Voting today for 15 assembly seats in 4 states
New Delhi: Today there are by-elections to 15 assembly constituencies of 4 states and Nanded Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra. Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. This includes 9 seats in UP, 4 seats in Punjab, one seat in Kerala, one seat in Uttarakhand and one seat in Maharashtra Lok Sabha.
Of these 15, 13 seats remained vacant due to MLAs becoming MPs. One seat had become vacant due to the death of a leader and a leader going to prison. Of these 15 seats, BJP, Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) had 4 seats each and AAP, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Nishad Party had 1 seat each.
By-elections in which 9 seats in UP?
- Karhal (Mainpuri)
- Sisamau (Kanpur)
- Katehari (Ambedkarnagar)
- Kundarki (Moradabad)
- Mirapur (Muzaffarnagar)
- Ghaziabad
- Phulpur (Prayagraj)
- Khair (Aligarh)
- Majhwan (Mirzapur)
By-elections in which 4 seats in Punjab?
- Giddarbaha (Muktsar)
- Dera Baba Nanak (Gurdaspur)
- Chabbewal (Hoshiarpur)
- Barnalá (Barnalá)
Kerala
- Palakkad
Uttarakhand
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Kedarnath
Maharashtra (Lok Sabha seat)
- Nanded
Why are by-elections being held for the Maharashtra Lok Sabha seat?
The Nanded Lok Sabha seat from Maharashtra fell vacant due to the death of Congress MP Vasantrao Chavan. He died in August 2024. The Congress has nominated his son Ravindra Chavan as its candidate for this seat. While Dr. Santuk Humbarde is in the BJP fray.
We informed you that the previous vote was supposed to take place in 14 seats in 3 federal states on November 13, but due to the holidays, the Election Commission changed the date. Therefore, these by-elections will be held today i.e. November 20.
Interesting by-elections for Karhal seat
The by-elections in Karhal seat of Mainpuri district of UP are interesting. This seat is considered the stronghold of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s family. Tej Pratap Yadav is in the fight from here. He has been MP from Mainpuri. This seat fell vacant after Akhilesh was elected MP from the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat. What is interesting is that the BJP has made Akhilesh Yadav’s brother-in-law Anujesh Yadav its candidate to contest against Tej Pratap.
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