LIVE: Sardarshahar Bye Election Result 2022: Counting underway! Rajasthan Bypoll Assembly Seat News, Churu Latest Update - BJP vs Congress | Anil Kumar vs Ashok Kumar

LIVE: Rampur Bye Election Result 2022, Counting Latest News, Updates: The counting of votes for Sardarshahar Bye Election Result 2022 in Rajasthan Bypoll Assembly Churu District Seat is taking place from 8 AM on Thursday. Here are all the LIVE UPDATES, Latest News, Updates on Sardarshahar Bye Election Result 2022, Churu, Rajasthan Bypoll Assembly Seat Counting News, Latest Updates:-

- Counting of votes for the bypoll to Sardarshahar Assembly seat in Rajasthan's Churu district began on Thursday morning, an official said.

-The counting commenced at 8 am, the official said.

-The constituency recorded a voting percentage of 72.09 per cent on polling day on Monday.

-A total of 2,89,843 voters were eligible to exercise their franchise in the bypoll necessitated by the demise of Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma, who passed away on October 9 after prolonged illness.

- Polling was held amid tight security arrangements across all 295 booths in the assembly segment.

-The Congress fielded Sharma's son Anil Kumar while former MLA Ashok Kumar is the BJP candidate.

-Eight other candidates are in the fray: Lalchand of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), Sanwarmal Meghwal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Parmana Ram of the Indian People's Green Party, and Independent candidates Subhash Chandra, Vijay Pal Singh Sheoran, Umesh Sahu, Prem Singh, and Surendra Singh Rajpurohit.

- In the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly, the Congress currently has 107 MLAs, BJP 71, RLP three, CPI(M) and Bhartiya Tribal Party two each, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) one, and 13 are Independents.

- Bypoll to the Sardarshahar assembly seat in Rajasthan's Churu district saw 72.09 per cent voting

- The voting was held in 295 booths from 8 am to 5 pm on Monday.

-The votes will be counted on December 8.

-A total of 2,89,843 voters were eligible to exercise their franchise in the bypoll necessitated by the death of Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma on October 9.

- The Congress fielded late Sharma's son Anil Kumar while former MLA Ashok Kumar was the BJP candidate.

- There were eight other candidates in the fray: Lalchand of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), Sanwarmal Meghwal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Parmana Ram of the Indian People's Green Party and Independent candidates Subhash Chandra, Vijay Pal Singh Sheoran, Umesh Sahu, Prem Singh and Surendra Singh Rajpurohit.

- In the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly, the Congress currently has 107 MLAs, BJP 71, RLP three, CPI(M) and Bhartiya Tribal Party two each, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) one and 13 are Independents.