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By-elections are being held today in 10 states of the country. Which includes the Lok Sabha seat of Wayanad in Kerala and 31 assembly seats of various states. Some of these seats became vacant after the MLAs won the Lok Sabha elections, while on some seats the MLAs died. Wayanad election is very important in the by-elections to be held today, from where Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi is contesting for the first time. The by-elections on 32 seats are being seen as a big litmus test for BJP and Congress.
By-elections on how many seats of which state?
Today by-elections will be held on seven seats in Rajasthan, six in West Bengal, five in Assam, four in Bihar, three in Karnataka, two in Madhya Pradesh and one seat each in Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala and Meghalaya. Counting of votes will take place on November 23.
Priyanka Gandhi appealed to the people to vote
Voting on these seats of Bihar-Madhya Pradesh
There are by-elections in Ramgarh, Tarri, Imamganj and Belaganj seats in Bihar. JDS leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy is contesting from Channapatna in Karnataka. The seat was vacant after his father and Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy was elected to the Lok Sabha. BJP has fielded Bharat Bommai, son of former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai from Shigaon. He will face Congress candidate Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan.
Voting will also be held on Budhni and Vijaypur assembly seats of Madhya Pradesh. By-election on Vijaypur seat of Sheopur district had become necessary after Congress MLA Ramniwas Rawat joined BJP and Mohan Yadav was made cabinet minister. The by-election on Budh seat is being held because MLA and former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has been elected to the Lok Sabha and is now the Union Agriculture Minister.
