Counting of votes for the crucial Erode East Assembly constituency is currently underway. According to early trends, the Congress candidate backed the ruling DMK government is leading with a massive margin. Voting for the by-elections were held on February 27. Counting is expected to end by 5 pm. The voter turnout for the Erode polls was 74.7%.
The bypoll is expected to be a test of the ruling DMK government’s popularity and set the mood for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The main opposition AIADMK strained every nerve to take on the ruling party over a string of issues. Edappadi K Palaniswami led the campaign and O Panneerselvam’s camp withdrew its candidate. For the AIADMK, the Supreme Court’s directive allowing Palaniswami to continue to lead the party proved to be the much needed shot in the arm for the party.
Maharashtra Assembly Bypolls
Meanwhile in Maharashtra, in a massive setback to the BJP, the Maha Vikas Aghadi or MVA won the Kasba Peth Assembly seat. The BJP fortress fell to the MVA after 28 years with the MVA candidate Ravindra Dhangekar winning by 11,000 votes.
Counting of votes for the by-election to Chinchwad Assembly seat is currently underway. Voting for the bypolls was held on February 26. A voter turnout of 50.47 per cent was recorded in the by-election to Chinchwad Assembly seat and 50.06 per cent in Kasba Peth Assembly segment in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Sunday.
Bengal & Jharkhand Bypolls
Counting also underway for two other by-elections in West Bengal’s Sagardighi assembly constituency in Murshidabad district and a by-election in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh assembly constituency. The by-poll for the Sagardighi assembly seat was necessitated by the death of its three-time TMC MLA and state minister Subrata Saha in December last year.
In Ramgarh, the by-election was necessitated after the disqualification of Congress legislator Mamta Devi, following her conviction in a criminal case.
Here are LIVE Updates of the By-elections in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal & Jharkhand
#WATCH | West Bengal : Congress workers celebrate in Murshidabad’s Sagardighi as the party leads in Sagardighi by-election pic.twitter.com/dp9nmUpkRY— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2023
#WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Celebrations at Anna Arivalayam, DMK headquarters in Chennai as DMK-backed Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan continues his lead in #ErodeEastByPolls, as per official EC trends. pic.twitter.com/pH3NKD1lcv— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2023
#WATCH | Maharashtra: Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) workers celebrate in Pune as official EC trends show Congress candidate Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj leading in Kasba Peth assembly by-election. pic.twitter.com/Duxyvm9K15— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2023
Pune, Maharashtra | Counting of votes underway for Kasba Peth by-elections pic.twitter.com/CUp88aRSL3— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2023
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