Bypolls in 7 assembly seats in Rajasthan to be held on Nov 13, results on Nov 23

The Assembly polls in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20, while Jharkhand polls will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, the Election Commission said.

Voting for bypolls on seven assembly seats in Rajasthan will be held on November 13, with results to be declared on November 23, according to the Election Commission of India.

At a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced the schedule for bypolls in 48 assembly constituencies and two parliamentary constituencies across 15 states. In Rajasthan, the bypolls will take place in Jhunjhunu, Dausa, Deoli-Uniara, Khinvsar, Chaurasi, Salumbar, and Ramgarh assembly seats. Out of the seven seats, four were previously held by the Congress party.

Two by-elections are being conducted due to the deaths of the MLAs: Ramgarh’s Congress MLA Zubair Khan and Salumbar’s BJP MLA Amritlal Meena. In five constituencies, the MLAs were elected as MPs in the Lok Sabha polls, necessitating these bypolls. They include Congress MLA Brijendra Ola from Jhunjhunu, Congress MLA Harish Chandra Meena from Dausa, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MLA Hanuman Beniwal from Khinvsar, and Rajkumar Roat of the Bharat Adivasi Party from Chaurasi.

Currently, the 200-seat state assembly has 114 MLAs from the Bharatiya Janata Party, 65 from the Congress, three from the Bharat Adivasi Party, two from the Bahujan Samaj Party, one from the Rashtriya Lok Dal, and eight Independent MLAs. According to official data, there are 1,862 polling stations and a total of 1,936,532 voters in the seven assembly seats that will hold bypolls next month.

Following the announcement of the bypoll dates, Congress state president Govind Dotasra claimed the BJP “will get zero seats in the bypolls.” He criticized the state government’s tenure, stating, “The nine to ten months of BJP government in Rajasthan have left people completely disappointed and distressed. People are saying that the government has become a circus,” he added.

The Assembly polls in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20, while Jharkhand polls will occur in two phases on November 13 and 20, the Election Commission stated. Votes will be counted on November 23.