The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM)candidate Seema Mahto has won the Silli seat in the 2018 bypolls. The margin of her victory is13,537 votes. Seema Mahto's husband, Amit Mahto, was the sitting MLA from the Silli seat but was disqualified following his conviction in a criminal case that put him behind bars for 2 years which necessitated a bypoll.
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Silli By-Election Results 2018 Live News and Updates: Counting of Votes Begin for Jharkhand Assembly Bypolls
Silli Bypoll Results 2018: Stay tuned here for the latest updates and early trends of the crucial by-election contest in Jharkhand.
31 May, 11:22 (IST)
AJUP Sudesh Kumar Mahto is leading from the Silli Seat by 4968 Votes.
31 May, 08:28 (IST)
Counting of votes begin for Silli assembly seat bypoll. The early leads are expected to emerge shortly.
Ranchi, May 27: By-elections for the assembly seats of Gomia in Jharkhand will be held on Monday, May 28. Silli is an assembly constituency in the state of Jharkhand. The seat was represented by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party legislator Amit Kumar Mahto but has been vacant as the sitting MLA is in jail under criminal charges. The bypolls will be a test for the BJP government in the state as the opposition has united against the ruling party's candidate.
The JMM candidate is supported by both the Congress and the JVM on the seats of Gomia and Silli. The AJSU and BJP, who are ruling the state in coalition, are fighting separately in Gomia. In Silli, there is expected to be a tough fight between AJSU's Sudesh Mahto and JMM's Seema Mahto, whose husband was representing the constituency before going to jail.
Silli Assembly Bypolls 2018
Date of voting and results: The election will be held on May 28 across Silli. The results will be declared by the Election Commission on May 31.
Last Results: In the 2014 Jharkhand Assembly Elections, Amit Kumar Mahto of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) proved his mettle and registered a victory from the seat.
Reason for Bypoll: Silli constituency fell vacant after JMM legislator Amit Mahto, who had won the seat, was convicted by the court. He was sentenced for more than two years for unlawful activities and criminal acts.
Candidates in Fray: In Silli, the president of BJP's ally AJSU Party's Sudesh Mahto is contesting the seat against JMM's Seema Devi. Sudesh and Seema are the prominent faces among the 10 candidates in the fray.
The campaigning for the seats ended on Friday. With the voting taking place on Monday, May 28, all the parties will eagerly await the results which will be declared today. The seat of Silli will also be a test for the JMM as it will try to retain the seat that its candidate had won in 2016 Assembly Elections. What can go against BJP in this constituency is that the opposition has united against the saffron party in a strategic move to stop BJP at any cost.
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