GUWAHATI: Alongside the elections for the assembly going on in Nagaland and Meghalaya, by-polls are being conducted in several states on Monday. These states are Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
Tsering Lhamu was the lone candidate appearing for the Bharatiya Janata Party for the Lumla seat in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh. She is the wife of Jambey Tashi, the late MLA of the Lumla seat. Jambey Tashi had represented this constituency for three consecutive terms since 2009 till his untimely death in 2022.
The Ramgarh assembly constituency of Jharkhand received a good 49.88% voter turnout till 11 AM on Monday. The voting process began early at 7 AM in the constituency and saw a low turnout in the early morning with only 15.19% turnout till 9 AM. A total of 18 candidates have appeared to try their luck in the constituency. The contest is expected to be between the candidates of Congress, the JMM-led coalition and the AJSU-BJP partnership. A total of 14 independent candidates have also appeared.
The 238 polling stations of the Erode East Assembly Constituency reported 44.58% turnout till the same time. A total of 77 candidates have appeared infront of the public for the by-polls. But the main contest is expected between DMK-backed Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan and AIADMK candidate KS Thennarasru. The by-poll had to be conducted due to the death of Elangovan's son and Congress legislator E Thirumahan Everaa.
West Bengal’s Sagardighi also saw a turnout of 48.28% till 11 AM on Monday. " Till 9 am, 13.37 per cent polling was recorded. So far, it is completely peaceful, and no untoward incident has been reported," mentioned the Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Sanjoy Basu. The main contest is expected to be between Debashish Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress, Dilip Saha of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Bayron Biswas of the Left-supported Congress candidate.
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