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An elderly woman shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote during the Uttarakhand Assembly bypolls, in Chamoli district, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (PTI Photo)
By-polls at all three seats in Himachal: Hamirpur, Dehra and Nalagarh were triggered after three independent MLAs resigned from their seats to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.
If I can vote, why can’t you!
Beating all odds, a cancer survivor Sh Brij Lal, a 71-year-old voter of Village Palsoti, Hamirpur, visits polling station for exercising his franchise, making himself proud and our Democracy stronger. We salute him! #UTSAV #ECISVEEP #Byeelection2024 pic.twitter.com/2gFLmBvPYd
— CEO Himachal (@hpelection) July 10, 2024
The voting process is underway since this morning across all 13 constituencies and is set to conclude by 6 pm.
1) Dehra constituency
The hill state’s Dehra seat is located in Kangra district, on which five candidates including Thakur are in fray. Besides 53-year-old Thakur, the BJP’s Hoshyar Singh, and three independent contestants: Sanjay Sharma, Sulekha Devi, Arun Ankesh Syal are also contesting the polls.
2) Hamirpur constituency
Hamirpur, which is also a Lok Sabha constituency retained by BJP MP Anurag Thakur, will witness the Assembly by-poll battle between four candidates. The BJP has fielded Ashish Sharma while the Congress has placed its bet on Dr Pushpinder Verma. Two other candidates are contesting independently.
3) Nalagarh segment
A total of six candidates are vying for the Nalagarh seat, including Hardeep Singh Bawa of the Congress and KL Thakur from the BJP. A third candidate, Kishori Lal Sharma is contesting the polls on the ticket of Swabhiman Party, while three candidates are fighting the elections independently.
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4) Maniktala seat
The BJP has given the ticket to Kalyan Chaubey, who is up for an election battle against the Trinamool Congress’ Supti Pande.
5) Ranaghat Dakshin
6) Bagdah constituency
7) Raiganj
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8) Badrinath constituency
9) Manglaur seat
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10) Vikravandi constituency
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11) Rupauli
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12) Amarwara
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13) -Jalandhar West
The counting of votes will take place on July 13.
First Published: Jul 10 2024 | 11:25 AM IST
