Counting of votes for the bypoll to Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha constituency began on Tuesday morning, an official said. During the bypoll held on October 30, a voter turnout of 75 per cent was recorded in this constituency, reserved for ST, which is a part of the Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The number of registered voters in this constituency
Shiv Sena candidate Kalaben Delkar on Tuesday won the by-election to the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha seat with a comfortable margin of 51,269 votes, EC officials said.
The bypoll results of three Lok Sabha and 30 assembly constituencies appear to be a mixed bag for the BJP which won Assam but performed badly in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana. BJP Himachal Pradesh unit feels that inflation is one of .
"Delhi is not too far now," Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said after party candidate Kalaben Delkar won the by-election to the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha seat with a comfortable margin of 51,269 votes after defeating BJP's Mahesh Gavit. Her win earned Sena its first Lok Sabha seat outside Maharashtra.
For the first time since its inception in the 1960s, the Shiv Sena will have an MP from outside Maharashtra with the party nominee Kalaben Delkar winning the bypoll to the Dadra and Nagar Haveli (ST) Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday.