Chikkaballapur Constituency Result: BJP's K Sudhakar won the seat with a comfortable margin of 34, 801 votes against Congress' M Anjanappa. In the 2018 assembly elections, this seat was won by INC candidate Dr. K. Sudhakar.
The future of the four-month-old B S Yedyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka will be clear today when the counting of votes in the crucial byelections to 15 assembly constituencies is taken up.
Several BJP leaders in Karnataka, including Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, on Saturday, exuded confidence about the party's prospects of winning the December 5 by-polls to 15 assembly seats, the outcome of which will have a bearing on the government led by him. The results will be declared on December 9.
In a major boost for the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, the party on Thursday bagged all the three assembly seats where bypolls were held on November 25 by trouncing the BJP. The TMC won the Kaliaganj, Kharagpur Sadar and Karimpur bypolls. The BJP emerged in the second position in all the three seats.
The Congress on Saturday released a list of six candidates for the December 5 assembly bypolls in Karnataka. The party has fielded Gajanan Balachandra Mangasuli from Athani, Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage from Kagwad and Lakhan Jarkiholi from Gokak.
The court on Wednesday struck down the portion of the order of then-Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar by which the legislators were disqualified till the end of the 15th Karnataka Assembly and said they can become ministers or hold public office if elected in the December 5 bypolls
The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the 15 by-elections in Karnataka on December 5 will be re-enforced from Monday
Ahead of the model code of conduct coming into effect from Monday in the 15 assembly constituencies where by-polls are scheduled, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar said the preparations were afoot for the smooth conduct of elections on December 5. The model code of conduct shall come into force from November 11 in the district or districts in which the whole or any part of the assembly constituency going for byelection is included, Kumar told reporters on Sunday.
Kharagpur Sadar in West Midnapore district, Karimpur in Nadia and Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district are the three West Bengal constituencies heading for by-elections this month.
The CPI-M on Thursday wrested the Konni assembly constituency in Kerala from the Congress party, which held it for the last 23 years, as party candidate K.U. Jenish emerged victorious with a margin of 9,953 votes, poll officials said.
Ernakulam Election Result: Trends from Kerala's Ernakulam show that Congress party is leading in the bypolls from Ernakulam constituency. INC's Vinod has secured 37,888 votes (42.13%).
Trends coming from Tamil Nadu regarding the bypolls in two seats of Vikravandi and Nanuguri show that AIADMK has taken lead in both the seats.
In the Martam Rumtek Assembly seat, Sonam TSH Venchungpa of the BJP is leading over his nearest rival Nuk Tshering Bhutia of the SDF by 5,977 votes.
The main contest is between Rajman Benzam of the Congress and Lachhuram Kashyap of the BJP.
On the expected lines, at Ernakulam, Congress candidate T.J. Vinod is leading by 365 votes against Left supported independent candidate Manu Roy.
After two rounds of counting, United Democratic Party (UDP) candidate, Balajied Kupar Synrem is leading by 5,400 votes.
Men and women in large numbers queued up in front of the 58 polling stations well before voting began at 7 a.m., an election official said.
Election Commission had set up 229 polling booths and deployed about 4,500 extra troopers to allow 167,911 electors including 88,626 women to exercise their franchise to seal the fate of six candidates.
A total of 55.66 per cent was reported in Mandava till 3 pm while Khinvsar registered 49.95 per cent of voting till the same time on Monday.
Brisk polling is recorded in the first six hours in the three Sikkim Assembly constituencies where bye-elections are underway on Monday, election officials said.
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