In a first for Nagaland since it attained statehood 60 years ago, the state on Thursday got its first woman MLA in Hekani Jakhalu, a candidate of the ruling NDPP who won the Dimapur-III Assembly constituency.
Congress's candidate Dhangekar Hemraj was leading the BJP's Hemant Narayan Rasane by 4,443 votes in the counting of votes for Kasba Peth Assembly constituency, while in Chinchwad, BJP's Ashwini Laxman Jagtap was leading Nationalist Congress Party's Vitthal aka Nana Kate by 4,019 votes, as pe
All Jharkhand Students Union Party (AJSU), candidate Sunita Choudhary, is leading from Jharkhand's Ramgarh assembly constituency against her Indian National Congress opponent Bajrang Mahto, who is trailing by a margin of 11,789 votes in the latest trends.
Indian National Congress (INC) candidate E.V.K.S. Elangovan is leading in by-polls for Tamil Nadu's Erode East assembly constituency against All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate K.S Thennarasu, who is trailing by a margin of 10,799 votes in the latest trends.
Counting votes for the Sagardighi Assembly constituency in West Bengal's Murshidabad district started on Thursday, with the Congress' Byron Biswas over the ruling TMC's Debashish Banerjee by a margin of 515 votes.
The counting of votes for bye-elections to one assembly constituency each in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and two assembly constituencies in Maharashtra began on Thursday.
Chief Election Officer of Meghalaya FR Kharkongor on Wednesday directed the officials to conduct an inquiry into the alleged violation of the secrecy of voting that occurred at the Mawhati Assembly Constituency in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district during the Assembly elections on February 27.<
The last unconnected administrative centre and the only unconnected Assembly constituency of Arunachal Pradesh - Tali - has been connected by road, ending the years of wait by the locals.
The bye-elections were necessitated after the demise of BJP's MLA Laxman Jagtap, from the Chinchwad Assembly constituency, and Mukta Tilak from the Kasba Peth Assembly constituency.
According to officials, injured officials from the Polling Party were bound for 44/8 Jangrapara LP School of 44-Raksamgre Assembly Constituency when the accident took place.
The fate of three leading candidates Vitthal Kate (NCP), BJP's Ashwini Jagtap and independent Rahul Kalate will be decided as the by-poll elections for the Chinchwad Assembly constituency is going to held today.