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.
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JP Nadda to address BJP s state executive committee meeting in Jaipur on March 2
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Last Updated: Feb 26, 2021, 09:04 PM IST
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Prior to Nadda s visit, a meeting of the state-level office bearers, district in-charges, district presidents and morcha presidents will be held at the BJP state headquarters on March 1. Nadda s visit is significant in view of the upcoming bypolls on four assembly seats of Sujangarh (Churu), Vallabnagar (Udaipur), Sahada (Bhilwara) and Rajsamand.
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BJP national president JP Nadda will address a meeting of the party s state executive committee in Jaipur on March 2. BJP state president Satish Poonia said the meeting will be held in Birla auditorium.
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Jaipur: The four assembly by-polls to be held in Rajasthan will be a test for state BJP president Satish Poonia as the party grapples with power struggles and leadership tussles.
Assembly by-polls are to be held in Sujangarh, Rajsamand, Sahada (Bhilwara) and Vallabhnagar (Udaipur) after the deaths of the sitting MLAs in the last five months. The dates for the polls have not been announced but they are likely to be held in March.
Poonia, who became state party chief in September 2019, has yet to prove his mettle. The BJP performed well in the panchayat polls in the state but fared poorly in the urban local body polls.