Even when the focus of the nation is on the outcome of the Bihar Assembly elections, bypoll results 2020 to 56 assembly seats in 11 states, which also has political significance would be declared on Tuesday.
Bypolls to the states of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh took place on November 3 and November 7.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the bypolls saw a healthy voter turnout. The stakes are high for both the BJP and the Congress in these elections, which are considered a litmus test for both the parties.
The counting of votes and results on individual seats will be live on the Election Commission of India's website - eciresults.nic.in, eci.gov.in and results.eci.gov.in.
The counting will begin at 8 AM on Tuesday maintaining the Election Commission's COVID-19 guidelines
The bypoll results would decide the fate of the Madhya Pradesh's Shivraj Singh Chouhan government.
In Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP needs at least eight more MLAs for a simple majority in the state Assembly, while the Congress will be hoping to regain its turf as it had sitting MLAs in 27 seats out of 28 in the state where bypolls were held.
The Congress had sitting MLAs in 42 seats out of 58, while the BJP had seven. The saffron party is fielding over 30 candidates who had won from the Congress ticket but switched sides and resigned, necessitating the bypolls.
The counting will be held in 19 districts. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 70.27 percent voter turnout was recorded during the bypolls which were contested by 355 candidates, including 12 ministers.
The BJP with 107 MLAs in MP assembly with an effective strength of 229 needs eight more MLAs for a simple majority. The Congress has 87 legislators in the House.
In country's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, the BJP is contesting bypolls on seven seats, six of which it had won in the last election while one was with the Samajwadi Party.
As many as 88 candidates are contesting in Naugaon Sadat, Tundla, Bangarmau, Bulandshahr, Deoria, Ghatampur and Malhani seats in UP. Barring Malhani, which was with the SP, the other seats were with the ruling BJP.
Counting of votes will be held in eight seats in Gujarat, four seats in Manipur, and one seat in Haryana, all of which were with the Congress; one seat in Chhattisgarh which was with Ajit Jogi's Janata Congress; two seats in Jharkhand which were held by the Congress and its ally JMM; and two seats in Karnataka which were with Congress and the JD(S).
The votes will also be counted in two seats in Nagaland held by NPF and NDPP, one seat in Telangana, which was with the TRS, and two seats in Odisha held by the BJD and BJP.
For Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha by-polls in Bihar, the counting will take place on Tuesday.
With a total of 63 Assembly seats vacant across the country, the Election Commission decided not to hold bypolls at this stage in the remaining seven seats. These vacant seats are in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and West Bengal, all of which are scheduled to get new assemblies next year.