After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday registered a comfortable win in Gujarat assembly elections and Rampur assembly bypolls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath both victories represent public admiration towards good governance, security and the development taking place
As the counting for the bypolls of Sardarshahar Assembly constituency is underway, Congress candidate Anil Sharma is leading with a margin of 26,852 votes.
The bypoll to Mainpuri parliamentary seat was held on December 5, and over 56 per cent of voting was recorded. The parliamentary seat had fallen vacant after the demise of SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Over 71 per cent of voting was recorded in the Bhanupratappur assembly by-election - the highest among six assembly seats in five states of the country where polling was held on December 5.
The counting began at 8 am to decide the fate of the candidates contesting the polls, among whom all eyes will be on the wife of Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav, who is contesting from the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, necessitated by the demise of Samajwadi Party veteran Mulayam Singh Yadav in O
The counting of votes for by-elections in six Assembly constituencies in five states including the high-state Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh will be held on Thursday.
Nearly 50 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Chhattisgarh's Bhanupratappur as six assembly seats in five states of the country went to polling on Monday.