The counting of votes for Panaji, Valpoi, Bawana, Nandyal Assembly bypolls began at 8 am on Monday. The Delhi bypoll for Bawana was necessitated after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Ved Prakash quit the party and resigned from the assembly seat to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. Voting was conducted on 23 August at 379 polling booths. The polling percentage remained quite low as only 45 percent people voted. The results are crucial for all the three political parties who had exuded confidence to win the seat. While the AAP is hoping to pass this litmus test by reclaiming the seat and putting a stop to its waning popularity, the BJP is trying to continue its winning streak after the Rajouri Garden Assembly bypoll and municipal corporations election. The Congress is also hoping to open its account in the 70-member assembly by winning this seat. AAP’s Ram Chandra, BJP’s Ved Prakash and the Congress’s Surender Kumar are in fray in Bawana. One of the 12 reserved constituencies, Bawana has around 2.94 lakh voters and is dotted with 26 villages, unauthoried colonies and slums. Meanwhile, in the Panaji by-election, four-time chief minister and five-time Panaji MLA Manohar Parrikar takes on Girish Chodankar of the Congress and Anand Shirodkar of the Goa Suraksha Manch. In the Valpoi bypoll, the contest is between health minister Vishwajit Rane and Ravi Naik of the Congress. Poll officials said that counting was likely to be completed by 10 am followed by the announcement of the winners. Nearly 75 per cent voting was recorded during the 23 August bypolls in Goa, with 22,196 and 28,868 votes cast in Panaji and in Valpoi assembly constituencies respectively. The bypoll in Panaji was necessitated after Parrikar’s return to state politics in March this year, as Chief Minister. Sitting BJP MLA Sidarth Kuncolienkar resigned from the Panaji seat, enabling Parrikar to contest for the state capital constituency. In Valpoi, the bypolls were held following the resignation of Rane as a Congress MLA. He subsequently joined the BJP and the cabinet as Health Minister. With inputs from IANS
Assembly by-election results highlights: Bawana win is a fitting reply to 'jod-tod' politics, says AAP
The counting of votes for Panaji, Valpoi, Bawana, Nandyal Assembly bypolls began at 8 am on Monday.
 "Assembly by-election results highlights: Bawana win is a fitting reply to 'jod-tod' politics, says AAP")
Nirmala Sitharaman congratulates Chandrababu Naidu
Congratulations @ncbn on #NandyalaByElection victory.
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) August 28, 2017
Chandrababu Naidu holds press conference after Nandyal bypoll victory
Telugu Desam Party president Chandrababu Naidu also replied to Narendra Modi’s tweet congratulating TDP, saying, “We’re happy to see that people of Nandyal have reflected their belief in our model of governance.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates TDP for Nandyal bypoll victory
Congratulations to Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy Garu & our valued NDA ally, TDP for the big victory in the Nandyal by-poll. @ncbn
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 28, 2017
@AAPKarnataka celebrates #BawanaByPoll win!! @ArvindKejriwal @aapkaprithvi @aapkavijay_ #दिल्ली_के_दिल_में_केजरीवाल @Pankaj_aap pic.twitter.com/FlkOHv8hn5
— AAP Karnataka (@AAPKarnataka) August 28, 2017
BJP indulged in ‘corrupt practices,’ Congress alleges after Goa loss
Having lost two seats that went to polls in Goa, the Congress on Monday alleged that the ruling BJP “indulged in corrupt practises.”
“The elections are a moral defeat for BJP as their candidates indulged in corrupt practice as official position was used by the two candidates to offer jobs to the voters, although BJP might have obtained electoral victory,” alleged Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Shantaram Naik.
The ruling BJP won the by-elections to two assembly seats in Goa, with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar emerging victorious from Panaji and health minister Vishwajit Rane from Valpoi. Naik admitted that his party did not had a base in both these constituencies. “Congress will strengthen its base in the two constituencies in coming days,” added Naik.
