In Assam, 31 candidates are in the fray, of whom eight each are in Gossaigaon and Bhabanipur, six in Tamulpur, five in Thowra and four in Mariani.Himachal Pradesh, Assam Bypolls Results 2021 Live Coverage: Counting of votes for Mandi Lok Sabha and eight assembly seats spread across Himachal Pradesh and Assam is underway in the states today. An estimated 73.38 per cent of electors voted in bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies in Assam on October 30. The assembly constituencies are Gossaigaon, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Mariani and Thowra. The Bhabanipur seat had recorded the highest voter turnout of 78 per cent, followed by Gossaigaon (77.37 per cent), Thowra (75.07 per cent) and Mariani (69.81 per cent) and Tamulpur (67.88 per cent). In Himachal Pradesh, the Jubbal-Kotkhai seat registered the highest polling percentage of 78.75 while the lowest voter turnout of 57.73 per cent was recorded in the Mandi Lok Sabha seat. The polling percentage in Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai were 66.2, 64.97 and 78.75 respectively.
In Assam, 31 candidates are in the fray, of whom eight each are in Gossaigaon and Bhabanipur, six in Tamulpur, five in Thowra and four in Mariani. The five seats fell vacant due to resignations and the deaths of legislators. The BJP has fielded its candidates in three seats leaving the other two to alliance partner UPPL. The Congress put up nominees in all five. The prominent contestants include Rupjyoti Kurmi, Sushanta Borgohain, Phanidhar Talukdar (all BJP); Luhit Konwar and Jowel Tudu (both Congress); Jubbar Ali and Khairul Anam Khandakar (both AIUDF) and Jiron Basumatary of the UPPL. In Himachal Pradesh, a direct contest is expected between the ruling BJP and the Congress on all the seats except Jubbal-Kotkhai, where rebel BJP candidate Chetan Singh Bragta is also in the fray as an Independent. A direct contest is expected in Mandi between Pratibha Singh, the wife of late chief minister Virbhadra Singh, and Kargil war hero Brigadier Khushal Singh Thakur of the BJP. A total of six candidates, including Ambika Shyam of the Rashtriya Lokniti Party, Munshi Ram Thakur of the Himachal Jankranti Party and Independents Anil Kumar and Subhash Mohan Snehi, are in the fray in Mandi.
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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress widens its lead from Mandi parliamentary seat. Congress candidate Pratibha Singh gets 3,65,650 votes while the BJP candidate Khushal Thakur gets 3,56,884 votes.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress leading from all three seats. Congress candidate Sanjay leads by over 5 thousand votes from Arki; Congress 23792; BJP 18745. In Fatehpur, Cogress candidate Bhawani Singh Pathania leads by over 4000 votes - Congress 19637 and BJP 15038. From JUBBAL-KOTKHAI, Congress candidate Rohit Thakur leads by around 6 thousand votes from nearest rival independen candidate (BJP rebel) Chetan Singh Bragta: latest tally - Congress 29447, Chetan Singh 23344 and BJP 2584.
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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress now leads on all three assembly and Mandi parliament seat. If this translates into result, it will be a big setback for the BJP ahead of next year's assembly polls.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress candidate Sanjay Awasthi leads by 3,895 votes from Arki seat after 15th rounds of counting. Congress’s Pratibha Singh leading from Mandi Parliamentary seat. She has got 2,96,673 votes while the BJP’s Khushal Thakur has got 2,89,362 votes so far
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Fatehpur seat- BJP’s Baldev Thakur gets 10,504 votes; Congress’s Bhawani Singh Pathania 9,643; Rajan Sushant Independent 5,846 after 11 round of talks.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress candidate Pratibha Singh gets 2,96,673; BJP’s Khushal Thakur 2,89,362 votes after latest round
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Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress leading from Mandi parliamentary seat
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Baldev Thakur of BJP leads from Fathepur seat after 7th round. BJP 6,844 votes; Congress 5,872 votes; Independent: 3,345 votes.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress leaves BJP behind as its candidate Pratibha Singh now leads from Mandi Lok Sabha seat by 6006 votes
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: After 5th round, BJP candidate Baldev Thakur takes a lead of 600 votes over Congress candidate Bhawani Singh Pathania from Fatehpur Assembly seat.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: The BJP is leading in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi parliamentary seat and Congress from three assembly seats of Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbai-Kothkai.
Assam Assembly Bypolls Results Live: NDA maintains lead on all 5 seats.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress candidate Sanjay Awasthi ahead by 2,239 votes after fifth round from Arki Assembly seat
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: BJP rebel and independent candidate Chetan Bragta leading by 337 votes from Jubbal Kotkhai after third round.
Assam Assembly Bypolls Results Live: BJP candidate Rupjyoti Kurmi leading from Mariani seat. Kurmi had joined the BJP after resigning as a Congress MLA. BJP ally United Peoples Party Liberal (UPPL) candidates leading in Gossaigaon and Tamulpur. NDA candidates leading from all 5 seats - BJP leading in 3, UPPL in 2.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress candidate Sanjay Awasthi leading by 1,364 votes after third round from Arki
Assam Bypolls Result Live News: BJP candidates Phanidhar Talukdar leading from Bhabanipur, Sushanta Borgohain leading from Thawra after first round
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress' Bhawani Singh Pathania leading by 100 votes after first round from Fatehpur seat
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: BJP ahead by 4,099 votes after second round in Mandi Lok Sabha constituency. Congress candidate Pratibha Singh was leading by 1,629 votes from Mandi parliamentary constituency in the first round.
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Rebel BJP leader Chetan Bragta leading by 320 votes after second round from Jubbal-Kotkhai seat
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress candidate Sanjay Awasthi leads by 735 votes after first round in Arki Assembly segment
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HP, Assam Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Counting underway for 9 seats which went to bypolls on October 30. The seats are Mandi Parliamentary constituency, Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai in Himachal Pradesh and Gossaigaon, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Mariani and Thowra in Assam.