Counting Tuesday for bypolls to one LS, 31 Assembly seats

New Delhi, Nov 9 (PTI) Counting of votes will be taken up
Tuesday for the bypolls to Firozabad Lok Sabha (Lower House of
Indian Parliament) seat in northern state of Uttar Pradesh and
31 assembly seats spread across seven Indian states held on
Saturday.

In the Firozabad Lok Sabha seat, politician-turned-actor
Raj Babbar is the Congress party candidate and is pitted
against Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's
daughter-in-law Dimple. The bypoll was necessitated as SP
chief's son Akhilesh vacated the seat and retained Kannauj.
The polling, which saw a turnout of over 60 per cent, was
by and large peaceful.
In Uttar Pradesh, the byelections were held in 11 Assembly
constituencies -- Powagan (SC), Lucknow West, Padrouna, Rari,
Isauli, Jhansi, Kolasala, Hainsar Bazar, Lalitpur, Etawah and
Bharthana.
Bypolls were held in 10 assembly seats in eastern state of
West Bengal -- Kalchini (ST), Raiganj (SC), Sujapur,
Goalpokhar, Bongaon, Contai South, Egra, Serampore, Alipore
and Belgachia East.
In Belgachia East, Ramala, widow of state's former
transport minister Subhas Chakraborty, has banked heavily on
sympathy votes with actor Mithun Chakraborty and Communist
Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Biman Bose
campaigning for her. (MORE) PTI SMI
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