Congress, BJP anxiously wait for bypoll results in K taka
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Hyderabad: Counting of votes cast in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, underway at a counting center in Hyderabad on Dec 4, 2020. . Image Source: IANS News
Bengaluru, May 1 : The votes polled during the by-elections to the Belgaum parliamentary constituency and two Assembly segments in Karnataka Maski in Raichuru district and Basavakalyana in Bidar district on April 17 will be counted on Sunday.
The outcome of the bypolls, held amid the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the state, assumes significance for both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress.
30 candidates in fray for 3 Karnataka by-elections
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Karnataka BJP bets on winning Assembly bypolls. Image Source: IANS News
Bengaluru, April 4 : In all, 30 candidates, including three each from the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress and one from Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) are in the fray for one Lok Sabha and two legislative assembly by-elections in Karnataka on April 17, an official said on Sunday. After the last date of withdrawal of nominations on Saturday, 10 candidates are in the fray for the Belgaum Lok Sabha seat, 12 for Basavakalyan and eight for Maski (reserved) assembly seats in Bidar and Raichur districts of the state, a poll official told IANS here.