By poll 2021 Updates: Voting for two Lok Sabha, 12 assembly seats held peacefully; result on 2 May

By Anuj Cariappa

Updated: Saturday, April 17, 2021, 23:24 [IST]

New Delhi, Apr 17: Bypolls were held for two parliamentary constituencies in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and 12 assembly seats spread across 10 states on Saturday.

The by-election in Pipili assembly seat in Odisha was adjourned following the death of Congress candidate Ajit Mangaraj due to COVID-19 on Wednesday. In Nagaland, only one candidate H Chuba Chang of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) had filed nomination for the bypoll to the Noksen assembly constituency and was elected unopposed, the Election Commission said.

By poll 2021 Live: All arrangements in place to ensure safe polling

Apr 17, 2021, 11:24 PM IST

Polling was also held for Sahara, Rajsamand and Sujangarh seats in Rajasthan; Pandharpur-Mangalvedha assembly constituency in Morva Hadaf (ST) assembly seat of Gujarat''s Panchmahal district; Nagarjuna Sagar seat in Telangana and Madhupur seat of Jharkhand.

Apr 17, 2021, 11:23 PM IST

Nearly 70 per cent voters exercised their franchise in Mizoram for by-election to the Serchhip assembly seat, where six candidates, including those of the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), ZPM and the Congress, are in fray.

Apr 17, 2021, 11:05 PM IST

Over 62% voter turnout recorded in Maski Assembly bypoll in Raichur district, says Election Commission

Apr 17, 2021, 11:04 PM IST

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and strict restrictions, a voter turnout of 57.81 per cent was recorded in the by-election to the Pandharpur-Mangalvedha Assembly constituency in Maharashtra'' Solapur district till 5 pm on Saturday.

Apr 17, 2021, 9:00 PM IST

A turnout of over 43 per cent was recorded in the bypoll to the Salt Assembly seat in Uttarakhand''s Almora on Saturday.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:43 PM IST

About 60-64 per cent turnout was recorded in the bypoll to the Tirupati (SC) Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh, even as opposition parties alleged large-scale casting of bogus votes and sought cancellation of the election.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:17 PM IST

Damoh district returning officer Tarun Rathi said the polling percentage might go up to 70 or 75 per cent after factoring in the figures of the final polling, which ended at 7 pm.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:17 PM IST

Amid COVID-19 surge, tentative 60 per cent voting was recorded in the by-election to Damoh assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh till 6 pm on Saturday where the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress are locked in a straight contest.

Apr 17, 2021, 7:38 PM IST

Polling in 15,789 polling stations spread across 45 assembly constituencies in West Bengal phase-5 elections, bye-election in two parliamentary constituencies and 12 assembly constituencies across 10 States conducted peacefully today: Election Commission

Apr 17, 2021, 6:57 PM IST

Belagavi reports 46.70% voting till 5 pm, Maski 62.76, Basavakalyan 52.40%

Apr 17, 2021, 6:56 PM IST

Telangana's Nagarjuna Sagar assembly constituency records 81.5 per cent voting till 5 pm

Apr 17, 2021, 5:47 PM IST

A total of 44.89 per cent voter turnout was registered till 3 pm in the bypolls to three assembly constituencies in Rajasthan on Saturday.

Apr 17, 2021, 5:29 PM IST

Karnataka BJP expels former MLA Mallikarjun Khuba for contesting as independent against its candidate in Basavakalyan assembly bypoll

Apr 17, 2021, 4:58 PM IST

Altogether 19,520 voters, including 10,329 women, are eligible to decide the fate of six candidates, including those of the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), ZPM and the Congress.

Apr 17, 2021, 4:58 PM IST

An estimated 69.5 per cent of over 19,000 voters exercised their franchise till 3 pm on Saturday for by-election to the Serchhip assembly seat in Mizoram

Apr 17, 2021, 4:44 PM IST

35.55% voting reported in Karnataka's Belagavi constituency till 3pm

Apr 17, 2021, 4:38 PM IST

47.42% per cent polling recorded in Chittoor

Apr 17, 2021, 4:17 PM IST

The Election Commission has taken serious note of it and directed the Collectors of Chittoor and SPS Nellore districts to crack down on the bogus voters and ensure a fair poll, Chief Electoral Officer K Vijayanand said in a statement.

Apr 17, 2021, 4:03 PM IST

The opposition parties, Telugu Desam, BJP and Congress on Saturday demanded that the bypoll to Tirupati(SC) Lok Sabha constituency be cancelled forthwith, alleging that the ruling YSR Congress instigated bogus voting on a large scale, particularly in the temple town Tirupati.

