Mandar Bypoll Result LIVE:In the Mandar assembly by-election, Congress candidate Shilpi Neha Tirkey has won by 23,517 votes. Shilpi got 95,062 votes, while bjp candidate Gangotri Kujur, who came second, got 71,545 votes.
Over 61.25 per cent of about 3.5 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the election, held on June 23, he said.
The by-election was necessitated after the disqualification of Bandhu Tirkey as an MLA in the wake of his conviction in a corruption case.
A special CBI court in Jharkhand had on March 28 sentenced Tirkey to three years imprisonment.
The constituency is witnessing a triangular contest this time. The Congress has fielded his daughter, Shilpi Neha Tirkey, as the candidate of the ruling JMM-led coalition, while the BJP has nominated former legislator Gangotri Kujur in the seat.
Independent candidate Dev Kumar Dhan, backed by Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, is also in the fray.
In the Mandar assembly by-election, Congress candidate Shilpi Neha Tirkey has won by 23,517 votes. Shilpi got 95,062 votes, while bjp candidate Gangotri Kujur, who came second, got 71,545 votes.
The by-election in Jharkhand was necessitated after the disqualification of Bandhu Tirkey as an MLA following his conviction in a corruption case. The Congress has fielded his daughter, Shilpi Neha Tirkey, as the common candidate of the ruling JMM-led coalition, while the BJP has nominated former legislator Gangotri Kujur in the seat. 14 candidates are in the fray in Mandar.
Shilpi Neha Tirkey wins by more than 23,000 votes against her nearest rival, the BJP's Gangotri Kujur. EC yet to officially announce the result.
In the 11th round, Congress candidate Shilpi Neha Tirkey got 49819 votes. Bjp's Gangotri Kujur got 38574 votes.
10 rounds of votes have been counted. In the 10th round, Congress' Shilpi Neha Tirkey is leading by 12,000 votes over her nearest rival Gangotri Kujur of BJP.
In the first round of counting, Congress got 3990 votes, BJP got 3944 votes and AIMIM supported independent got 1563 votes.
Mandar Assembly constituency by-poll counting: Congress leading, BJP trailing on the second spot, after the first round of counting, as per ECI