Bypolls to 54 assembly seats across 10 states on November 3. List here

Along with the second part of polling within the Bihar meeting elections, voters in 54 constituencies throughout 10 states can even select their legislators on Wednesday. There are 28 meeting constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, eight in Gujarat, seven in Uttar Pradesh, two every in Karnataka, Odisha, Jharkhand and Nagaland and one seat every in Telangana, Chattisgarh and Haryana which is able to witness by-polls together with the Bihar meeting elections. The counting will happen on November 10.

Out of the 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh the place elections can be held, 25 grew to become vacant after Congress MLAs left the occasion in March to hitch the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Their resignations had resulted within the fall of the Kamla Nath-led Congress authorities and BJP chief Shivraj Singh Chouhan changing into the chief minister, once more. Three different seats have been declared vacant after the dying of incumbent MLAs within the central state.

In Gujarat, the by-elections have been necessitated by the resignations of Congress MLAs forward of the Rajya Sabha elections in June. In Uttar Pradesh, a complete of 93 candidates are within the fray for the by-elections on November 3. The BJP gained six of those seven seats in 2017 however this time across the opposition is focusing on the Yogi Adiyanath-led BJP authorities on the difficulty of legislation and order, particularly after the Hathras gang rape.

The Sira seat in Karnataka fell vacant after the demise of Janata Dal-Secular candidate B Satyaranarayana. The RR Nagar seat fell vacant in July 2019 after Congress MLA Munirathna Naidu detracted to the BJP. In Odisha, Tirtol and Balasore Sadar seats are going to polls. The by-election in Balasore was necessitated by the dying of the BJP MLA Madan Mohan Dutta and in Tirtol by-election have been introduced on by the dying of the Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD’s) Bishnu Charan Das.

In Jharkhand, Dumka and Bermo seats will witness straight fights between the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress and opposition BJP. The by-election in Dumka was necessitated after chief minister Hemant Soren determined to retain the Barhait seat, giving up Dumka. The Congress MLA from Bermo, Rajendra Prasad Singh, died in May.

By-elections are being held for the Southern Angami-I seat in Nagaland’s Kohima district and the Pungro-Kiphire seat in Kiphire district because the seats have been vacant after the deaths of then meeting speaker Vikho-o Yhoshu and T Torechu of the Naga People’s Front respectively.

In Telangana, the by-election in Dubbaka meeting constituency in Siddipet district can be performed because the seat fell vacant after the sudden demise of the sitting ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy. In Haryana, the Baroda meeting phase in Sonipat goes to the by-polls after falling vacant because of the demise of Congress MLA Sri Krishan Hooda.

Here’s an inventory of constituencies that go to by-polls on November 3:

Madhya Pradesh

Joura, Sumaoli, Morena, Dimani, Ambah, Mehgaon, Gohad, Gwalior, Gwalior East, Dabra, Bhander, Karera, Pohari, Bamori, Ashok Nagar, Mungaoli, Surkhi, Malhara, Anuppur, Sanchi, Biaora, Agar, Hatpipliya, Mandhata, Nepanagar, Badnawar, Sanwer and Suwasra

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Gujarat

Abdasa, Limdi, Morbi, Dhari, Gadhada (ST), Karjan, Dangs (ST) and Kaprada (ST)

Uttar Pradesh

Naugaon, Ghatampur (Kanpur), Bulandshahr, Tundla (Firozabad), Bangarmau (Unnao), Deoria and Malhani

Karnataka

Sira, Raja Rajeshwari Nagar

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Odisha

Balasore, Tirtol

Jharkhand

Dumka, Bermo

Nagaland

Southern Angami-I, Pungro-Kiphire

Telangana

Dubbaka

Chhattisgarh

Marwahi

Haryana

Baroda