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Bypolls result LIVE Updates: Counting of votes for 7 Assembly seats in 6 states today

1 min read . Updated: 06 Nov 2022, 08:11 AM IST Livemint

Election Commission will declare the bypoll results of seven assembly seats across six states on Sunday. (HT_PRINT) — Election Commission will declare the bypoll results of seven assembly seats across six states on Sunday. **(HT_PRINT)**

Bypoll result LIVE: The counting of votes in the by-elections to the seven Assembly constituencies spread across six states will be held today

The bypoll results of seven assembly seats across six states (Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Haryana, Odisha and Bihar) will be declared on Sunday. The fierce battle is between Bharatiya Janata Party and regional parties such as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Livemint is closely following the events as they unfold. Stay tuned for live updates.

06 Nov 2022, 08:11:47 AM IST

Bihar: Counting of votes to begin at 8 am for Mokama and Gopalganj assembly seats

The Mokama seat fell vacant as RJD MLA Anant Singh was disqualified after his conviction in an Arms Act case, while the by-election in Gopalganj was necessitated due to the death of BJP MLA Subhash Singh.

BJP leader Kusum Devi is pitted against RJD's Mohan Gupta in Gopalganj. In Mokama, BJP nominee Sonam Devi is up against RJD's Neelam Devi, the wife of Anant Sigh.

Mokama has been the stronghold of Anant Singh since 2005. He won the seat twice on JD(U) tickets. He fought as an RJD candidate in the 2020 elections and retained the seat. But, was disqualified following his conviction.

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