In Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam Assembly bye-election, NC candidate Aga Syed Mahmood Al Mosavi established an early advantage, leading by 624 votes over the PDP's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi after round one of 17.
"The public contested these elections... I was only a medium. When the people contest the elections themselves, it is confirmed that the results would be historic... The BJP did everything to win these elections... This is people's win," Italia said while speaking to ANI.
Vote counting started at 8 AM for assembly bye-elections in Nilambur (Kerala), Ludhiana West (Punjab), Kaliganj (West Bengal), Visavadar, and Kadi (Gujarat). Results will be declared today amid tight security arrangements at counting centres.
Nilambur Assembly bye-election in Kerala saw a 13.15% voter turnout till 9 am from the start of polling at 7 am. The bypoll has been necessitated after the resignation of Left Democratic Front independent legislator PV Anvar, who later joined the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) after his
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday congratulated SP candidates Naseem Solanki and Tej Pratap Yadav for their victories in the Sisamau and Karhal Assembly bye-elections.
The Congress party on Saturday secured a sweeping victory in the Karnataka assembly bypolls, winning all three contested seats--Shiggaon, Sandur, and Channapatna.
The vote counting for the Dausa Assembly by-election began on Saturday at PG College, with strict security measures in place. Devendra Kumar, the District Returning Officer, confirmed that the counting will be completed in 18 rounds.
"...Prime Minister had said in Kedarnath Dham that the third decade of 21st century will be of Uttarakhand. It means that the coming 10 years will be of Uttarakhand in every sector. Uttarakhand will develop rapidly, it will be at the heights of progress. He didn't say it just for the sake of