New Delhi: Counting of votes for the by-elections to one Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal’s Asansol and four assembly seats in Bengal’s Ballygunge, Khairagarh in Chhattisgarh, Bochahan in Bihar, and Kolhapur North in Maharashtra have begun.
The Polling for the Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge Assembly byelections in West Bengal were marked by several instances of violence.
In Asansol, the TMC fielded actor Shatrughan Sinha in Asansol, while the BJP has nominated Asansol Dakshin MLA Agnimitra Paul from the constituency.
For the Ballygunge Assembly bypoll, the BJP has fielded Keya Ghosh while TMC fielded Babul Supriyo.
The Asansol bypolls were necessitated after former Union Minister Babul Supriyo resigned as the Lok Sabha MP of Asansol after resigning from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He later joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
The Ballygunge Assembly seat bypoll was necessitated after the demise of state Minister Subrata Mukherjee.
Chhattisgarh
The counting of votes in the Khairagarh Assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh is at a godown of the State Seeds Development Corporation. A large posse of security personnel, including from paramilitary units, have been deployed, the district official said.
The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) MLA Devvrat Singh.
Maharashtra
The bypoll in Kolhapur was necessitated following the death of sitting Congress MLA Chandrakant Jadhav due to Covid-19 in December 2021.
Bihar
Bypoll to the seat was necessitated by the death of MLA Musafir Paswan, who had won on the ticket of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) of Bollywood set designer-turned-politician Mukesh Sahani.
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