New Delhi: Four assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat are going through a by-poll to elect their new representatives today. By-polls for four assembly seats are being conducted across Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya and Odisha along with the election for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat.
Bypolls are underway in the assembly constituencies of Swar and Chhanbey in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh.
The contest in Swar, previously held by Abdullah Azam Khan, the son of prominent SP politician Azam Khan will be the high point. Bypolls in the Swar assembly seat were necessitated after Abdullah Azam Khan was given a two-year prison sentence by a Moradabad court in a case that dates back fifteen years. While the seat in Chhanbey in Mirzapur fell vacant following the death of Apna Dal (Sonelal) MLA Rahul Prakash Kol in February.
While polling for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat will also take place on Wednesday.
The Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat fell vacant following the death of Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary. Chaudhary died after a cardiac arrest while taking part in party leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra between Phillaur and Goraya towns in January this year.
The seat is likely to witness an intense battle between AAP, BJP, Congress, and Shiromani Akali Dal.
Voting for the bypoll began in the assembly constituencies of the Jharsuguda in Odisha and Sohiong in Meghalaya.
In Odisha's Jharsuguda, the by-election was necessitated following the murder of sitting MLA and the then Health Minister Naba Kishore Das on January 29.
In Meghalaya, a bypoll was necessitated due to the death of UDP candidate HDR Lyngdoh ahead of the assembly elections held in the rest of the state on February 27.
The counting of votes for the bypolls will also take place along with Karnataka on May 13. ( with Agency inputs)
