Key Candidates in Alwar, Ajmer & Mandalgarh
Ajmer and Alwar Lok Sabha seats, and the Mandalgarh Assembly seat fell vacant due to the deaths of Ajmer MP Sanwar Lal Jat, Alwar MP Chand Nath and Mandalgarh MLA Kirti Kumari (all of the BJP) last year.
The BJP has fielded Labour Minister Jaswant Singh Yadav and former Union minister Sanwar Lal Jat's son Ramswaroop Lamba for the Alwar and the Ajmer Lok Sabha seats, respectively, while Shakti Singh Hada is contesting the bypoll as BJP's candidate from the Mandalgarh Assembly constituency in Bhilwara district.
The Congress named Vivek Dhakad as its candidate for the Mandalgarh Assembly constituency, former MLA Raghu Sharma for the Ajmer Lok Sabha seat and Karan Singh Yadav for the Alwar Lok Sabha constituency.
(With inputs from news agencies)
West Bengal: 76.7% Voter Turnout in Uluberia, 75.3% in Noapara
Over 76 percent of the electorate in West Bengal's Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency and 75.3 percent in the Noapara Assembly seat voted in Monday's bypolls.
The polling was peaceful, an election official said.
"Till the end of polling at 5 pm, the Uluberia Lok Sabha seat recorded 76.7 percent polling whereas Noapara recorded 75.3 percent", the senior official said.
The poll figure might go up as people were still standing outside a few booths to cast their vote, officials said.
The seats are likely to witness a direct contest between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP, while the CPI(M) is trying hard to hold its ground in its erstwhile bastions.
Over 60% Voter Turnout in Rajasthan's LS Constituencies, 80% in Mandalgarh
Voting in bypolls for Ajmer and Alwar Lok Sabha constituencies and Mandalgarh Assembly seat in Rajasthan was held peacefully on Monday, IANS reported. While 65.3 percent voters cast their votes in Ajmer, Alwar saw a voter turnout of 62 percent and Mandalgarh of 80 percent.
Polling Concludes in Ajmer
Polling in the by-election for Ajmer’s Lok Sabha seat concluded at around 6 pm. The voter turnout stood at 65.33% by the end of the day.
Villagers in an Ajmer Village Boycott Voting
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A group of villagers in Ajmer’s Manda village boycotted the bypolls. One of them said, “voting will not take place in the village until our issues related to water and roadways are resolved”.