Counting for by-polls for three seats in Rajasthan, namely, Rajsamand, Sahada and Sujangarh will be held on Sunday amid strict Covid guidelines, said chief electoral officer Pravin Gupta.No one will be allowed to visit the counting centre .
ISSUE DATE: April 26, 2021
UPDATED: April 17, 2021 13:45 IST
Public partnership: File photo of the Congress’s Sachin Pilot and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
For Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, the three bypolls on April 17, in Rajsamand, Sahara and Sujangarh, may be a challenge comparable in scale and complexity to the BJP-backed rebellion in July 2020 by party counterweight Sachin Pilot. The state assembly has 200 seats, of which the Congress currently holds 104 and the BJP, 71. However, six of the Congress MLAs are defectors from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). The validity of their entry into the Congress is currently sub-judice, giving the party a clear strength of 98, two short of the halfway mark.
Raje s silence on BJP in her tweet on bypolls surprises party leaders
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Jaipur: BJP leader Vasundhara Raje addresses a press conference at her residence in Jaipur on Dec 11, 2018. . Image Source: IANS News
Jaipur, April 19 : Although it has been two days since the by-polls are over in Rajasthan, the tweet shared by former CM Vasundhara Raje on voting day continues to be a point of discussion. It raised eyebrows in political corridors and surprised many senior leaders as she did not mention the party even once: rather, she asked voters to follow Covid protocol while voting.
In one of her tweets shared on Saturday, Raje said, Voting for by-polls is scheduled on three seats today on Rajsamand, Sahada and Sujangarh. I appeal to all voters to cast their votes following corona guideline and inspire others to vote too. #votekar, she tweeted.
60.37% polling in bypolls to 3 assembly seats in Rajasthan
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Last Updated: Apr 18, 2021, 05:31 PM IST
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Bypolls were held after the death of sitting legislators Bhanwarlal Meghwal from Sujangarh, Kailash Trivedi from Sahada and Kiran Maheshwari from Rajsamand. Meghwal and Trivedi were Congress MLAs, while Maheshwari was a BJP lawmaker. Both parties have given tickets to their family members.
The by-elections to the three assembly seats in Rajasthan have registered a turnout of 60.37 per cent, an official said on Sunday. The three constituencies recorded a lower turnout of 13 per cent than the 2018 assembly elections. As many as 4,49,885 people out of 7.45 lakh voters exercised their franchise on Saturday to decide the fate of 27 candidates in the three seats, a State Election Commission spokesperson said.