Lok Sabha bypoll News
Tabassum Hasan has taken an unassailable lead of over 43,000 votes.
Tabassum Hasan polled 1,13,742 votes while her nearest rival Mriganka Singh got 95,577 votes, SDM Shamli K.P Singh said.
With the initial trends of the Lok Sabha bypoll results 2018 coming in, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on two seats in Maharashtra – Palghar and Bhandara-Gondia. The saffron party, which had campaigned relentlessly in Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, is trailing on the seat where it has fielded Mriganka Singh.
Rashtriya Lok Dal's Tabassum Hasan is leading by over 40000 votes against Mriganka Singh, who was fielded in Kairana by the BJP.
The ruling BJP and opposition parties are bracing up for the Lok Sabha by-polls to Phulpur and Gorakhpur constituencies represented by Keshav Prasad Maurya and Yogi Adityanath respectively. The bypolls are likely to be held in March.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and CPI national secretary D Raja today called for a "political solution" to troubled Kashmir.
Ruling PDP has urged the Election Commission to defer indefinitely the bypoll to the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency against the backdrop of the volatile situation prevailing there.
A voter turnout of 7.13 percent was recorded in the Srinagar Lok Sabha bypoll.
Only 1.68 per cent voters cast their franchise till 2 pm at 38 polling stations of Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency where repolling was ordered by the EC following violence during Sunday's polls for the prestigious seat.
A total of 71.33 per cent of voting has been recorded in the bypoll for Malappuram Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, held here yesterday, according to Chief Electoral Officer.
Polling for by-election of Srinagar Lok Sabha seat and ten assembly constituencies in eight states is being held on Sunday. Here are all the LIVE updates:-
Militants on Saturday opened fire on a police team near an election meeting venue of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in poll-bound Anantnag district in south Kashmir and fled from the scene, police said.
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