Gujarat bypolls News
The Visavadar seat in Junagadh district, which has been lying vacant since December 2023 when Bhupendra Bhayani resigned as the AAP MLA and joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The popularity of former Congress MLAs who joined the BJP will be decided when votes polled for by-elections to eight Assembly constituencies in Gujarat will be counted on Tuesday.
The last date for nomination will be September 30 while the last date for withdrawal of nominations will be October 3.
BJP candidate and EAM S Jaishankar got 104 votes in his favour as against Congress rival Gaurav Pandya who got 70 votes.
The seats fell vacant following the election of Amit Shah and Smriti Irani to Lok Sabha in May this year.
Congress on Wednesday announced the name of three candidates for Gujarat bye-elections which will be held alongside the Lok Sabha election 2019.
The constituency has 2.32 lakh registered voters.
The byelection, which was held on December 20, has become a battle of prestige for the ruling party ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
The constituency has 2.32 lakh registered voters.
The polling on the seat was held on December 20.
The voting which had started at 8 am, continued till 5 pm. The results of these local body polls will be declared on February 19.
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