BJP Releases List Of candidates for by-polls to 3 LS, 16 Assembly seats
Mumbai: BJP released its list of candidates for the by-polls to three Lok Sabha seats in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, MP and Himachal Pradesh and 16 Assembly seats of various states to be held on October 30.
The BJP has declared Dnyaneshwar Patil as its candidate from the Khandwa constituency in Madhya Pradesh, while Brigadier Khushal Thakur is the candidate for Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Mahesh Gavit is the candidate from Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha seat.
Ashoke Mondal, Niranjan Biswas, Joy Saha and Palash Rana are the candidates for West Bengal’s Dinhata, Santipur, Khardaha and Gosaba (SC) constituencies respectively, while Shishupal Singh Yadav, Pratima Bagri and Sulochana Rawat are the candidates for the Prithvipur, Raigaon (SC), Jobat (ST) constituencies in Madhya Pradesh respectively. Punthala Suresh is the candidate for the Badvel constituency in Andhra Pradesh and Govind Kanda is the candidate for Haryana’s Ellenabad. Baldev Thakur, Ratan Singh Pal and Neelam Saraik are the candidates for Himachal Pradesh’s Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai constituencies respectively. The candidate for Karnataka’s Sindgi by-poll is Ramesh Bhusanuru while Shivaraj Sajjanar is the candidate for Hangal’s by-poll.
Himmat Singh Jhala and Khet Singh Meena are the candidates from the Vallabhnagar and Dhariawad constituencies of Rajasthan respectively. The Election Commission of India had earlier announced by-elections for three parliamentary and 30 assembly seats in 15 states and union territories (UTs) of the country on September 28.
Parliamentary by-elections were announced for Dadra and Nagar Haveli seats in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in Madhya Pradesh, Khandwa seat and Mandi seat in Himachal Pradesh.
The ECI announced by-elections on assembly constituencies including –Badvel (SC) in Andhra Pradesh; Gossaigaon, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur and Mariani, Thowra in Assam; Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) and Tarapur in Bihar; Ellenabad in Haryana; Fatehpur, Arki, and Jubbal- Kotkhai in Himachal Pradesh; Sindgi and Hangal in Karnataka; Prithvipur, Raigaon (SC) and Jobat (ST) in Madhya Pradesh; Deglur (SC) in Maharashtra; Mawryngkneng (ST), Mawphlang (ST), and Rajabala in Meghalaya; Tuirial (ST) in Mizoram; Shamtorr-Chessore (ST) in Nagaland; Vallabhnagar and Dhariawad (ST) in Rajasthan; Huzurabad in Telangana; and Dinhata, Santipur, Khardaha and Gosaba(SC) in West Bengal.
The last date for filing nominations is October 8. The Election Commission has scheduled the nomination test on October 11, while the last date for withdrawal of nominations has been fixed as October 13. “The polling will be held on October 30, while the counting of votes will take place. The number of votes and results will be declared on November 2.
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