Apr 17, 2021, 3:39 PM IST

Nagarjuna Sagar assembly constituency records 53.3% polling till 1pm

Apr 17, 2021, 3:01 PM IST

Polling for the seat began at 7 am and will go on till 5 pm, he said.

Apr 17, 2021, 3:00 PM IST

A total of 21.47 per cent of voters have exercised their franchise in the first four hours of voting, Almora District Magistrate Nitin Singh Bhadauria said.

Apr 17, 2021, 3:00 PM IST

Gujarat

125-Morva Hadaf (ST) Bye-Election images

125-Morva Hadaf (ST) Bye-Election@ECISVEEP @CeodelhiOffice pic.twitter.com/Nwh6ryhnI5
— Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat (@CEOGujarat) April 17, 2021

Apr 17, 2021, 2:59 PM IST

A voter turnout of 21.47 per cent was recorded till 11 am on Saturday for bypolls to Salt assembly seat in Uttarakhand''s Almora district, an official said.

Apr 17, 2021, 1:52 PM IST

Gujarat

A voter turnout of 19.40 per cent was registered till 12 pm on Saturday in the bypoll to Morva Hadaf (ST) assembly seat of Gujarat''s Panchmahal district, officials said. Of the 2.19 lakh registered voters, 19.40 per cent voters exercised their franchise between 7 am and 12 pm. Voting would continue till 6 pm, a release by the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for Gujarat said. Voting is currently underway at 329 polling booths in the constituency.

Apr 17, 2021, 1:34 PM IST

A total of 23.94 voter turnout was registered at 11 am. Sahara (Bhilwara) registered 23.94 percent, Rajsamand recorded 23.92 per cent and Sujangarh (Churu) recorded 21.9 per cent turnout, according to a spokesperson.

Apr 17, 2021, 1:07 PM IST

Rajasthan

Over 23 per cent voter turnout was registered in the first four hours of voting in the three assembly constituencies of Rajasthan where polling began at 7 am on Saturday amid tight security arrangements.

Apr 17, 2021, 12:54 PM IST

Karnataka

Basavkalyan records 19.48 per cent voting till 11am.

Apr 17, 2021, 12:41 PM IST

Telangana

Chief electoral officer Shashank Goel said 12.9 per cent was recorded up to 9am. This polling percentage is considered as a good turn out of the electorate in the first two hours.

Apr 17, 2021, 12:33 PM IST

Karnataka

BJP rebel candidate Mallikarjun Khuba casted his vote at Tripurant polling station in Basavakalyan town.

Apr 17, 2021, 6:07 am IST

Voting for bypolls two Lok Sabha and 14 Assembly constituency seats across various states will also be held today. Polling will be held for by-elections to the Tirupati parliamentary constituency in Andhra Pradesh and Belgaum in Karnataka.

Apr 17, 2021, 6:21 am IST

Karnataka

Voting for bypolls to one Lok Sabha and two assembly seats will take place in Karnataka on Saturday. Two of the seats had fallen vacant after the incumbents died of Covid.

Apr 17, 2021, 6:21 am IST

Karnataka

The Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency was held by the BJP's Suresh Angadi, who was the Minister of State for Railways at the time of his death due to the virus last year.

Apr 17, 2021, 6:21 am IST

Angadi's wife Mangala Suresh is the BJP candidate in the constituency. Her main opponent is the Congress's Satish Jarkiholi - a sitting MLA from Yamkanmardi and a member of the wealthy and influential Jarkiholi family.

Apr 17, 2021, 6:22 am IST

Satish is the brother of Ramesh Jarkiholi, former Karnataka minister who had resigned after a controversy involving an alleged sex-for-job video clip.

Apr 17, 2021, 6:22 am IST

The Maski assembly seat in Raichur district was with the Congress. Its MLA, Pratapgouda Patil, quit the party and is now the BJP candidate. His opponent is the Congress's Basavanagoud Turihal.

Apr 17, 2021, 6:22 am IST

The Basavakalyan assembly seat in Bidar district was also held earlier by the Congress's Narayan Rao, who died of the illness. The Congress candidate is his wife, Mala. She will take on BJP's Sharanu Salagar and JDS' Syed Yasrab Ali Qadri.

Apr 17, 2021, 6:23 am IST

Maharashtra

BJP’s Samadhan Avtade and NCP candidate Bhagirath Bhalke are in a close fight for the Pandharpur-Mangalvedha assembly by-election to be held on Saturday. Senior leaders and office bearers of both parties have campaigned in Pandharpur and Mangalvedha.

