42 Candidates in The Fray; Bypolls a Direct Contest Between BJP and Congress
The counting of votes of the Alwar and Ajmer Lok Sabha seats will be done in the respective constituencies, whereas it will take place in Bhilwara for the Mandalgarh Assembly seat, a spokesperson of the state election department said, reported PTI.
A total of 42 candidates are in the fray for the bypolls to the three seats, the election to which was held on Monday, 29 January.
In Alwar, Jaswant Singh Yadav of BJP and Karan Singh Yadav of the Congress have contested the election, while Raghu Sharma of the Congress and BJP’s Ram Swaroop Lamba locked horns in Ajmer. In Mandalgarh, BJP’s Shakti Singh Hada and Congress’ Vivek Dhakad are poised for a tough fight.
The bypolls on all the three seats were necessitated after the sudden death of BJP MPs Sanwarlal Jat from Ajmer, Mahant Chand Nath Yogi from Alwar, and MLA Kirti Kumari from Mandalgarh.
(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
Congress Adds Two Lok Sabha Seats in Rajasthan
Congress’s Karan Singh Yadav defeated his BJP opponent by 1,96,496 votes to clinch the Alwar Lok Sabha seat.
The party’s Raghu Sharma won from the Ajmer constituency by a margin of over 84,000 votes.
Raje Reacts to Rajasthan Bypoll Verdict
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, following the likely defeat in all three bypoll constituencies took to Twitter and said that she respected the decision of the people.
She added that her government has worked “tirelessly” for the people of Rajasthan and will work harder.
She congratulated the winning candidates and that she welcomed them to the “celebration” of democracy.
Rahul Congratulates Rajasthan Congress
Congress president Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to congratulate Rajasthan Congress on the win in Mandalgarh, and the likely win both Ajmer and Alwar Lok Sabha constituency seats.
Congress Leads in Ajmer
In Ajmer, Congress’s Raghu Sharma is leading by a margin of 80,271 votes, against BJP’s Ramswaroop Lamba.