BJP-ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate Rinki Kol on Saturday defeated Samajwadi Occasion’s Kirti Kol to win the bypoll to the Chhanbey (SC) assembly seat right here by a margin of 9,587 votes.
The by-polls for these seats had been held on Might 10 and the victory margin in every seat was lower than 10,000 votes.
In Rampur district’s Suar assembly constituency, Apna Dal (S) candidate Shafeek Ahmed Ansari defeated Samajwadi Occasion nominee Anuradha Chauhan by 8,724 votes.
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Apna Dal (S) nationwide president and union minister Anupriya Patel, in a tweet, mentioned, “The victory of the social gathering candidates on each the seats is the victory of the NDA alliance. The individuals of Suar and Chhanbey voted for concord and improvement.”
Whereas the Apna Dal (S) had held the Chhanbey seat earlier too, its victory in Suar has elevated the social gathering’s tally within the state assembly from 11 to 12.
Within the 403 -member Uttar Pradesh assembly, the ruling BJP has 255 MLAs and its ally NISHAD social gathering has six MLAs.
The Samajwadi Occasion has 109 MLAs and its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) 9.
The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Occasion (SBSP) has six MLAs, the Congress and Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) have two every and the Bahujan Samaj Occasion (BSP) has one MLA.
The Chhanbey assembly seat had fallen vacant after the dying of Apna Dal (S) MLA Rahul Prakash Kol in February.
The Suar seat was declared vacant after a Moradabad courtroom sentenced the then SP MLA Abdullah Azam Khan to 2 years in jail in a 15-year-old case, additionally in February.
It was the second time Abdullah Azam Khan, the son of senior SP chief Azam Khan, was disqualified from the state assembly. He was first elected to the Suar assembly seat in 2017. However in 2020, the Allahabad excessive courtroom had put aside his election for not declaring his appropriate age within the affidavit.
On Saturday, the SP candidate took the lead within the first spherical of counting in Suar however within the subsequent spherical, the Apna Dal (S) not solely narrowed the lead however moved forward.
The state of affairs was no completely different in Chhanbey that witnessed a detailed combat between Apna Dal (S) candidate Rinki and SP nominee Kirti Kol.
Rinki Kol’s father-in-law Pakodi Lal Kol is Lok Sabha member from Robertsganj in japanese Uttar Pradesh.
SP candidate Kirti’s father Bhai Lal Kol had earlier represented the Chhanbey assembly constituency.
In Suar, Apna Dal (S) fielded Shafeek Ahmed whereas the SP nominated Anuradha Chauhan.
Whereas Apna Dal (S) chief Anupriya Patel led the social gathering’s marketing campaign in each the constituencies, SP chief Azam Khan piloted his social gathering’s ballot combat in Suar.
His son Abdullah had gained the Suar seat by over 60,000 votes within the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.