Bypolls

While the NDA swept the Maharashtra Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) elections, winning nine out of 11 seats on Friday, the INDIA bloc secured 10 out of the 13 bypolls (five more than last time) held across seven states the following day.

With the two-party system taking deep roots in Himachal Pradesh, and the Congress and the BJP coming to power alternately, the presence of Independents has been declining and, in a first, the assembly has no Independent MLAs in the state assembly.

Election Results: The Opposition INDIA bloc won 10 of the 13 seats that went to polls across seven states, backing up their strong show in the Lok Sabha elections.

Election Results 2024: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife, Kamlesh Thakur, won the key bypoll for the Dehra assembly seat.

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh today, making a successful debut in electoral politics.

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur today won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh while the alliance's AAP secured the Jalandhar West seat and Trinamool Congress took two in West Bengal.

Four people including an SHO were injured during the clashes which broke out between people and police during the bypoll in the Rupauli assembly segment in Bihar on Wednesday.

Of the 13 constituencies, four are in West Bengal and three in Himachal, where the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government has survived removal attempts.

In a move that is bound to rattle the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Azad Samaj Party (ASP) led by Chandrashekhar Azad has announced that it will contest all the 10 upcoming bypolls to the state Assembly.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has rented a house in Jalandhar, about 150 km from the state capital, where he will meet people for "a few days a week" to get their routine work done.

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Saturday announced to boycott the Vikravandi Assembly constituency by-polls that are scheduled for July 10.

Three independent MLAs who resigned from the Vidhan Sabha and joined the BJP after voting in its favour in the Rajya Sabha elections earlier this year have been fielded from their respective assembly constituencies in the bypoll for these seats.

The Congress had won four out of six assembly bypolls, while the BJP won two seats. The bypolls were held on June 1.

Kalpana Soren, wife of jailed former chief minister Hemant Soren, on Monday took oath as a member of Jharkhand Assembly from Gandey constituency.

The Election Commission on Monday announced bypolls to 13 assembly constituencies across seven states, including four in West Bengal, on July 10.

While the NDA swept the Maharashtra Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) elections, winning nine out of 11 seats on Friday, the INDIA bloc secured 10 out of the 13 bypolls (five more than last time) held across seven states the following day.

With the two-party system taking deep roots in Himachal Pradesh, and the Congress and the BJP coming to power alternately, the presence of Independents has been declining and, in a first, the assembly has no Independent MLAs in the state assembly.

Election Results: The Opposition INDIA bloc won 10 of the 13 seats that went to polls across seven states, backing up their strong show in the Lok Sabha elections.

Election Results 2024: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife, Kamlesh Thakur, won the key bypoll for the Dehra assembly seat.

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh today, making a successful debut in electoral politics.

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur today won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh while the alliance's AAP secured the Jalandhar West seat and Trinamool Congress took two in West Bengal.

Four people including an SHO were injured during the clashes which broke out between people and police during the bypoll in the Rupauli assembly segment in Bihar on Wednesday.

Of the 13 constituencies, four are in West Bengal and three in Himachal, where the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government has survived removal attempts.

In a move that is bound to rattle the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Azad Samaj Party (ASP) led by Chandrashekhar Azad has announced that it will contest all the 10 upcoming bypolls to the state Assembly.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has rented a house in Jalandhar, about 150 km from the state capital, where he will meet people for "a few days a week" to get their routine work done.

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Saturday announced to boycott the Vikravandi Assembly constituency by-polls that are scheduled for July 10.

Three independent MLAs who resigned from the Vidhan Sabha and joined the BJP after voting in its favour in the Rajya Sabha elections earlier this year have been fielded from their respective assembly constituencies in the bypoll for these seats.

The Congress had won four out of six assembly bypolls, while the BJP won two seats. The bypolls were held on June 1.

Kalpana Soren, wife of jailed former chief minister Hemant Soren, on Monday took oath as a member of Jharkhand Assembly from Gandey constituency.

The Election Commission on Monday announced bypolls to 13 assembly constituencies across seven states, including four in West Bengal, on July 10.