Today there are by-elections for 15 assembly seats and 1 Lok Sabha seat in 4 states. Polling is underway for 9 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh and Kedarnath assembly seat in Uttarakhand. A total of 90 candidates are at stake in the by-elections for 9 UP seats. Ghaziabad has the maximum number of candidates (14) and Khair (Surakshit) and Sisamau (Kanpur) have the least number of candidates (five each). The 9 UP seats where voting is taking place include Katehari of Ambedkar Nagar, Karhal of Mainpuri, Meerapur of Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, Majhwan of Mirzapur, Sisamau of Kanpur Nagar, Khair of Aligarh, Phulpur of Prayagraj and Kundarki seat of Moradabad. The counting of votes will take place on November 23.
Of the nine assembly seats in the state for which by-elections will be held, except Sisamau, the rest have fallen vacant due to the resignation of MLAs elected on them in the 2022 elections after being elected MPs in the Lok Sabha. this year. By-elections are being held in Sisamau seat due to the abolition of SP MLA Irfan Solanki’s assembly membership following his conviction in a criminal case.
By-election for Kedarnath seat
Polling is underway for the by-elections in Kedarnath assembly seat in Uttarakhand. There is a direct competition between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress. While the BJP faces the challenge of maintaining its victory in this seat, the Congress is in the mood to defeat the BJP again in Kedarnath after Badrinath. The campaign for the by-elections ended on Monday afternoon, but before then both parties did everything they could to win over voters in their favor. There are 90,540 voters in the assembly constituency, which includes 45,775 women voters. The result of the partial elections will be known on the 23rd.
