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The Erode East constituency seat in Tamil Nadu, Lumla in Arunachal Pradesh and Sagardighi in West Bengal was vacated after the demise of Thirumahan Everaa, Jambey Tashi, Subrata Saha, respectively.

The Opposition is facing a uphill task of winning at least one bypoll as it has not won any since 2017

The by-poll to the Sagardighi assembly seat was necessitated by the death of its three-time TMC MLA and state minister Subrata Saha in December last year.

Ramgarh Bypoll LIVE Updates: The voting for byelection to Ramgarh assembly constituency, where 18 candidates are in the fray, is taking place today amid tight security. -- aaa

Voting for the bypolls in Jharkhands Ramgarh assembly constituency began at 7 am on Monday, amid tight security.

Some observers also felt that party leaders planned to begin their programme from Santhal Pargana apprehending erosion in their support

There are 14 candidates in the fray after the filing of nominations ended at 5.30pm on Tuesday

There are 14 candidates in the fray after the filing of nominations ended at 5.30pm on Tuesday

The election was necessitated after the sitting Congress MLA Mamta Devi was disqualified following her conviction in December last year by the Hazaribagh district court in the Gola police firing case of 2016

All the bypolls will take place along with the Assembly polls in Meghalaya and Nagaland.