Naik further alleged that the “BJP candidates in the two constituencies were holding ministerial posts without being MLAs and they went on showering false promises of jobs misusing their positions.” Rejecting the allegations, Goa BJP General Secretary Sadanand Tanawade told PTI that the Congress’ reaction shows their frustration on losing both the seats. —PTI
Bypoll win will provide ‘moral strength’ to BJP-led govt, says Manohar Parrikar
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the BJP’s victory in the two bypolls in the state will provide “moral strength” to the party-led ruling coalition.
He said the results also negate the perception in certain quarters that the BJP went against the mandate of the February assembly polls and formed the government under him.
“This is an endorsement of the government and the party candidates,” the chief minister said, addressing a press conference after the results were announced this morning. “In a democracy, numbers count and right now the ruling coalition has 23 members … which gives moral strength to the state government,” he added.
Parrikar alleged “certain sections” tried to create communal discord ahead of the 23 August bypolls and the opposition targeted him and Rane. “But people thwarted all such attempts,” he said.
Parrikar said he never predicted any particular margin but was confident of a victory. “I had never predicted the (victory) margin. I had always said I will win with a comfortable margin. I got 64 per cent of the votes polled and my opponent got 33 per cent.” —PTI
— Manohar Parrikar Memorial (@manoharparrikar) August 28, 2017
Manish Sisodia hails AAP win in Bawana
"बवाना की जीत,जोड़ तोड़ की राजनीति को करारा जवाब है" - @msisodia #BawanaByPoll pic.twitter.com/eVJiKThwZ3
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) August 28, 2017
The Bawana constituency, situated on the northern periphery of the city, is a mix of slum clusters, villages and has a huge poorvanchali (migrants from east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar) voter base, factors which combined to propel the AAP to victory.
For the BJP, the loss comes barely four months into its total domination in the municipal polls and a sweep of the Rajouri Garden bypolls.
The bypoll result is a setback to the YSRC that was banking on Nandyal to give it momentum for 2019. Jagan is slated to follow in his late father’s footsteps by undertaking a padyatra from Kadapa to north coastal Andhra, starting October. The takeaway from Nandyal is that while Jagan attracts the crowds, they do not quite translate into votes. Nandyal is a reminder that people expect him to be not just a leader, but a statesman as well.
TDP leaders celebrate Nandyal win
#Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu & minister Nara Lokesh celebrate TDP victory in #NandyalByPoll pic.twitter.com/8g8sUKIdnh
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
Mamata Banerjee congratulates AAP, Kejriwal
Congratulations @ArvindKejriwal and @AamAadmiParty for winning #BawanaByPoll
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) August 28, 2017
AAP wins in Bawana: Party celebrates Ram Chander’s victory
AAP Leaders & MLAs celebrating Bawana Victory at CM @ArvindKejriwal's residence. #दिल्ली_के_दिल_में_केजरीवाल pic.twitter.com/URRIJWRzs5
— Aam Aadmi Party Delhi (@AAPDelhi) August 28, 2017
People greet Kejriwal after Bawana win
जनता ने बवाना उपचुनाव में 'आप' की शानदार जीत के बाद मुख्यमंत्री @ArvindKejriwal को बधाई दी!#दिल्ली_के_दिल_में_केजरीवाल pic.twitter.com/586QkGPUHV
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) August 28, 2017
Chandrababu Naidu says TDP win in Nandyal reflects the people’s trust in party
People have again shown confidence and trust in development and good governance: AP CM Chandrababu Naidu #NandyalByPoll
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
Kejriwal was on a downward spiral since the loss in Punjab. The win suggests his strategy of giving up confrontation and focussing on solving Delhi’s problems has worked. Over the past few weeks, Kejriwal had abandoned his strategy of attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and making grandiose plans across India.
He had been uncharacteristically sober and restrained since the loss in the MCD polls. His only public appearance in recent times was a press conference to ask private schools to return the excess fees they had collected . Perhaps, voters have been impressed by the new, reticent, sincere Kejriwal.
TDP wins Nandyal Assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh
Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy of TDP defeated his YSR Congress rival by over 27,000 votes.
