Seven assembly seats across five states are seeing crucial bypoll results today after elections held in April. Key contests shaped by legacy, party prestige and multi-cornered fights could shift regional political dynamics.
The Election Commission has directed states to ensure voters face no work barriers on polling day, extending paid leave benefits even to those employed outside their constituencies.
The SEC highlighted the Nigam Chunaav Delhi app, a new QMS system to track queues, and 100% webcasting of all 580 polling stations, enabling real-time monitoring and quick resolution of minor issues.
The bye-elections took place in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam and Nagrota, Rajasthan’s Anta, Jharkhand’s Ghatshila, Telangana’s Jubilee Hills, Punjab’s Tarn Taran, Mizoram’s Dampa, and Odisha’s Nuapada.
The constituencies going to the polls include Budgam and Nagrota in Jammu and Kashmir, Anta in Rajasthan, Ghatshila in Jharkhand, Jubilee Hills in Telangana, Tarn Taran in Punjab, Dampa in Mizoram, and Nuapada in Odisha.
With announcement of results of bypolls in six Assemblies in West Bengal scheduled on Saturday, the electoral prospects of the ruling Trinamul Congress and the will be decided.
With polling officially ending at 6 pm, certain booths in Palakkad witnessed queues of voters still waiting to cast their votes.
The Election Commission on Wednesday suspended seven policemen over complaints of rigging of Uttar Pradesh bypolls.
It has been reported that the advertisement was published before the polls without obtaining permission from the Media Monitoring Committee of the Election Commission.
The high-octane, month-long public campaign for the Palakkad Assembly by-election concluded on Monday evening with grand roadshows organized by the three major political fronts—the Congress-led UDF, the CPI(M)-headed LDF, and the BJP-led NDA.
