Himachal Pradesh, Assam Assembly Bypolls Results Live: Congress wins all three HP assembly seats; BJP leading in Assam

Himachal Pradesh, Assam Bypolls Results 2021 Live Coverage: In a setback for BJP in Himachal Pradesh, the opposition Congress has won all three assembly seats and is leading in Mandi parliamentary seat. Counting of votes for Mandi Lok Sabha and assembly seats in Assam is underway. The Congress retained Fatehpur and Arki Assembly seats while it wrested the Jubbal-Kotkhai seat from the BJP. In Fatehpur, Congress candidate Bhawani Singh Pathania got 24449 votes while BJP’s Baldev Thakur polled 18660 votes. Independent candidate Dr. Rajan Sushant got 12927 votes. In Arki, Congress candidate Sanjay received 30798 votes while BJP’s got Rattan Pal Singh got 27579 votes. From Jubbal-Kotkhai, Congress candidate Rohit Thakur got 29955 votes while rebel BJP leader Chetan Singh Bragta who contested as Independent candidate stood second by polling 23662 votes. BJP candidate could only get 2584 votes.

The BJP has won Thowra, Bhabanipur, Mariani while its ally UPPL has won Gossaigaon seat in Assam and is leading from Tumulpur. From Thowra, BJP candidate Sushanta Borgohain defeated nearest rival Independent candidate Dhaijya Konwar by a margin of 30561 votes. Borgohain polled 54956 votes while Knowar got 24395 votes. The Congress candidate Monuranjan Konwar got 5892 votes. From Gossaigaon, BJP ally UPPL’s candidate Jiron Basumatary got 58769 votes, AIUDF’s Khairul Anam Khandakar got 19255 votes and Congress candidate Jowel Tudu polled 30517 votes. BPF’s Dhruba Kumar Brahma Narzary got 20435 votes. From Bhabanipur, BJP candidate Phanidhar Talukdar got 64200 votes while Congress party’s Sailendra Nath Das got 38559 votes. AIUDF candidate Jubbar Ali got 6430 votes. From Mariani, Congress turncoat Rupjyoti Kurmi won on a BJP ticket by a margin of 40104 votes. Kurmi got 55489 votes, and Congress candidate Luhit Konwar polled 15385 votes.

An estimated 73.38 per cent of electors voted in bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies in Assam on October 30. The assembly constituencies are Gossaigaon, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Mariani and Thowra. The Bhabanipur seat had recorded the highest voter turnout of 78 per cent, followed by Gossaigaon (77.37 per cent), Thowra (75.07 per cent) and Mariani (69.81 per cent) and Tamulpur (67.88 per cent). In Himachal Pradesh, the Jubbal-Kotkhai seat registered the highest polling percentage of 78.75 while the lowest voter turnout of 57.73 per cent was recorded in the Mandi Lok Sabha seat. The polling percentage in Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai were 66.2, 64.97 and 78.75 respectively. From Tamulpur, BJP ally UPPL’s candidate Jolen Daimary got 82462 votes while Gana Suraksha Party’s Brajendra Nath Deka received 12952 votes. Congress candidate Bhaskar Dahal got 7517 votes.

In Assam, 31 candidates were in the fray, of whom eight each are in Gossaigaon and Bhabanipur, six in Tamulpur, five in Thowra and four in Mariani. The five seats fell vacant due to resignations and the deaths of legislators. The BJP has fielded its candidates in three seats leaving the other two to alliance partner UPPL. The Congress put up nominees in all five. The prominent contestants include Rupjyoti Kurmi, Sushanta Borgohain, Phanidhar Talukdar (all BJP); Luhit Konwar and Jowel Tudu (both Congress); Jubbar Ali and Khairul Anam Khandakar (both AIUDF) and Jiron Basumatary of the UPPL. In Himachal Pradesh, a direct contest is expected between the ruling BJP and the Congress on all the seats except Jubbal-Kotkhai, where rebel BJP candidate Chetan Singh Bragta is also in the fray as an Independent. A direct contest is expected in Mandi between Pratibha Singh, the wife of late chief minister Virbhadra Singh, and Kargil war hero Brigadier Khushal Singh Thakur of the BJP. A total of six candidates, including Ambika Shyam of the Rashtriya Lokniti Party, Munshi Ram Thakur of the Himachal Jankranti Party and Independents Anil Kumar and Subhash Mohan Snehi, are in the fray in Mandi.

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