The election campaign ended this evening for the By-Elections to two Lok Sabha seats including Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and Belgaum in Karnataka along with 12 Assembly Constituencies spread over Nine states. The by-polls to Lok Sabha seats and assembly constituencies will be held on Saturday simultaneously with the fifth phase of assembly elections in West Bengal.
The assembly seats where By-Polls will take place include three in Rajasthan, two in Karnataka and one each in Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Telangana and Uttarakhand. There are 151 candidates in the fray for 12 Assembly seats indicating largely multi-cornered contests.
In Odisha, the Bye-Election to Pipili Assembly seat has been postponed following the death of Congress candidate Ajit Mangaraj yesterday. Briefing the media in capital Bhubaneswar today, the Chief Election Officer Sushil Kumar Lohani said that the Election Commission will issue a fresh notification in this regard. Earlier, H. Chuba Chang was declared elected unopposed being the only candidate in fray for the Noksen Assembly seat in Nagaland.
In Andhra Pradesh, there are 28 candidates vying for the Tirupati Lok Sabha Seat.
In Karnataka, 10 candidates are contesting for the Belgaum Lok Sabha seat.
As far as the Assembly by-polls are concerned, 12 candidates are vying in Basavakalyan and eight are contesting in Maski Constituency.
In Madhya Pradesh, 22 candidates are in the fray including 16 independents for Damoh Assembly seat.
In Maharashtra, total 19 candidates including 10 independents are in fray for Pandharpur Assembly seat.
In Rajasthan, ten candidates are contesting in Rajsamand while nine candidates are in fray for Sujangarh and eight are there in Sahara Assembly Constituency.
In Telangana, maximum 41 candidates are in fray for the Nagarjuna Sagar Assembly seat.