Amarwada Assembly Bye-election 2024: A total of 78.71 percent voting took place in the by-election held on Wednesday for Amarwada Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh. An officer gave this information. The by-election to this Scheduled Tribe-reserved seat in Chhindwara district is a prestige question for both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress as Chhindwara was considered the stronghold of senior Congress leader Kamal Nath until the recent Lok Sabha elections.
Congress had won the Amarwara seat in the 2023 assembly elections, but this time BJP’s Vivek Bunty Sahu won the Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat by defeating Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath. Assembly by-election on this seat had become necessary after three-time Congress MLA Kamlesh Shah joined BJP on March 29 this year.
78.71 percent voting took place
A total of nine candidates are in the fray in the by-election but the main contest is believed to be between BJP’s Kamlesh Shah and Congress’s Dheeran Shah Inwati and Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP’s) Dev Raven Bhalawi. Election officer Shilendra Singh told reporters that 78.71 percent voting took place in Amarwada constituency. He said that 80 percent male and 77.40 percent female voters exercised their franchise.
Controversy over admission in basic school
There was a dispute with the security regarding the entry of Gondwana officer in the basic school of Amarwada. After this, the matter calmed down after the intervention of the Gondwana candidate and talks with administrative officials. Apart from this, no untoward incident was reported from anywhere. Voting was conducted peacefully at all the booths in the entire assembly constituency.
Villagers boycotted voting in Nadia
During the assembly by-election, elections were boycotted in Nandia of Manegaon Panchayat regarding basic facilities, after which the matter was calmed down after the persuasion of the Janpad Panchayat CEO and BJP leaders and talks with the MP, although some people did not vote even after this. .
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