The counting follows two phases of polling held across the state on November 6 and November 11, culminating today in the final verdict across all 243 Assembly seats.
The counting of votes for the panchayat elections in Assam began on Sunday morning, with tight security and elaborate arrangements reported from various districts, including Kamrup and Dibrugarh.
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.
BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo exuded confidence in NDA winning the maximum number of seats in Jharkhand and creating "history" as the counting of votes is underway in the state.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS is leading on all four central panel positions as the counting of votes in elections for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union election (JNUSU) is still underway.
Independent candidates, mostly backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), are leading with 52 seats, according to the provisional results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) so far, Dawn reported.
According to the results received from all polling stations, Shehbaz Sharif secured victory in NA-123 seat by garnering 63,953 votes while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidate Afzal Azeem received 48,486 votes.
Bypolls 2023: Congress candidate Chandy Oommen is leading from Puthuppally in Kerala, BJP candidate Tafajjal Hossain is leading from Boxanagar in Tripura, BJP candidate Parwati Dass is leading from Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) candidate Yashoda Devi is lea
The counting of votes for the Bageswar Assembly seat will be done from the EVM in 13 rounds and 14 tables. Apart from that, the electronic postal ballot system (ETPBS) votes will be counted in nine tables.
According to Bangkok Post, as of 7:28 pm (Local Time), the Move Forward Party had taken the lead in both the constituency and party-list competitions, followed by the Pheu Thai Party and the Bhumjaithai Party.