Bypolls 2022 HIGHLIGHTS

Bypolls 2022: Polling on 1 Lok Sabha and, 6 Assembly seats including Rampur, Khatauli, Mainpuri, Sardarshahar, Padampur, Kurhani and Bhanupratappur across 5 states including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Bihar and Chhattisgarh for bypoll elections has concluded. In Mainpuri, the main contest is between Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) where SP has fielded Dimple Yadav, wife of former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav against BJP's Raghuraj Singh Shakya, a former confidant of Mulayam's brother Shivpal Singh Yadav. While, Congress has fielded Ashok Kumar for the Sardarshahar seat in Rajasthan is witnessing the battle. Kumar is the son of late MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma who held the same seat till his death which led to the vacancy in the seat. In Odisha's Padampur, Bihar's Kurhani and Bhanupratappur in Chattisgarh, the key contest is between BJP's Pradip Purohit and Biju Janta Dal(BJD)'s Barsha, JD(U) candidate has fielded Manoj Singh Kushwaha and Congress's Savitri Mandavi against BJP's Brahmanand Netam respectively. The counting of votes will take place on December 8.

Bypoll 2022 | HIGHLIGHTS

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Dec 05, 2022 5:57 PM (IST) Posted by Sree Lakshmi

Bihar by-poll: 53pc votes cast till 5 pm in Kurhani assembly seat

A total of 53 per cent of 3.11 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm in the by-election to Kurhani assembly seat in Bihar, officials said.
Dec 05, 2022 4:34 PM (IST) Posted by Sree Lakshmi

Bypoll in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur assembly segment witnessed sluggish

Bypoll in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur assembly segment witnessed sluggish polling with only 26. 32 per cent votes cast till 3 pm on Monday.
Dec 05, 2022 3:07 PM (IST) Posted by Sree Lakshmi

Uttar Pradesh: 31.64% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm, in the by-poll to the Mainpuri Parliamentary constituency
Dec 05, 2022 1:57 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Voter turnout at 1 am

37% voter turnout in Kurhani (Bihar), 46.96% in Padampur (Odisha), 36.68% in Sardashahar (Rajasthan), 19.01% in Rampur (UP), 33.20% in Khatauli and 50.83% in Bhanupratappur (Chhattisgarh) recorded till 1 pm.
Dec 05, 2022 1:42 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

People have realised that BJP is fighting polls unfairly: Dimple Yadav
Dec 05, 2022 12:34 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav casts his vote at Abhinav Vidyalaya in Saifai
Dec 05, 2022 12:31 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Bihar by-poll: 24% cast votes in first 4 hours in Kurhani assembly seat

Voting is underway on Monday for a by-poll to the Kurhani assembly seat in Bihar where 24 per cent of 3.11 lakh voters have exercised their franchise in the first four hours, an Election Commission official said. Polling began, amid tight security, at 7 am across 320 booths in the constituency, and the poll percentage stood at 24 per cent till 11 am, he said.
Dec 05, 2022 12:24 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Mainpuri, Rampur by-elections 2022: Akhilesh alleges people being prevented from casting vote

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav alleged that Mainpuri district magistrate was not responding to his calls. READ Here
Dec 05, 2022 12:00 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Voter turnout till 11 am

24% voter turnout in Kurhani (Bihar), 29.73% in Padampur (Odisha), 19.87% in Sardashahar (Rajasthan), 11.30% in Rampur (UP), 20.70% in Khatauli and 31.27% in Bhanupratappur (Chhattisgarh) recorded till 11 am.
Dec 05, 2022 11:13 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Voting for by-polls to Sardashahar assembly constituency underway

Voting for by-polls to Sardashahar assembly constituency is underway. Visuals from a polling booth in Churu.
Dec 05, 2022 10:55 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Kurhani assembly by-poll: 11 per cent voting in first 2 hrs

Voting is underway on Monday for by-poll to Kurhani assembly seat in Bihar where 11 per cent of 3.11 lakh voters have exercised their franchise in the first couple of hours, the election office said. Polling began, amid tight security, at 7 am across 320 booths in the constituency, and the poll percentage stood at 11 per cent at 9 am, it said.
Dec 05, 2022 10:44 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Odisha: Voting for by-poll for assembly Padampur Constituency underway

Odisha: Voting for by-poll for assembly Padampur Constituency is underway. Visuals from a polling booth in Deeptipur High School, Padmapur
Dec 05, 2022 10:03 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Voter turnout in by-elections

11% voter turnout in Kurhani (Bihar), 8.50% in Padampur (Odisha), 5.27% in Sardashahar (Rajasthan), 3.97% in Rampur (UP), 6.90% in Khatauli and 9.89% in Bhanupratappur (Chhattisgarh) recorded till 9 am.
Dec 05, 2022 10:00 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Uttar Pradesh | 7.08% voter turnout recorded till 9 am, in the by-poll to the Mainpuri Parliamentary constituency
Dec 05, 2022 9:47 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

SP is spreading hooliganism and misusing the administration on all the three by-election seats: K P Maurya
Dec 05, 2022 9:45 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Rampur bypoll- 3.97% polling till 9 am

Rampur bypoll registers 3.97% polling till 9 am
Dec 05, 2022 9:44 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

5.2% polling in Mainpuri Lok Sabha in first two hours till 9 am

5.2% polling in Mainpuri Lok Sabha in first two hours till 9 am
Dec 05, 2022 8:51 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Police-Administration forget that not only Yadavs but everyone votes for SP: Ram Gopal Yadav

"Police-admin doing manipulation. EC had directed that deployment for duties be randomised. But when polling parties arrived, around 2000 of the staff were stopped & held back as reserves as they had Yadav surname. They forget that not only Yadavs but everyone votes for Samajwadi Party," said SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav
Dec 05, 2022 8:27 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav cast his vote for the Mainpuri By-Election today
Dec 05, 2022 8:24 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Vote for development and prosperity of your area: Keshav Prasad Maurya
Dec 05, 2022 7:57 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Samajwadi Party patron Late Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother casts his vote in Saifai, Etawah

SP is going to win by a huge margin. There is no competition with any other political party says, Late Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother, Abhay Ram Yadav.
Dec 05, 2022 7:53 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Chhattisgarh: Voting begins for byelection in Bhanupratappur

Polling for the byelection in Maoist-hit Bhanupratappur Assembly constituency of Chhattisgarh began on Monday morning.
Dec 05, 2022 7:49 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

I urge people witnessing by-polls to turnout in large numbers and vote: PM Modi
Dec 05, 2022 7:46 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Vote for security, development and good governance: Yogi Adityanath
Dec 05, 2022 7:25 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Polling has begun and will continue till 6 pm: Official

"Polling has started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm," according to an official at the office of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer.
Dec 05, 2022 7:06 AM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra

Voting in 1 Lok Sabha, 6 assembly seats across 5 states begins

Voting for by-elections for Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and six assembly seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh begins.