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In Gujarat, the result has already been declared for the Surat Lok Sabha seat, where nominations of 12 candidates were rejected, including that of the Congress' candidate, because of discrepancies
According to this newspaper's estimates, calculated from the data provided on the EC's turnout app at 9 pm, the voter turnout was almost 65 per cent
Jyotiraditya lost to his former aide Krishna Pal Yadav of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a sizeable margin of over 125,000 votes from Guna in 2019
Says Congress wanted to bring back estate duty; latter calls claims 'lies'
The BJP and its allies won 62 of the 87 seats in 2019
Congress claimed EC is 'super, super cautious' when it comes to complaints against PM Modi
PM lying since election slipping away from BJP grasp: Rahul Gandhi
He said the Congress' actions betrayed that it didn't respect either the Constitution or B R Ambedkar, while he was dedicated to protecting the sanctity of that document
Urges people to vote in large numbers on Friday
Of the 87 seats, the BJP and its former allies won 62, or 71% of the seats, and another seat was won by its current ally, the JD(S) in the previous general election
The Vokkaliga dominated seat has sent leaders such as former Karnataka CM SM Krishna to the parliament
The decline in voter turnout in the Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency was over 25 per cent because of calls for a poll boycott across six districts
Polling in Barmer-Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) Lok Sabha seat will be held on April 26
The insistent requests from candidates for more Congress guarantee cards is reinvigorating strategists and war room leaders. With plans to distribute 30 million cards, the Congress aims for 80 million
In a bypoll in 2002, after the sitting Congress MP passed away, Deve Gowda defeated Shivakumar from the seat. The constituency votes in the second phase on April 26
In 2019, turnout in the first phase comprising 91 seats was 69.43 per cent, suggesting a dip in total voting percentage this time
Assemblies in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh to also hold elections
Also talks about amending the Constitution to ensure that governors are appointed in consultation with state legislatures
According to ADR analysis, 574 (48 per cent) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above, 363 (30 per cent) candidates have announced their age to be 25-40 years
When the BJP won the Assembly elections again in 2021, Himanta Biswa Sarma succeeded Sonowal, who was sent to the Rajya Sabha and inducted in the Union Cabinet