The counting of votes for the Rajasthan bypolls in two Lok Sabha and one assembly constituency – a crucial contest ahead of the state elections due later this year – will be held on Thursday.
The counting of votes of the Alwar and Ajmer Lok Sabha seats will be done in the respective constituencies, whereas it will take place in Bhilwara for the Mandalgarh assembly seat, and the election results will be declared on the Election Commission website.
A total of 42 candidates are in the fray for the bypolls to the three seats, the election to which was held on Monday.
Both the BJP and Congress, led by chief minister Vasundhara Raje and state party chief Sachin Pilot respectively, campaigned aggressively, spending weeks in the constituencies.
Here are the live updates on the byelection results:
*In Alwar, Jaswant Singh Yadav of BJP and Karan Singh Yadav of the Congress have contested the election, while Raghu Sharma of the Congress and BJP’s Ram Swaroop Lamba locked horns in Ajmer.
*In Mandalgarh, BJP’s Shakti Singh Hada and Congress’s Vivek Dhakad are poised for a tough fight.
Source: HindustanTimes