Bypoll Assembly Election Result 2019 LIVE Updates: Counting begins for four Assembly seats in Goa

Live updates of the 2019 Assembly bypolls. Counting of votes will happen today.

Counting in Assembly constituencies of Panaji, Mandrem and Mapusa, which fall under North Goa district, and Shiroda in South Goa district has begun.
How do the numbers stack up in Tamil Nadu?

The AIADMK has a strength of 113 minus the Speaker in the 234 member house with 22 vacancies. The simple majority in the full house is 117.

DMK is banking on the by-elections to have a shot at capturing power in the state. The party, along with its allies, including Congress, has 97 MLAs against AIADMK's 114 in the 234-member assembly with 22 vacancies.

AIADMK would require a significant number of seats to remain in power even as rival leader, AMMK founder T T V Dhinakaran, has threatened to play spoilsport to Palaniswami's chances to continue in power.

On Thursday, results will also be out for 38 of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state, with the election to Vellore being cancelled following recovery of huge amount of cash. Over 800 candidates are testing their fortunes from the 38 Lok Sabha seats and another 406 from the by-polls.

– PTI
Today, all eyes will be on the results of the bypolls to 22 Assembly seats, since the outcome will decide whether the Palaniswami government is here to stay or not.

While exit polls have forecast a second saffron surge in the country in five years, mainly in the Hindi heartland that will enable a successive term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they have predicted a good show by Congress-ally DMK in the state.

The exit polls have painted a bleak picture for the AIADMK, even as the ruling party keeps a nervous eye on the bypolls to know its fate. However, both AIADMK and DMK have dismissed the exit polls. While bypolls to 18 of the total 22 vacant assembly seats were held on April 18, the rest went to the hustings on May 21.
Bypoll results from Tamil Nadu will be closely watched by political pundits. By-elections for 22 Assembly seats will decide the fate of the E Palaniswami-led All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) state government.
These polls were conducted by the Election Commission of India (EC).
Voting in these Assembly constituencies happened over the last month and a half (between April 11 and May 19) along with the Lok Sabha elections. They went through by-elections for various reasons.
These bypolls were held in 46 Assembly constituencies across 13 states to elect new Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs).

The 46 Assembly seats are spread across the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Nagaland, Puducherry, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Good morning! Welcome to Moneycontrol's live coverage of the 2019 Assembly bypoll results. This live blog will track the latest developments from vote counting through the day. Counting of votes in these constituencies will happen today.