Assembly By-polls 2019 updates: Kerala's Pala to elect new MLA after 54 years
New Delhi, Sep 23: The by-poll for Hamirpur Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, Pala in Kerala and Badharghat in Tripura is underway. The polling began at 7 AM and will end at 6 PM.
According to the office of the state chief electoral officer, the counting of votes will take place on Friday and the results will be declared on the same day.
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1:25 PM, 23 Sep
Mollywood actress Miya George arrived at Pala to cast her vote in the assembly by-poll on Monday.
1:23 PM, 23 Sep
In Kerala’s Pala 13.2 per cent electorate had cast their votes till 9 AM. The Assembly bypoll was necessitated by the death of its Kerala Congress (Mani) MLA K.M.Mani in April. Mani had represented Pala since 1965.
1:23 PM, 23 Sep
Voting underway in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada, UP’s Hamirpur, Tripura’s Bhadarghat and Kerala’s Pala constituency.
11:07 AM, 23 Sep
Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada records 12.7% voter turnout till 9 am.
11:07 AM, 23 Sep
In UP’s Hamirpur, 257 polling stations have been set up and four zonal magistrates, 36 sector magistrates and 10 static magistrates deployed to ensure free and fair polls.
11:07 AM, 23 Sep
Voting begins in all 176 booths of Pala assembly constituency
8:50 AM, 23 Sep
Tripura
Tripura: Voting has started for by-election to Badharghat assembly constituency. pic.twitter.com/Bv5EqY0SNp
— ANI (@ANI) September 23, 2019
Voting has started for by-election to Badharghat assembly constituency.
8:49 AM, 23 Sep
The Bhadarghat seat in Tripura fell vacant after the death of sitting MLA Dilip Sarkar. BJP candidate Mimi Majumder, Bulti Biswas of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Front, Congress’ Ratan Chandra Das and Mridul Kanti Sarkar of SUCI (C) are contesting against each other from the seat.
8:49 AM, 23 Sep
The Pala Assembly bypoll would be an acid test for parties as victory would give a big boost to their prospects in the by elections to five constituencies scheduled for October 21 in the state.
8:49 AM, 23 Sep
The seat is witnessing a tough fight between LDF, UDF and BJP-led NDA. While the ruling LDF has fielded NCP leader Mani C Kappen as its candidate in the constituency, Jose Tom Pulikkunnel of Kerala Congress is the candidate of Congress-led UDF. BJP’s Kottayam district president N Hari is the NDA candidate.
8:49 AM, 23 Sep
In Kerala's Pala, the by-election was necessitated following the demise of sitting legislator KM Mani (Kerala Congress-M). After the demise of KC(M) chief Mani, the party got split between Mani’s son Jose K Mani and a splinter faction led by senior leader PJ Joseph. Both the factions have accused each other of a hostile takeover of the party.
8:49 AM, 23 Sep
Around 18,000 security personnel, including from paramilitary forces, have been deployed for safety of polling booths and carrying out search operations in the forest.
8:49 AM, 23 Sep
The Congress has again fielded Devati Karma-- who narrowly lost to Bhima Mandavi in 2018-- while the BJP has given ticket to the slain leader’s wife Ojaswi Mandavi. Seven other candidates are also in the fray.
8:49 AM, 23 Sep
Dantewada seat in Chhattisgarh was necessitated following the death of BJP legislator Bhima Mandavi killed in a Maoist attack on April 9 just three before parliamentary elections.
8:48 AM, 23 Sep
Hamirpur constituency is witnessing a four-cornered contest, between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party and the Congress candidates. Nine candidates are in the fray and prominent among them are Yuwraj Singh (BJP), Hardeepak Nishad (Congress), Manoj Kumar Prajapati (SP), Naushad Ali (BSP) and Jamal Alam Mansoori (Communist Party of India).
8:48 AM, 23 Sep
The by-election in Hamirpur was necessitated following the conviction of former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ashok Chandel in a murder case. He was awarded life imprisonment in the murder case of five persons.