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New Delhi. Voting will be held on Saturday for the by-elections (Bypolls 2021) to be held on 29 seats of the assembly spread in 13 states and three of Loksabha including Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the country. Along with adequate security arrangements during the voting process, covid preventive measures have also been ensured. In most seats, the main contest will be between the BJP and the Congress.

By-elections will be held for Lok Sabha seats in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. At the same time, of the 29 assembly seats where by-elections will be held, five are in Assam, four in West Bengal, three each in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, two each in Bihar, Rajasthan and Karnataka, while Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Mizoram. And one seat each in Telangana is included. Counting of votes will take place on November 2.

The by-election was also announced for the Shamatore-Chesore assembly seat of Nagaland. However, the candidate of the regional party Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) was declared the winner unopposed on 13 October. By-elections are being held in three Lok Sabha seats due to the death of the members. At the same time, in some assembly seats, the seat fell vacant due to the death of the MLA, while in many seats the seat fell vacant due to the resignation of the winning candidate. Let us know on which seats the fight is important.

Prestige battle for BJP on two seats in Bengal
If we talk about the four assembly seats of West Bengal, then all eyes will be on Dinhata seat because Trinamool Congress veteran Udayan Guha is trying to win again in this seat, which BJP snatched from him in the elections held in April. Was. Guha, a two-time MLA, had won from the Forward Block in 2011 and from this seat in 2016 on a TMC ticket. This time he is pitted against BJP candidate Ashok Mandal, who defeated him in 2006 as a TMC candidate.

Apart from these, the three seats where by-elections are to be held are Shantipur in Nadia district, Kharda in North 24 Parganas and Gosaba in South 24 Parganas. The Dinhata and Shantipur by-polls are a prestige battle for the BJP, which is currently grappling with the problem of MLAs and senior leaders switching sides.

INLD candidate Abhay Chautala’s eyes set on victory
On the other hand, in the Ellenabad assembly constituency of Sirsa district of Haryana, a triangular contest is being seen in the by-elections to be held on Saturday. Opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) candidate Abhay Singh Chautala has his eyes set on winning this seat once again. Chautala had resigned from the membership of the Legislative Assembly on the issue of central agricultural laws, due to which a by-election has been necessitated in this seat. Haryana Lokhit Party chief and MLA Gopal Kanda’s brother Gobind Kanda had recently joined the BJP. He is the candidate of BJP-JJP alliance in this seat.

Pawan Beniwal, who had lost to Abhay Chautala in the last election, is in the fray as a Congress candidate. He had recently left the BJP and joined the Congress.

Abhay Chautala’s resignation in January over the issue of agricultural laws necessitated a by-election in this rural constituency in Sirsa district. More than 1.85 lakh voters are eligible to vote in this seat. These include more than 98,000 men and 86,000 women.

Do or die situation for Rajendra in Telangana
On the other hand, the preparations for the Hazurabad Assembly by-election in Telangana have been completed and in this election there is going to be a triangular contest between the ruling TRS, the opposition BJP and the Congress. After the resignation of Itala Rajendra in June, the need for a by-election to Hazurabad assembly seat arose. He had resigned from the assembly after being shown the way out of the cabinet amid allegations of land grabbing.

Rajendra, who has denied the allegations, broke ties with the TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi) and is now in the fray as a BJP candidate. There are 30 candidates in this by-election. But the main contest is between Gaylu Srinivas Yadav of TRS, Rajendra of BJP and Venkat Balamuri of Congress.

For Rajendra, the by-election is like a ‘do or die’ and is also crucial for his party, which is aiming to emerge as an alternative to the TRS before the 2023 assembly elections. Counting of votes will take place on November 2.

By-elections are the pre-examination of next year’s assembly elections in Himachal
In Himachal Pradesh, the by-polls to Mandi Lok Sabha and Arki, Fatehpur and Jubbal-Kotkhai assembly seats on Saturday are being seen as a pre-test for next year’s assembly elections in the state. According to local leaders of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the results of these by-elections may affect the results of the assembly to be held in December next year. There are 17 assembly constituencies in Mandi Lok Sabha seat.

BJP’s state unit spokesperson Randhir Sharma said that the results of this by-election will affect the results of the assembly elections. By-elections on these four seats are being held due to the death of sitting MPs and MLAs. The counting of votes for all these seats will be done on November 2.

Competition between BJP and Congress in Madhya Pradesh
In Madhya Pradesh, a total of 48 candidates are in the fray for the by-elections for one Lok Sabha seat and three assembly seats. The main contest is between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress. Out of these four seats, two seats, including Khandwa Lok Sabha seat, were occupied by the BJP, while the remaining two seats were with the Congress. The opposition is attacking the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government, accusing it of corruption, increase in fuel prices, inflation and mismanagement during the Corona period.

Chouhan is in dire need of a win after a humiliating defeat in the Damoh bypoll earlier this year. After the resignation of 22 MLAs of the Kamal Nath-led government in March 2020, 27 Congress MLAs have joined the BJP. Congress will also do its best to save the party in the state.

By-elections are the litmus test of Gehlot government in Rajasthan
Simultaneously, the by-polls to Rajasthan’s Vallabhnagar (Udaipur) and Dhariyavad (Pratapgarh) assembly seats on Saturday are being seen as an important test for the performance of the Congress government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. In December, three years of the tenure of the Congress government are being completed. Although the two seats of the by-election are not important from the point of view of the stability of the government, but the results of these two seats are being linked with the performance of the Congress government’s work for three years. The government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was faced with a big challenge last year with 18 MLAs following the rebellious attitude of former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, which was resolved after the intervention of the party high command.

During the election campaign, where the Congress targeted the central government for inflation and rising fuel prices, increase in the prices of domestic cylinders and tried to woo the voters on the work done during the tenure of the state government, while the BJP tried to woo the voters of the state’s law and order situation. The increase in the rate of crime, unemployment allowance, electricity rates was made the main election issue.

Will the future of the government be decided by 2 seats in Bihar?
On the other hand, in Bihar, both RJD and Congress are contesting assembly by-elections on Saturday on two seats Tarapur (Munger) and Kusheshwar Asthan (Darbhanga). The Janata Dal (United), which won both the seats in the last assembly elections, is a cause for concern as the NDA has a low majority in the state assembly. Losing both the seats may give the RJD an opportunity to hold talks with smaller parties supporting the state government.

The JD(U) had also recently given prominence to the demand for a probe into the Pegasus case and the rival RJD’s demand for a caste census.

BJP wants to win at least three seats in Assam
In Assam, the BJP aims to win three out of five seats that will take them closer to a majority. With 59 seats, the BJP is five short of a majority in the state and is dependent on the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL).

The opposition Congress and the Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) are contesting the elections separately.

What will happen in Karnataka?
Both the assembly seats of Karnataka – Hanagal and Sindagi – are in Lingayat-dominated North Karnataka. Lingayats are the largest community in the state. These elections are important for the BJP as Hanagal is the seat of Lingayat leader Basavaraj Bommai’s home district. He replaced BS Yediyurappa as the chief minister of the state in July. Yediyurappa is considered the tallest Lingayat leader in the state. Yediyurappa was also campaigning with Bommai.