Campaigning ends for byelections to seven Assembly constituencies
The Hindu
Counting of votes will take place on September 8.
Campaigning came to an end on Sunday for the bypolls to be held on September 5 in seven Assembly constituencies spread over six States. Bypolls would be held in Assembly constituencies of Dhupguri in West Bengal, Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Puthupally in Kerala, Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, Dhanpur and Boxanagar in Tripura and Dumri in Jharkhand.
Counting of votes will take place on September 8.
The bypoll in north Bengal’s Dhupguri seat was necessitated following the demise of BJP MLA Bishnupada Roy on July 25. The Trinamool Congress, the BJP and the Left-Congress combine are locked in a three-cornered contest here.
The BJP has fielded Tapasi Roy, wife of a CRPF jawan who was killed in the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, while the TMC and the CPI(M) have fielded Nirmal Chandra Roy and Ishwar Chandra Roy respectively.
In Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar Assembly constituency, the bypolls will take place after the seat fell vacant following the death of BJP MLA Chandan Ram Das. The ruling BJP has fielded his wife Parvati Das from the seat.
The Congress has fielded Basant Kumar, who quit the Aam Aadmi Party just a few days before being declared the candidate.
Bhagvati Prasad of the Samajwadi Party, Arjun Dev from Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and Bhagwat Kohli of Uttarakhand Parivartan Party are the other candidates.
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