Guwahati: Votes for seven vacant assembly seats in six states, including Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, Telangana, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh are currently being counted.
The by-elections took place on November 3.
In the Assembly bypolls in seven constituencies spread across six states, the Bharatiya Janata Party is engaged in a hard battle with regional parties including the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
The seven assembly constituencies where the elections were held are166-Andheri East from Maharashtra, 47-Adampur from Haryana, 93-Munugode from Telangana, 139-Gola Gokranath from Uttar Pradesh and 46-Dhamnagar from Odisha.
Data from the Election Commission shows that 75.25 percent of voters cast ballots in Adampur compared to 31.74 percent in Andheri East, 66.33 percent in Dhamnagar, 55.68 percent in Gola Gorakhnath, 48.35 percent in Gopalganj, 52.47 percent in Mokamas, and 77.55 percent in Gola Gorakhnath (Munugode).
After Kuldeep Bishnoi, the son of former chief minister Bhajan Lal resigned as MLA from the constituency and defected from the Congress to the BJP in August, a by-election had to be held in Adampur. A BJP candidate Bhavya Bishnoi ran in the by-election.
Due to the passing of their respective legislators, the seats in the Andheri East, Gola Gokrannath, and Dhamnagar constituencies were also left empty.
Ramesh Latke of the Shiv Sena died in May and Arvind Giri and Bishnu Sethi of the BJP died in September.
All of the major parties in Telangana including the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are competing in the Munugode Assembly constituency.