LIVE: Bhanupratappur Election Result 2022: Congress candidate Savitri Mandavi leading; Brahmanand Netam of BJP trails

LIVE: Bhanupratappur Chhattisgarh  Bye Election Result 2022, Counting Latest News, Updates: The counting of votes for Bhanupratappur Bye Election Result 2022 in Chhattisgarh Bypoll Seat is taking place from 8 AM on Thursday. Though seven contestants were in the fray, the main fight was between the ruling Congress and the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The bypoll in Bhanupratappur was necessitated following the death of Congress MLA and deputy speaker of Assembly Manoj Singh Mandavi on October 16. Here are all the LIVE UPDATES, Latest News, Updates on Padampur Bye Election Result 2022: Odisha Bypoll Seat Counting:-

Chhattisgarh: Congress candidate leading in Bhanupratappur Assembly bypoll

Congress candidate Savitri Mandavi was leading by a margin of more than 14,000 votes over her nearest rival in the Bhanupratappur Assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh, where counting was taken up on Thursday morning, officials said.

As per the early trends, Mandavi was leading by a margin of 14,418 votes against Brahmanand Netam of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an election official said.

Mandavi has so far secured 30,196 votes, while Netam got 15,778 votes after nine rounds of counting, he said.
Akbar Ram Korram, who is contesting as an independent, is at the third position with 15,227 votes, he added.

A voter turnout of 71.74 per cent was recorded in the bypoll held on December 5 for the seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates and located in the Maoist-affected Kanker district.

"The counting of votes began at 8 am at the Bhanu Pratap Dev Government PG College, Kanker where an adequate number of security personnel have been deployed," the poll official said.

The entire counting process will be completed in 19 rounds.

The Sarva Adivasi Samaj, an umbrella body of tribal communities in Bastar, has fielded Korram, a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.

In the 2018 Assembly elections, Congress's Manoj Singh Mandavi had defeated BJP's Deo Lal Dugga by a margin of 26,693 to win the Bhanupratappur seat.

The bypoll was necessitated following the death of Congress MLA and deputy speaker of Assembly Manoj Singh Mandavi on October 16. The Congress had fielded the late legislator's wife for the bypoll.

- Chhattisgarh: Congress candidate leading in Bhanupratappur Assembly bypoll

-Congress candidate Savitri Mandavi was leading by a margin of more than 14,000 votes over her nearest rival in the Bhanupratappur Assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh, where counting was taken up on Thursday morning, officials said.

As per the early trends, Mandavi was leading by a margin of 14,418 votes against Brahmanand Netam of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an election official said.

Mandavi has so far secured 30,196 votes, while Netam got 15,778 votes after nine rounds of counting, he said.

Akbar Ram Korram, who is contesting as an independent, is at the third position with 15,227 votes, he added.

A voter turnout of 71.74 per cent was recorded in the bypoll held on December 5 for the seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates and located in the Maoist-affected Kanker district.

"The counting of votes began at 8 am at the Bhanu Pratap Dev Government PG College, Kanker where an adequate number of security personnel have been deployed," the poll official said.

The entire counting process will be completed in 19 rounds.

The Sarva Adivasi Samaj, an umbrella body of tribal communities in Bastar, has fielded Korram, a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.

In the 2018 Assembly elections, Congress's Manoj Singh Mandavi had defeated BJP's Deo Lal Dugga by a margin of 26,693 to win the Bhanupratappur seat.

The bypoll was necessitated following the death of Congress MLA and deputy speaker of Assembly Manoj Singh Mandavi on October 16. The Congress had fielded the late legislator's wife for the bypoll.

-Counting of votes for byelection to the Bhanupratappur Assembly seat in Chhattisgarh began at 8 am on Thursday with the ruling Congress eyeing to retain the tribal-dominated constituency.

-A voter turnout of 71.74 per cent was recorded in the bypoll held on December 5 for the seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates and located in the Maoist-affected Kanker district.

-The bypoll in Bhanupratappur was necessitated following the death of Congress MLA and deputy speaker of Assembly Manoj Singh Mandavi on October 16.

-Though seven contestants were in the fray, the main fight was between the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

-The ballot count began on Thursday morning at the Bhanu Pratap Dev Government PG College in Kanker town where an adequate number of security personnel have been deployed.

-Postal ballots will be counted first followed by votes cast in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), an official said, adding the entire process will be completed in 19 rounds.

-The Congress fielded Savitri Mandavi, the wife of late MLA Manoj Singh Mandavi, while the BJP nominated former legislator Brahmanand Netam.

-The Sarva Adivasi Samaj, an umbrella body of tribal communities in Bastar, also fielded its candidate, former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Akbar Ram Korram, who contested as an independent.

-Ahead of the bypoll, the Congress highlighted what it claimed were pro-farmer and pro-tribal measures taken by the Bhupesh Baghel government, including launch of the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, the cow dung procurement scheme and distribution of forest rights certificates.

-The BJP countered it by saying the Chhattisgarh government had failed to protect reservation benefits of the Scheduled Tribe communities in the state.

-In the 2018 Assembly elections, Congress's Manoj Singh Mandavi had defeated BJP's Deo Lal Dugga by a margin of 26,693 to win the Bhanupratappur seat.

-The Congress registered a landslide victory in the 2018 polls by winning 68 seats in the 90-member House. The BJP had managed to win just 15 seats, while the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and the Bahujan Samaj Party bagged five and two seats, respectively.

-Subsequently, the state witnessed bypolls to four Assembly seats all of which were won by the Congress.

- COUNTING OF VOTES BEGINS for Bye Election Result 2022

- Votes polled in byelection to the Bhanupratppur Assembly seat in Chhattisgarh on December 5 will be taken up for counting on Thursday with the ruling Congress eyeing to retain the tribal-dominated constituency.

-The voter turnout in the bypoll for the seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates and located in the Naxalite-affected Kanker district, was a healthy 71.74 per cent. 

-The ballot count will begin at 8 am at Bhanu Pratap Dev Government PG College in Kanker town where an adequate number of security personnel have been deployed, Kanker Collector Priyanka Shukla said on Wednesday.

-Postal ballots will be taken up first for counting followed by votes cast in EVMs (electronic voting machines), the official said, adding the entire process will be completed in 19 rounds. 

-Though seven contestants were in the fray, the main fight was between the ruling Congress and the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The bypoll in Bhanupratappur was necessitated following the death of Congress MLA and deputy speaker of Assembly Manoj Singh Mandavi on October 16. 

-The Congress has fielded Savitri Mandavi, the late MLA's wife, while former MLA Brahmanand Netam is the BJP nominee. 

-The Sarva Adivasi Samaj, an umbrella body of tribal communities in Bastar, has also fielded its candidate, former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Akbar Ram Korram, who contested as an independent. 

-In the 2018 Assembly elections, Congress' Manoj Singh Mandavi had defeated the BJP's Deo Lal Dugga by a margin of 26,693 to win the Bhanupratappur seat. 

-The Congress registered a landslide victory in the 2018 polls by winning 68 seats in the 90-member House. 

- The BJP had managed to win just 15 seats, while the JCC (J) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) bagged 5 and 2 seats, respectively.

-Subsequently, the state witnessed bypolls to four Assembly seats all of which were won by the Congress.