Andheri Bypoll

The victory of Rutuja Latke in the Andheri (East) Assembly bypoll shows people are supporting Shiv Sena, party president Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday.

Uddhav Thackeray's faction won its first election today after a BJP-backed coup led by Eknath Shinde split his Shiv Sena and unseated his government in Maharashtra.

The BJP has won in Uttar Pradesh's Gola Gokrannath, Haryana's Adampur, and is leading in Odisha's Dhamnagar. The party also retained Bihar's Gopalganj assembly seat which falls in the home district of party leader and former Chief Minister Lalu Yadav

The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in four of the seven assembly seats whose results were declared today. Uddhav Thackeray's faction won its first election after a BJP-backed coup led by Eknath Shinde split Shiv Sena.

Bypoll voting today: Uddhav Thackeray's faction sees BJP's withdrawal as part of "a script to save face" ahead of the election for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

The byelection to the Andheri East Assembly constituency in Mumbai scheduled on Thursday is a mere formality following the withdrawal of the BJP's candidate from the fray last month.

The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray party on Tuesday alleged that voters were being paid to choose None Of The Above or NOTA option in the November 3 Andheri East Assembly byelection in the city.

The movement of any person who is not a candidate, polling agent or government official on election duty will be restricted 100 metres from the polling centres

The BJP's last-minute decision to pull out of the high-decibel Andheri (east) Assembly bypoll is seen as a strategic step factoring in the "sympathy factor" potentially in favour of the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction's nominee Rutuja Latke.

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction today claimed BJP candidate Murji Patel withdrew from the Andheri East Assembly bypoll contest after realising that his defeat was imminent.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday thanked Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the BJP's decision to withdraw its candidate from the bypoll to the Andheri East Assembly seat in Mumbai.

The BJP today withdrew its candidate from an important by-election in Mumbai - an unusual move that ensures rival Uddhav Thackeray's victory without contest.

After Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray sought the unopposed election of Uddhav Thackeray-led faction's Rutuja Latke in the upcoming Andheri East bypoll, a Shiv Sena MLA from the Shinde camp too has made a similar request.

Aaditya Thackeray, leader of the Uddhav Thackeray-led camp of the Shiv Sena, on Friday slammed the Eknath Shinde-helmed Maharashtra government, saying that there is anger among people the way his party candidate Rutuja Latke was troubled.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Murji Patel as its candidate for the November 3 Andheri East Assembly by-election.

The victory of Rutuja Latke in the Andheri (East) Assembly bypoll shows people are supporting Shiv Sena, party president Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday.

Uddhav Thackeray's faction won its first election today after a BJP-backed coup led by Eknath Shinde split his Shiv Sena and unseated his government in Maharashtra.

The BJP has won in Uttar Pradesh's Gola Gokrannath, Haryana's Adampur, and is leading in Odisha's Dhamnagar. The party also retained Bihar's Gopalganj assembly seat which falls in the home district of party leader and former Chief Minister Lalu Yadav

The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in four of the seven assembly seats whose results were declared today. Uddhav Thackeray's faction won its first election after a BJP-backed coup led by Eknath Shinde split Shiv Sena.

Bypoll voting today: Uddhav Thackeray's faction sees BJP's withdrawal as part of "a script to save face" ahead of the election for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

The byelection to the Andheri East Assembly constituency in Mumbai scheduled on Thursday is a mere formality following the withdrawal of the BJP's candidate from the fray last month.

The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray party on Tuesday alleged that voters were being paid to choose None Of The Above or NOTA option in the November 3 Andheri East Assembly byelection in the city.

The movement of any person who is not a candidate, polling agent or government official on election duty will be restricted 100 metres from the polling centres

The BJP's last-minute decision to pull out of the high-decibel Andheri (east) Assembly bypoll is seen as a strategic step factoring in the "sympathy factor" potentially in favour of the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction's nominee Rutuja Latke.

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction today claimed BJP candidate Murji Patel withdrew from the Andheri East Assembly bypoll contest after realising that his defeat was imminent.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday thanked Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the BJP's decision to withdraw its candidate from the bypoll to the Andheri East Assembly seat in Mumbai.

The BJP today withdrew its candidate from an important by-election in Mumbai - an unusual move that ensures rival Uddhav Thackeray's victory without contest.

After Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray sought the unopposed election of Uddhav Thackeray-led faction's Rutuja Latke in the upcoming Andheri East bypoll, a Shiv Sena MLA from the Shinde camp too has made a similar request.

Aaditya Thackeray, leader of the Uddhav Thackeray-led camp of the Shiv Sena, on Friday slammed the Eknath Shinde-helmed Maharashtra government, saying that there is anger among people the way his party candidate Rutuja Latke was troubled.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Murji Patel as its candidate for the November 3 Andheri East Assembly by-election.