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In the 70-member House, the number of women contestants has hovered around 7-9% mark; those who get tickets mostly come in via the family door

Ranchi: Bebi Devi, the state minister for excise and prohibitions, was sworn in as a member of Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha in a formal ceremony here on Tue.

BJP's success in Tripura's Boxanagar and Dhanpur, both Muslim-dominated assembly constituencies bordering Bangladesh, is seen as a wider message about

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The counting of votes for the Bageshwar assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand will be done at 14 tables with 130 polling personnel on the job. | Latest News India

The BJP has had a clean sweep in both Assembly constituencies in Tripura where the byelections were held, wresting the seat from CPI (M) in Boxanagar and retaining it in Dhanpur.

Bypoll results LIVE: Six states including UP, West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand, Kerala and Uttarakhand underwent bypolls. | Latest News India

High voter turnout was recorded in most of the seven assembly constituencies in six states where by-election was held on Tuesday.

Bageshwar District Magistrate Anuradha Paul said 55.44 per cent voting was recorded in the bypoll. The voter turnout for the seat in 2022 assembly polls was 60.01 per cent, she said. The counting of votes will take place on September 8 and the result will be declared on the same day.

The counting of votes is on September 8 for the by-election - seen as a litmus test for the opposition alliance INDIA against the BJP-led NDA. | Latest News India