Bageshwar Assembly By-Elections 2023: From Date of Polling To Result and List of Candidates, Know Everything About Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha Bypolls
Notably, Chandan Ram Das, who was a cabinet minister from Bageshwar assembly seat, passed away in April this year, leaving this seat vacant. The 63-year-old's condition suddenly worsened, and he was taken into the district hospital's intensive care unit. The transport and social welfare departments were under the control of Das.
Dehradun, September 2: The countdown for the upcoming by-polls in the hill state of Uttarakhand has begun as September 5 of the ongoing month has been announced for the Bageshwar Assembly by-election. The major parties in the race—the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress—are honing their campaign messages as the Bageshwar assembly by-election voting date approaches. The Congress is determined to steal the seat from the saffron control while the BJP is protecting its historic stronghold in order to mount a return in the State's political scenario before the general election scheduled for next year.
These elections have become significant as the main opposition, i.e. the Congress faces the challenge of changing the history of the by-elections in the state. A total of 14 assembly by-elections have been held in Uttarakhand so far, out of which the ruling party has won 13 times. The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal had won only once in the state, while there was a Congress government in the power. Ghosi Assembly By-Elections 2023: From Date of Polling To Result and List of Candidates, Know Everything About Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Bypolls.
Since the day of nomination, the BJP's district in-charge minister Saurabh Bahuguna has been camping out in Bageshwar. Three additional ministers, including the PWD minister Satpal Maharaj, have also arrived to canvass the area's electorate. Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister, spoke to the voters on the nomination day and will once more take the lead of the party's election campaign during its last leg on September 2 and 3. A battery of ministers is set to accompany the Dhami to make the last-ditch appeal to voters, according to information obtained from BJP officials.
On the other side, the opposition Congress is making every effort to win in the BJP stronghold. Yashpal Arya, the head of the opposition in the state assembly, has been running a vigorous campaign in addition to Karan Mahara, the president of the State party. Devendra Yadav, the state in-charge, is remaining put in Bageshwar, while party veteran and former chief minister Harish Rawat has already started campaigning. Pritam Singh, the former State party president, also spoke to the electorate in a rally held on Tuesday.
Bageshwar Assembly By-Elections 2023 Results
The campaigning for the by-election will end on September 3, as the voting is scheduled for September 5. Further, votes for Bageshwar Assembly By-Elections 2023 will be counted on September 8. The result of the polls is expected to come out on the same day.
Why Bageshwar By-Election 2023 Were Necessitated?
Notably, Chandan Ram Das, who was a cabinet minister from Bageshwar assembly seat, passed away in April this year, leaving this seat vacant. The 63-year-old's condition suddenly worsened, and he was taken into the district hospital's intensive care unit. The transport and social welfare departments were under the control of Das.
Candidates for Bageshwar By-Election 2023
The candidates for the September 5 by-election for the Bageshwar Assembly seat in Uttarakhand have been made public by both the BJP and the Congress. After deliberating among three candidates put up by the BJP's Uttarakhand unit, the party's national leadership chose Parvati Das to represent it in the by-election brought on by the passing of Parvati's husband Chandan Ram Das earlier. Dhupguri Assembly By-Elections 2023: From Date of Polling To Result and List of Candidates, Know Everything About West Bengal Vidhan Sabha Bypolls.
Basant Kumar has been named as the candidate for the Congress. In addition to running for the position from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2022 from the same constituency, Kumar has also served as the AAP state unit's vice president. Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party has also entered the race by fielding farmer Bhagwati Prasad Trikoti, who previously ran unsuccessfully for the Lok Sabha elections in 2014.
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