Apr 17, 2021, 7:20 am IST

Andhra Pradesh

After a fortnight-long high voltage campaign, bypoll to the Tirupati Lok Sabha Constituency (SC Reserved) will be held on April 17 amid tight security and in line with the COVID-19 protocol.

Apr 17, 2021, 7:30 am IST

Andhra Pradesh

Tight security arrangements have been put in place at all the 2,471 polling stations in all seven assembly segments of the parliamentaryconstituency, a senior government official said. Tirupati, an SC reserved constituency, is going to the bypoll due to the death of sitting YSRC member Balli Durga Prasad Rao in September last year.

Apr 17, 2021, 7:35 am IST

Andhra Pradesh

Targeting the ruling YSRCP over alleged corruption and nepotism, BJP president JP Nadda and ally Janasena party chief Pawan Kalyan had separately campaigned for BJP candidate K Ratnaprabha, a retired IAS officer. Former Union Minister of State Panabaka Lakshmi is the Telugu Desam nominee while another former Union Minister of State Chinta Mohan is the Congress candidate.

Apr 17, 2021, 7:42 am IST

Andhra Pradesh

Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and other leaders also campaigned vigorously for their party candidate. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had cancelled his election rally here saying he did not want to put the people in the danger amid the COVID-19 surge.

Apr 17, 2021, 7:58 am IST

However, he deputed several ministers and other leaders for canvassing votes in favour of the YSRCP candidate M Gurumurthy, a political novice, besides writing a personal letter urging electors to bless his party once again in the bypoll. There are 17,09,472 electors in this constituency comprising seven assembly segements and spread over Chittoor and Nellore districts.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:10 am IST

Rajasthan

The stage is set for bypolls in three assembly constituencies in Congress-ruled Rajasthan where voting will be held today. The three assembly seats for which the bypolls are being held are Sahara in Bhilwara district, Sujangarh in Churu district and Rajsamand.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:21 am IST

The three seats have fallen vacant following the deaths of sitting Rajasthan minister Bhanwarlal Meghwal representing Sujangarh, Congress MLA Kailash Trivedi from Sahara and BJP MLA Kiran Maheshwari from Rajsamand.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:31 am IST

Uttarakhand

Bypoll to the Salt Assembly seat in Uttarakhand''s Almora district began Saturday morning with people queuing up outside polling booths to cast their votes.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:31 am IST

Elaborate security arrangements have been made to ensure peaceful polling in the constituency, Almora District Magistrate Nitin Singh Bhadauria said.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:32 am IST

Polling began at 7 am and will go on till 5 pm, he said.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:32 am IST

The bypoll to the seat was necessitated after the death of sitting BJP MLA Surendra Singh Jeena due to COVID-19 in November last year.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:32 am IST

The BJP has fielded his elder brother Mahesh Jeena from the seat against Congress'' Ganga Pancholi.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:32 am IST

There are 95,241 voters in the Salt assembly constituency, out of which 48,682 are male and 46,559 female.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:33 am IST

PM Narendra Modi urges people to vote in record numbers

Apr 17, 2021, 8:47 am IST

Rajasthan

The stage is set for bypolls in three assembly constituencies in Congress-ruled Rajasthan where voting will be held on Saturday.

Apr 17, 2021, 8:56 am IST

The three assembly seats for which the bypolls are being held are Sahara in Bhilwara district, Sujangarh in Churu district and Rajsamand.

Apr 17, 2021, 9:00 am IST

Apr 17, 2021, 9:02 am IST

Karnataka: Voting underway for Belagavi Lok Sabha bypoll

Karnataka: Voting underway for Belagavi Lok Sabha bypoll pic.twitter.com/Bl0CVpK26E
— ANI (@ANI) April 17, 2021

Apr 17, 2021, 9:03 am IST

By-polls for one Lok Sabha seat in Belgaum and two assembly constituencies of Basavakalyan and Maski is underway in Karnataka on Saturday.

Apr 17, 2021, 9:03 am IST

Karnataka

As many as 10 candidates are in the fray for the by-polls for the Belgaum Lok Sabha seat and in Basavakalyan, there are 12 candidates in the fray while Maski has eight candidates with the BJP and the Congress party looking to win in all three constituencies.

Apr 17, 2021, 9:12 am IST

Rajasthan

While Meghwal had died of a brain stroke last year in November, Trivedi and Maheswari had succumbed to Covid-19 around the same time.

Apr 17, 2021, 9:12 am IST

The Congress has fielded Meghwal's son Manoj, Trivedi's wife Gayatri Devi and party leader Tansukh Bohara from the three seats respectively.