UP ByElection 2023 Results: The voting percentage in the by-elections to the Suar and Chhanbey assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh was low and both the places recorded 44.95 percent and 44.15 percent voting respectively. Officials said that the polling started at 7 in the morning and ended at 6 in the evening. The counting of votes will take place on May 13. Swar had a polling percentage of 68.8 in the elections a year ago, when Abdullah Azam Khan, son of SP leader Azam Khan, defeated his nearest rival Apna Dal (Sonelal). Similarly, the polling percentage in Chanbe assembly constituency was 44.15 percent on Wednesday, while it was 52 percent in the last election.
The Swar seat fell vacant due to cancellation of membership of senior SP leader Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam following his conviction in a case, while the Chanbe seat fell vacant due to the death of BJP’s ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) MLA Rahul Kol. is vacant. The main opposition Samajwadi Party alleged that police were preventing voters from casting their votes at some booths in Swar, but officials denied any wrongdoing and said free and fair voting took place in both the bypolls and were peaceful. Done properly.
SP accused of irregularities
Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party issued a statement saying that on the instructions of the party’s National President Akhilesh Yadav, today on behalf of the Samajwadi Party, a letter addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan has been sent to Swar Vidhansabha of Rampur district and Mirzapur district. In Chanbe assembly constituency, has demanded action by taking immediate cognizance of the complaints of vote rigging and intimidation of voters and booth capturing by the ruling party.
Former Samajwadi Party MP Arvind Kumar Singh has made all the complaints related to the by-election to the Chief Election Commissioner. Officials, however, denied any discrepancies and said free and fair polling took place in both the seats. In the by-election, there is a direct contest between the ruling coalition and the opposition Samajwadi Party. State’s Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla told that the voting for the by-elections of Swar and Chanbe assembly seats started at seven in the morning. However, the SP has alleged rigging in voting at both the places.
complaint to election commission
The SP said in a tweet, ‘Cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh government Ashish Patel is calling and threatening SP workers to influence the ongoing voting for the by-election in Mirzapur’s Chanbe seat. Please take cognizance of the matter Election Commission. Security of SP workers and fair polling should be ensured. In the second tweet, he said, ‘Slow voting is happening at booth number 289,291 of Chanbe assembly of Mirzapur. BJP’s Pankaj Singh and Bablu Singh are pressurizing voters to vote for Apna Dal candidate. Voters are being harassed in the name of investigation.
In another tweet, the SP also alleged disturbances during polling in Swar assembly constituency and said that the police in Khempur, Rasulpur, Faridpur, Samodia of Swar assembly are preventing voters from casting their votes. It has been said in the tweet that voters are being forcibly returned from the polling booth and the Election Commission should take cognizance of this.
Election Commission denied the allegations
State’s Chief Electoral Officer Shukla told that six candidates are trying their luck in the by-election of Swar Assembly in Rampur district, while a total of 14 candidates are in the fray for Chhanbe seat in Mirzapur district. A total of 492 polling stations have been set up at both the places. He told that a total of 6.62 lakh voters will be able to exercise their franchise in both the seats. Two general observers, two expenditure observers and two police observers have also been deployed to conduct polling in a free and fair manner. Apart from this, 66 sector magistrates, nine zonal magistrates and 70 micro observers have also been deployed.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) led by former Chief Minister Mayawati has kept distance from this by-election. At the same time, the Congress has fielded its candidate only on the fifth seat. In the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections held in the year 2022, Abdullah Azam defeated Haider Ali Khan of Apna Dal (Sonelal) here by a margin of more than 61,000 votes. This time SP has nominated Anuradha Chauhan and Apna Dal (Sonelal) Shafiq Ahmed Ansari from this seat.
Voting ends in Swar and Chanbe bypolls
On the other hand, BJP has fielded Rinki Kol, wife of late MLA Rahul Kol, and SP has fielded Kirti Kol in Chanbe seat. In the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly, the ruling BJP has 255 MLAs, and its allies Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Nishad Party have 11 and six MLAs, respectively. SP has 109 MLAs while its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal has nine MLAs. Suheldev has six MLAs from the Bharatiya Samaj Party, two each from the Congress and the Jansatta Dal (Democratic) and one from the Bahujan Samaj Party.
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