Bypolls, Congress Bags All Three Assembly Seats In Kerala

NEW DELHI: Continuing its impressive performance in the Lok Sabha elections, the UDF-led Congress on Tuesday held all three seats of the Assembly

where bypolls were conducted, the issue of the CPM-led LDF decision.

The LDF suffered a blow in politically sensitive Kannur, where the Congress candidate and former CPM MP AP Abdullakutty emerged victorious by a margin of 12,000 votes over CPM MV Jayaraj.

Abdullakutty, who represented Kannur in parliament twice in a CPM ticket, was expelled from the party earlier this year after serious differences with the CPM leaders, after which he joined in Congress.

Presentation of candidates for Congress defeated PN CPM Sinulal Sunday in Ernakulam by over 8000 votes, while his colleague AA Shukur Alappuzha seat held by defeating G Krishaparasad CPI of 4000 votes.

On 7 November polls were necessitated by the resignation of the sitting Congress MLAs K Sudhakaran (Kannur), KV Thomas (Ernakulam) and KC Venugopal (Alappuzha) to be elected to the Lok Sabha.

The results showed that the UDF has been able to consolidate its Lok Sabha performance of lifting 16 of the 20 seats in the state. The current round of elections were seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2011 Assembly elections to be preceded by the civic elections next year.

Despite their best efforts and high-voltage campaign, managed to reverse the LDF faced defeat in parliamentary elections.

BJP won a seat in the Assembly and Congress Jawali Rohroo bags in Himachal Pradesh, as the results of two surveys by said Tuesday. Rohroo while the seat was held by Congress, Jawali was represented by the BJP.

In Khushiram Balnatah seat Rohroo defeated congressional candidate Manjit Singh Thakur by 8473 votes, while in Jawali former state minister and Congress candidate Sujan Singh Pathania Chaudhary Baldev Raj BJP humiliated by 5249 votes.

Byelections in Rohroo in Shimla district and Jawali in Kangra district were necessary due to the resignation of Union Minister Virbhadra Singh and BJP Rajan Sushant, respectively, after they became members.

Trinamool Congress and an independent won a seat in the Assembly each in West Bengal, whose results were declared after the vote count was taken for ten constituencies bypolls last week.

Election office sources said the Trinamool Congress retained Alipur seat as its candidate defeated Bobby Hakim Kaustav Chatterjee of the CPM by 27,555 votes.

The independent candidate PSR Wilson Champamari Beat Binoy Bhusan Karket for 6035 seats in the constituency Kalchini in the district of Jalpaiguri. The seat was held by RSP.

The trends in other groups was demonstrated that Trinamool leader at six sites, while its ally, the Congress was ahead in two seats. The Congress candidate Abu Hassem Khan Choudhury has established a convincing margin of 29,037 votes against his rival in the PRC in Sujapur seat in the district of Malda.

With the left lose control of the state under the assault of the opposition led by Trinamool, the elections are considered a trailer for the 2011 assembly elections.

In Rajasthan, BJP and the ruling Congress won one seat each, respectively. Ramesh Chand BJP was declared elected from Basanti Meena Todabhim while Congress headquarters Salumbo bags. With these victories, the account of Congress in the State Assembly has increased to 102 and the strength of the BJP is now 79.

Congress is leading in two Assam districts for Assembly elections were held last week.

In Chhattisgarh, BJP has established an early lead over Congress in the sea of Vaishali Nagar Assembly t.

In bypoll Firozdabad Lok Sabha, the daughter of SP leader Mulayam Singh-in-law Dimple Yadav, is tailing Cong’s Raj Babbar by 6870 votes after the fourth round, while the ruling BSP was ahead in eight of the 11 seats in the assembly where bypolls were held last week.

BSP candidate had eight assembly seats – Poway, Isauli, Hains Bazar, Padrauna, Rari, Etawah, Bharthana and Lalitpur – after the initial six of seven rounds of balloting, election department sources.

Independent candidates are leading in two seats – and Kolasala Jhansi seats, while Congress is nominated leader in Lucknow, said.

The Congress is lagging behind in both Padrauna Jhansi and held seats in 2007 assembly elections.

Both Padrauna Jhansi and seats became vacant after the elected representatives and RPN Pradeep Jain Aditya Singh won the Lok Sabha elections.

In Jhansi, Kailash Sahu BSP candidate is leading over his nearest rival, independent candidate Vijendra Vyas by over 1000 votes, while in Padrauna, BSP candidate and state president Swami Prasad Maurya is leading over his nearest rival, Congress Mohni Devi.

In 2007 assembly elections - Samajwadi Party had won five assembly seats – Poway, Isauli Sonu Singh, Hains Bazar, Etawah and Bharthana while BJP won two – Lucknow (West) and Kolasala seats.