PTI
AAP wins Bawana bypoll
#BawanaByPoll: AAP’s Ram Chander wins with a margin of 24052 votes. #LIVE: https://t.co/pk7CxUUexp pic.twitter.com/JyIXY0Mf2W
— News18 (@CNNnews18) August 28, 2017
AAP’s Ram Chander wins Bawana bypoll
#BawanaByPoll results: AAP's Ram Chander gets 59886 votes, BJP's Ved Prakash gets 35834 votes and Congress's Surender Kumar gets 31919 votes
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
AAP spokesperson Manish Sisodia thanks supporters
बवाना उपचुनाव में AAP को चुनने के लिए बवाना के सभी मतदाताओं को धन्यवाद। शानदार जीत के लिए सभी कार्यकर्ताओं, विधायकों एवं सहयोगियों को बधाई।
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) August 28, 2017
AAP victory clear as BJP comes at a distant second
AAP's Ram Chander at 56,178, projected to win Delhi's #BawanaByPoll. BJP's Ved Parkash at 34,501; Congress's Surender Kumar at 30,758. https://t.co/vXb9MhHdc4
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
TDP maintains lead in Nandyal
AAP's Ram Chander leads with a margin of 23,132 votes in Delhi's #BawanaByPoll. TDP leads with margin of 23,973 in Andhra's #Nandyal by-poll
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
AAP tweets over Bawana win ahead of official confirmation
बवाना 'आप' के साथ !
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) August 28, 2017
जनता-जनार्दन को आप की इस जीत पर बधाई !#दिल्ली_के_दिल_में_केजरीवाल pic.twitter.com/hJGVQLsu7b
AAP celebrates ahead of official confirmation
AAP wins Bawana pic.twitter.com/QDklGv8Pmb
— Richa Pandey Mishra (Modi Ka Pariwar) (@richapandey) August 28, 2017
#दिल्ली_के_दिल_में_केजरीवाल
— Sanjeev Jha (@Sanjeev_aap) August 28, 2017
22nd Round
AAP - 48366
BJP- 28236
CON- 27596#BawanaBypoll https://t.co/3plSnE9pvr
Congress shows signs of recovery in Bawana
The latest trends of Bawana bypolls result shows that the Congress party has shown signs of recovery from what it face in the 2015 Assembly polls. Though it is still early to predict anything, the trends in election shows that the Congress party that was not among the winner or the runners up in the 2015 Assembly polls has stood as the runners up by the 19th round of vote counting.
In 2015 Assembly election, Aam Admi Party won the seat with BJP as the trailing party. But this time around by 19th round of counting, the Congress is maintaining the second position pushing the BJP to the third. Though the difference of votes between the leading party AAP and the trailing party congress is as huge as 17,000 votes, the Grand Old Party’s scaling to the second position has been seen as a spectacular gain
After 19 rounds of counting, AAP maintains lead over Congress
#BawanaByPoll results: AAP leads with a margin of 17,057 votes after 19 rounds of counting. (AAP- 42942, Congress- 25885, BJP- 23949)
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
AAP, Congress to contest close in Bawana
The post-poll survey of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee points out that the contest between the AAP and the Congress candidates would be ’neck and neck fight’, and there are chances of Congress candidate Surendra Kumar to win the Bawana bypoll. Kumar is a three-time former MLA from Congress.
There are pockets in Bawana constituency where Congress is stronger than AAP and BJP.
“It will be a very close fight between our candidate and that of AAP. As per our survey, the AAP candidate has a slight edge over Congress candidate. The AAP government used all its resources in developing Bawana area ahead of the bypoll. This has given the party an edge over others. However, there are chances that Kumar may win,” the Congress source said.
Bawana bypolls: The test of credibility for Arvind Kejriwal
Bawana bypolls have taken place four months after Kapil Mishra, a minister, in Delhi government raised serious allegations of corruption against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. It was seen as an watershed moment for Aam Admi Party, as Kejriwal had maintained a clean image till then. The allegations raised against him were seen as a blow to this image.
If the Aam Aadmi Party wins the Bawana bypolls despite this, then it will be seen as a sign of the party’s recovery from the loss it suffered. On the other hand if it loses the seat, then it will be considered as another blow to the party. The party lost Rajouri Garden seat in April.
TDP maintains lead over YSRC in Nandyal
Andhra Pradesh's #Nandyal by-poll: TDP's Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy leading over YSRCP with a margin of 19,706 votes in 10th round of counting.
