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Time of India
14 hours ago
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- Time of India
Peaceful bypolls in five assembly seats
Polling for five assembly bypolls held in four states remained by and large peaceful with webcasting done at all but one polling station. Webcasting was implemented for the first time in 1,353 of the 1,354 polling stations set up across four states, the poll authority said. The bypolls were held in one assembly segment each in Punjab, West Bengal, Kerala and two assembly segments in Gujarat. Brisk polling was recorded in Kaliganj by-poll in West Bengal's Nadia district with 69.85% polling recorded till 5 pm. Unlike all recent polls in Bengal, this time's polling was almost incident-free and peaceful. "There have been no major incidents in the by-poll in Kaliganj on Thursday and by far it has been a very peaceful poll," WB-CEO Manoj Agarwal told ET. The Kaliganj bypoll was necessitated following the demise of the Trinamool Congress legislator Nasiruddin Ahmed in February this year. A triangular contest among BJP, Congress and AAP - last seen in 2022 - was witnessed in Gujarat's Visavadar (Junagadh district) and Kadi (Mehsana district) by-elections. In Visavadar, a Patidar-dominated seat and BJP stronghold until 2012, AAP's Gopal Italia is in contest with BJP's Kirit Patel and Congress' Nitin Ranpariya. In Kadi (SC), the contest is between BJP candidate Rajendra Chavda, Congress's Ramesh Chavda and AAP's Jagdish Chavda. In Visavadar, the polling percentage was approximately 60%, while in Kadi it was around 57% till the last reports came in. Kerala's Nilambur assembly constituency also saw a steady turnout with 60% votes polled till around 3 pm. Key contenders here are ruling LDF pick M Swaraj, Aryadan Shoukath (Congress-led UDF), Trinamool Congress state convener and independent candidate PV Anvar, and Mohan George of the BJP-led NDA. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play War Thunder now for free War Thunder Play Now Undo In Punjab, polling went on smoothly for the Ludhiana West assembly bypoll with 40% polling recorded till 3 pm. The seat fell vacant following the death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi in January.
Time of India
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Battle lines drawn for Visavadar, Kadi assembly bypolls
Gandhinagar: With Monday as the last day to file nominations for the Visavadar and Kadi assembly bypolls, battle lines have been drawn for the June 19 contest in Gujarat. The Visavadar seat will witness a triangular fight between three Patidars nominated by the BJP, Congress and AAP in the Patidar-dominated constituency. The SC-reserved Kadi byelection will also witness a three-way contest between the BJP, Congress and AAP. Bypolls were necessitated in these two assembly constituencies after Bhupendra Bhayani of AAP resigned and joined the BJP, while sitting Kadi MLA Karshan Solanki of the BJP passed away this year. A three-way contest between Patidar candidates is on the cards for the Visavadar seat, as the BJP nominated Kanti Patel, chairman of the Junagadh district central cooperative bank (DCCB), Congress nominated Nitin Patel (Ranpariya), Bhesan taluka president of the party, and AAP nominated former state unit president Gopal Italia as its candidate. The BJP last won the Visavadar seat in 2007. In 2012, former Gujarat CM Keshubhai Patel won the seat on a GPP ticket; in 2017, Harshad Ribadiya of the Congress won; and in 2022, Bhupendra Bhayani of AAP won the seat. For the Kadi seat, the BJP nominated Rajendrakumar Chavda, who has held various posts in the Mehsana district unit of the party, while the Congress nominated Ramesh Chavda, a former MLA who won the seat in the 2012 assembly election. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Here's A List Of Cheapest Steel Suppliers (See List) Steel Suppliers | search ads Search Now Undo Jagdish Chavda, a local leader, has been fielded by AAP from the seat. The BJP held the seat in the 2022 and 2017 assembly elections. Ramesh Chavda of the Congress won the seat in 2012. All the candidates of the major political parties filed their nomination papers on Monday. The BJP has 161 MLAs in the 182-member assembly, the Congress has 12, AAP has four, Samajwadi Party has one, and two MLAs are independents.
