu staffers to retire or opt for transfer
November 19, 2024
-
News
Manipur's unabated violence kills 1 more in Jiribam, Amit Shah schedules meeting today
November 18, 2024
-
News
Former Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot joins BJP a day after quitting AAP
November 18, 2024
-
News
Delhi records season's worst AQI, train and flight services hit, schools shifted to online mode
November 18, 2024
-
News
Bengal: 17 arrested in clashes between two groups in Murshidabad's Beldanga over Kartik Puja pandal row
November 18, 2024
-
News
DRDO conducts successful flight-trial of first long-range hypersonic missile
November 17, 2024