Counting of votes is going on for the by-elections held in 3 Lok Sabha and 29 assembly seats in 13 states and union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the country. Counting of by-elections for assembly constituencies in 14 states is underway. YSRCP is leading on 1 seat in Andhra Pradesh, BJP on 3 seats in Assam and UPPL on 2 seats. JDU and RJD are leading in one seat each in Bihar. At the same time, INLD is leading on 1 seat in Haryana. Here, BJP candidates are leading in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. At the same time, Shiv Sena candidate is ahead in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
By-elections were held for 29 assembly seats including three Lok Sabha seats vacant in Mandi, Khandwa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. In the 13 states that contested for 29 assembly seats, five seats were in Assam, four in West Bengal, three each in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, while Bihar, Karnataka and Rajasthan had two seats each. However, one each from Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Mizoram and Telangana.
Talk about the by-elections in three Lok Sabha seats, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mandi of Himachal Pradesh and Khandwa of Madhya Pradesh, after the death of the sitting members of the three Lok Sabha seats. By-elections are being held for the vacant seats. Mandi seat fell vacant after the death of Ram Swaroop Sharma (BJP) MP. At the same time, Khandwa parliamentary seat fell vacant after the death of BJP MP Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan. Whereas, Dadra and Nagar Haveli was vacated by the death of Independent Lok Sabha member Mohan Delkar.
Kalaben Delkar, the wife of independent late MP Mohan Delkar, is contesting as a Shiv Sena candidate in Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha seat. He is pitted against Mahesh Gavit of BJP and Mahesh Dhodi of Congress. At the same time, there is a contest between BJP candidate Dnyaneshwar Patil and Congress candidate Rajnarayan Singh Purani in the Khandwa by-election. Whereas, Pratibha Singh is contesting against BJP's Khushal Singh Thakur in Mandi.
Talking about the assembly by-elections, there is an important contest in Kusheshwarsthan and Tarapur in Bihar. Here there is a close fight between RJD and JDU. At the same time, in West Bengal, TMC leader Udayan Guha is trying to win the Dinhata seat again. Here TMC is competing with BJP. The ruling BJP in Assam is facing tough competition from Congress. At the same time, elections are being held in Haryana due to the resignation of INLD leader Abhay Chautala in protest against three agricultural laws. Here INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala's son is pitted against Congress candidate Pawan Beniwal and BJP-JJP candidate Gobind Kanda.
