Bye-election News
The EC on Friday issued fresh guidelines for the conduct of the general election and bye-election during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
The commission announced the guidelines after taking views and suggestions of various political parties, chief electoral officers of states and UTs.
The poll watchdog has revised the norms of the number of persons accompanying the candidate and the number of vehicles at the time of nomination.
The BJP and the opposition Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) are contesting in all the 15 seats separately that will lead to triangular fights.
BJP candidate Vishal Nehriya won Dharamsala by a margin of 6,673 votes. He defeated his nearest rival Rakesh Kumar, an independent candidate. Congress candidate Vijay Inder Karan was in third place.
Pradhan Baruah was a four-time MLA and had joined the BJP from Congress late last year.
With barely two days remaining for campaigning to end for bye-election to Hayuliang Assembly constituency in remote Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, the heat and dust of electioneering is gaining momentum with both the women candidates trying their best to woo voters.
Bye-election to one assembly constituency in Telangana will be held on February 13.
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