NEW DELHI: As the counting for Assembly elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra along with by-elections to 48 Assembly constituencies across 15 states, including two Lok Sabha seats, is under way, the early trends have started to emerge.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Bharath Bommai is leading from the Shiggaon Assembly constituency in Karnataka in the bypolls. Of 18 rounds, the counting of votes for one round has been concluded, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Bharat Bommai, son of former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, is contesting the Assembly by-election against Pathan Yasir Ahmed Khan of Indian National Congress (INC) and Ravi Krishna Reddy of Karnataka Rashtra Samithi.
Meanwhile, Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M) candidate U R Pradeep is leading from the Chelakkara assembly constituency in Kerala. Of 13 rounds, the counting of votes for one round has been concluded, as per the ECI. Pradeep is contesting the by-elections against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate K Balakrishnan and Ramya Haridas of Indian National Congress (INC) who are trailing.
Raushan Kumar, who is contesting from the Imamganj assembly constituency in Bihar, can be seen leading in the by-election results after the first round of counting concluded. He is contesting against Jitendra Paswan of the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) and Deepa Kumari of Hindustani Awan Morcha (Secular). (ANI)