The move is aimed at ensuring free and fair polls, in exercise of the plenary powers conferred on it by Article 324 of the Constitution and Section 20B of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the poll panel said in a press note on Sunday.
Announcing the boycott of the February 5 byelection to the Tamil Nadu assembly from Erode (East) constituency, the principal opposition AIADMK and its ally the DMDK have said the decision to opt out of the contest was taken since the ruling DMK would not allow the people to vote freely as was the case in the past bypolls.
In Palakkad, more voters supported the LDF compared to previous elections. “Although the United Democratic Front (UDF) managed to retain Palakkad with the support of communal forces, the LDF candidate received more votes than before,” he remarked.
The by-elections being held to nine assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh is being seen as a litmus test for the future assembly elections to be held in 2027. With Congress out of the fray, it is now directly linked to the prestige of SP-BJP stalwarts in this by-election.
The Congress faces the task of defending six of the seven seats going to the polls next month, while the BJP aims to win back only one seat: Salumbar (ST).
MP Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav, State BJP Chief V D Sharma, and other senior BJP leaders reached Vijaypur the Morena district to accompany Ramniwas Rawat during his nomination filing process.
The election process for the November 13 by-polls in seven seats of the Rajasthan State Assembly began on Friday with the issuance of the requisite notification by the Election Commission.
Being held without PM in the forefront, the result of the by-elections to the Bardinath and Manglaur constituencies will reflect the performance of governance of the ruling BJP.
These elections were necessitated after the State Legislative Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania accepted the resignation of the three independent MLAs, K L Thakur of Nalagarh, Hoshyar Singh of Dehra, and Ashish Sharma of Hamirpur on June 3.
PM Modi urged people to come out and vote in large numbers as voting for`byelections in Punjab , UP, Odisha and Meghalaya commenced.
