At the site of the counting centre (Express photo by Amit Chakravarty)Mumbai News Live Updates, Andheri East bypolls, November 6 2022: The counting of votes in the Andheri East Bypoll elections is underway with Shiv Sena candidate Rutuja Latke leading in the eighth round of counting, followed by 943 votes in favor of NOTA in the eighth round.
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The eight round of counting in the Andheri East bypoll elections revealed Rutuja Latke to have led with 4078 votes. A total 943 votes were in favor of NOTA.
In the 2019 assembly elections, 4303 votes were in favor of NOTA. This number is comparatively lesser than this year's record of 5655 votes till the eighth round.
Till the eighth round, the poll percentage of NOTA in Andheri east bypoll was 14.7 per cent.
Shiv Sena candidate Rutuja Latke got 3865 votes in the seventh round followed by NOTA with 374 votes. Votes in favor of NOTA surpassed the 2019 assembly elections.
Rutuja Latke garnered a total of 3812 votes in the sixth round of the Andheri East bypolls. A total of 28447 votes were counted so far. NOTA got a total of 479 votes in the sixth round of counting, the highest following Latke.
Shiv Sena's Rutuja Latke led with a total vote count of 2630 in the fifth round of the Andheri East Bypoll elections. 279 votes were in favor of NOTA in this round. The total votes counted so far were 23,771.
Shiv Sena candidate Rutuja Latke continued to lead the bypoll elections with 3287 votes, followed by NOTA with 613 votes. The Sena had alleged that the opposition including BJP and its allies had campaigned for NOTA.
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Shiv Sena candidate Rutuja Latke led the third round of counting in the Andheri East bypoll elections. Latke got a total of 3544 votes followed by NOTA with 1497 votes.
Rutuja Latke led with a total of 3540 votes in the second round of the Andheri East bypolls. 848 votes were in favor of NOTA.
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Rutuja Latke led the first round of voting with a total 4,277 votes. Bala Venkatesh Vinayak Nadar followed with a total of 222 votes. 622 votes were in favor of NOTA.
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With a total of 2,71,502 voters in the constituency, the voting for the bypoll took place on November 3. The polling percentage was 31.74 per cent that was far less compared to the previous elections in the constituency. In 2019, the voting percentage was 53.82 per cent ; 2014 at 53.45 per cent ; 2009 had a polling percentage of 49.70 per cent.
In the Andheri east bypoll, the counting of postal votes has ended. The Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) vote counting has begun. In total, there will be 19 rounds of counting.
Rutuja Latke is expected to win the Andheri assembly bypoll.
However the NOTA (none of the above) votes will be significant in the bypolls as the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had alleged that voters were being paid to choose the NOTA option and some parties had even campaigned for the NOTA.
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A total of seven candidates, including the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction’s Rutuja Latke, are competing in the bypoll. Rituja Ramesh Latke (Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Bala Venkatesh Vinayak Nadar (Aapki Apni Party - People's), Manoj Nayak (Right to Recall Party), Neena Khedekar (Independent), Farhana Siraj Syed (Independent), Milind Kamble (Independent), Rajesh Tripathi (Independent) are the candidates.
The voting for the bypoll took place on November 3 with a total 31.74 percent polling that was far less compared to the previous elections.
Taking on Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said that while the under construction memorial of late Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray will have photos of all chief ministers belonging to the party, there will be no place for those “impersonating in the name of Sena”.
“Photos of all CMs from Shiv Sena will be there in the memorial but not of those who are impersonating… using the name of Shiv Sena,” Uddhav said at a press conference that was also attended by his son and Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray and former minister Subhash Desai. Read more...
The counting of votes began for the the Andheri East bypoll today. A total of seven candidates, including the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction’s Rutuja Latke, are in the fray.
The bypoll, which was necessitated after the sudden demise of Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke in May this year, is significant for the Thackeray-led Sena as it is the first election after the split in the party following a rebellion spearheaded by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and other MLAs.