The counting of votes for the by-elections to 1 Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal’s Asansol and 4 Assembly seats in Ballygunge in Bengal, Khairagarh in Chhattisgarh, Bochahan in Bihar and Kolhapur North in Maharashtra will likely be taken up on Saturday.
For the BJP, it could be a problem to retain the Asansol seat and spring a shock in Ballygunge constituency, a TMC stronghold. For the ruling TMC, it’s a litmus take a look at to win the Asansol constituency for the primary time and retain the Ballygunge seat.
The polling on all 5 seats was held on April 12. While Asansol recorded a turnout of 64.03 per cent, Ballygunge meeting constituency noticed a fair decrease turnout of 41 per cent.
BJP’s Lok Sabha bypoll candidate Agnimitra Paul alleged that TMC staff thrashed her safety personnel and pelted stones at her convoy in the course of the day. The TMC, however, alleged that Paul and her safety personnel tried to create disturbance within the space.
The Asansol seat fell vacant after former Union minister Babul Supriyo resigned because the BJP Member of Parliament from the seat from the place he received the election in 2014 and the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. He has been made the TMC candidate from the Ballygunge Assembly constituency in Kolkata, which fell vacant after the demise of former state minister and veteran occasion chief Subrata Mukherjee in November final yr.
The bypoll to the Bochahan meeting seat in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur was necessitated by the loss of life of MLA Musafir Paswan, who had received on the ticket of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) of Bollywood set designer-turned-politician Mukesh Sahani.
Sahani, who initially wished to subject the deceased MLA’s son Amar, just lately misplaced his ministerial berth, and subsequently the belief of his potential candidate. Amar jumped ship and is now within the fray because the candidate of the RJD, which his father had defeated to win the seat.
Sahani has now fielded Gita Devi, whose father Ramai Ram was the RJD candidate within the 2020 meeting polls.
The BJP, the previous benefactor of Sahani which now seeks to show a degree after having bought his scalp, has fielded Baby Kumari who enjoys the picture of an enormous killer within the constituency.
She had received the seat in 2015, contesting as an Independent, defeating Ramai Ram who had represented Bochahan a number of occasions and on tickets of assorted events.
For the bypoll in Khairagarh meeting constituency seat in Chhattisgarh, the ruling Congress and opposition BJP are locked in a straight battle. A complete of 10 candidates are within the fray.
The bypoll was necessitated following the loss of life of JCC (J) legislator and former MP Devvrat Singh final November.
The Kolhapur North meeting section fell vacant after the loss of life of Congress’s Chandrakant Kadam in December 2021. Jadhav had defeated Shiv Sena’s Rajan Kshirsagar within the 2019 polls.
Congress has fielded Kadam’s spouse Jayashree and BJP has fielded Satyajit Shivaji Kadam- nephew of occasion spokesperson Dhananjay Mahadik as its candidate. The outcomes will likely be declared on April 16.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”