Assembly bye-polls: Voting underway in 13 seats across seven states
These are the first bye-polls that are taking place after the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
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Voting for bye-elections is underway in 13 Assembly constituencies in seven states on Wednesday. These are the first bye-polls that are taking place after the 2024 Lok Sabha election, in which the National Democratic Alliance retained power with a reduced majority.
Voting is taking place in Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda and Maniktala in West Bengal; Badrinath and Manglaur in Uttarakhand, Jalandhar West in Punjab Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh, Rupauli in Bihar, Vikravandi in Tamil Nadu and Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh.
The counting of votes will take place on July 13.
West Bengal
Bye-elections are being held in Maniktala on account of the death of sitting Trinamool Congres MLA Sadhan Pandey in 2022. Bye-polls are being held in Raiganj, Bagdah and Ranaghat Dakshin as the BJP MLAs from these seats switched to the Trinamool Congress and contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
The BJP MLAs who switched sides were Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj, Biswajit Das from Bagdah and Mukut Mani Adhikari from Ranaghat Dakshin. All three contested the Lok Sabha election on Trinamool Congress tickets but lost to the BJP.
The Trinamool Congress has fielded Kalyani from Raiganj and Adhikari from Ranaghat Dakshin for the Assembly bye-election. From Bagdah, the party has nominated Madhuparna Thakur as Das reportedly did not...