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
Modi congratulates Parrikar, Rane over Goa win
Congrats to @manoharparrikar & @visrane for the impressive wins in Panaji & Valpoi respectively. I thank the people of Goa for their support
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 28, 2017
Bawana bypoll: AAP takes lead over Congress in 16th round of counting
#BawanaByPoll: Aam Aadmi Party takes a decisive lead by 10917 votes #LIVE https://t.co/vlcqQ3dwDG pic.twitter.com/q8fOgkPdXY
— News18 (@CNNnews18) August 28, 2017
AAP maintains lead in Bawana
#BawanaByPoll counting underway, results after 14th round: AAP - 27647, Congress 22936, BJP- 19542.
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
The results are crucial for all the three political parties who had exuded confidence to win the Bawana seat, reserved for the SC category.
While AAP is hoping to pass this litmus test by reclaiming the seat and putting a stop to its waning popularity, the BJP is trying to continue its winning streak after the Rajouri Garden Assembly bypoll and municipal corporations election. The Congress is also hoping to open its account in the 70-member assembly by winning this seat.
TDP celebrates Reddy’s lead in Nandyal
#Nandyal by-poll: TDP workers celebrate as the party candidate Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy leads over YSRCP with a margin of 17,440 votes. pic.twitter.com/tzLDwsX0B0
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
AAP to have clear lead in Bawana, finds survey
An internal survey conducted by the Congress shows that AAP shall have a clear lead in the Bawana bypoll. Congress party will be close second, whereas the BJP ends up being the third,
According to a Congress party source, an internal post-poll survey being conducted by the Pradesh Congress Committee in Delhi, the AAP candidate Ram Chandra would lead the Bawana bypoll. The Congress candidate Surendra Kumar, a three-time former MLA, will be a close second.
The survey says that AAP’s gaining margin over Congress and BJP has been due to development work done by Delhi government in the unrecognised colonies in Bawana. “Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal himself has been monitoring every activity related to poll management and development of the area for the last two an a half months,” a source aware of the survey findings told Firstpost.
The BJP candidate Ved Prakash, an ex-AAP MLA, who joined BJP ahead of MCD elections will be the third in the race, the survey says.
Bawana bypoll: Congress’ Surender Kumar leads over AAP’s Ram Chander
#BawanaByPoll results after 11th round counting : Congress - 20914, AAP- 20785, BJP- 15346.
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
Nandyal by-election: TDP’s Brahmananda Reddy leading
The ruling Telugu Desam Party candidate Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy has established a lead of over 13,000 votes after five rounds of counting for Nandyal Assembly by-election in Andhra Pradesh.
As the counting began on Monday morning, Reddy established a lead against his main rival Silpa Chandra Mohan Reddy of the YSR Congress right from the first round.
PTI
Victory for BJP in Goa bypolls
#ValpoiBypolls: BJP's candidate and Goa Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane wins by a margin of 9297 votes
— News18 (@CNNnews18) August 28, 2017
LIVE: https://t.co/nPI3dEmpmG pic.twitter.com/NFUuE8n04o
Bawana bypoll: Congress’ Surendra Kumar takes early lead
Congress candidate Surendra Kumar has taken an early lead of around 2,000 votes over his BJP rival in the race to the Bawana Assembly seat.
At the end of the 4th round of counting, Kumar had polled 8,996 votes, while BJP candidate Ved Prakash was trailing behind with 6,899 votes, said officials at Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi.
The AAP candidate, Ram Chandra, was placed third with 6,256 votes.
PTI
Manohar Parrikar defeated rival Girish Chodankar by 4,803 votes
Goa Chief Minister @manoharparrikar wins #PanajiBypolls with 9862 votes #LIVE: https://t.co/nPI3dEmpmG pic.twitter.com/sBjPZBlMea
— News18 (@CNNnews18) August 28, 2017
Andhra Pradesh’s #Nandyal bypoll: TDP’s Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy leads
Counting underway for #Nandyal by-poll, results after 8 rounds: TDP - 31,117 votes, YSRCP - 17,955, Congress 278.
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2017
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