Rajasthan: Bypolls to be held for six Assembly seats after death of Salumbar MLA Amritlal Meena
Rajasthan: Amrit Lal Meena, the BJP MLA from Salumbar in Rajasthan's Udaipur division, has died of a cardiac arrest. He was 65. Meena was taken to MB Government Hospital in Udaipur after complaining of chest pain on August 7.
Rajasthan news: The bypolls in Rajasthan will be now held for the six Assembly seats after the death of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Amritlal Meena, who represented the Salumbar seat. Five seats remain vacant in the state since Lok Sabha polls as the MLAs who contested the general elections emerged winners. However, with the death of Meena, the number of vacant seats in the Assembly has increased to six. Sources said that the bypolls for six seats can be held in October along with the Haryana assembly polls.
Earlier five seats which were going for bypolls included-
- Khinvsar
- Jhunjhunu
- Dausa
- Deoli-Uniara
- Chaurasi
Anouncement already made for in-charges name
BJP has already announced in-charges for the five seats which were going to bypolls. “Now the in-charge for Salumbar will be announced soon,” a party leader said.
In the 2023 elections, the BJP won the Salumbar seat by 14,691 votes while in Khinvsar the BJP lost by 2,059 votes. In Chaurasi, the BJP was defeated by 69,166 votes while in Dausa BJP was again defeated by 31,204 votes.
In Jhunjhunu, BJP was defeated by 28,863 votes while in Deoli-Uniara, the BJP lost by 19,175 votes.
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