Bhabanipur MLA quits, paves way for Mamata’s entry to Assembly
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Trinamool Congress leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay submitted his resignation
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Trinamool Congress leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay submitted his resignation
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Friday tendered his resignation from Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in Kolkata, triggering speculation that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may contest byelections from the constituency in next few months.
Ms. Banerjee had represented Bhabanipur in 2011 and 2016. In the 2021 Assembly polls, however, she chose to contest from Nandigram and lost by a narrow margin 1,956 votes to the former TMC leader, who moved to the BJP, Suvendu Adhikari.
ANC retains most of its wards in by-elections Updated
Sibahle Motha
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The African National Congress (ANC) has retained the majority of its wards during the various by-elections during Wednesday’s by-elections.
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The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) released the results on Thursday, which showed that the ANC retained 27 wards, won three and lost just one.
The by-elections were held across 25 municipalities in the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga on Wednesday.
The Patriotic Alliance (PA) won two new wards, while the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) retained one ward and won one.
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By-elections running smoothly, says IEC Updated
Nothando Mkhize
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The Electoral Commission s (IEC) CEO Sy Mamabolo says it s all going smoothly. No incidents, all is going well. The party agents are playing their role accordingly. Our staff are cooperating well with the voters as well as with the security.
The ANC KZN spokesperson Nhlakanipho Ntombela says they re looking forward to taking a seat previously held by the DA. We got a particular interest of Ward 110 in eThekwini though that Ward is under the DA. It is an area we want to our efforts in ensuring that we take over that Ward as the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal.
By-elections: Seven Wards contested in KZN Updated
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Over 145 candidates from 29 political parties are set to contest 40 wards across South Africa on Wednesday.
More than 362 000 people are registered to cast ballots.
Ntombifuthi Masinga of the IEC in KZN says they re filling vacancies they couldn t fill last month.
Seven of the wards being contested are in KZN and include Durban s ward 110 in Mount Moriah - where there were fears of registration fraud earlier this year. One person came in with a bag of IDs to check on behalf of voters that couldn t come to the voting station.
Posted : 2021-05-05 17:35 By Park Yoon-bae
The Moon Jae-in administration and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) are still reeling from the crushing defeat in the April 7 mayoral by-elections in Seoul and Busan. Now the question is whether they can regain public trust and escape the political deadlock.
From the start, the DPK stood little chance of winning the elections. It should not have fielded candidates in the country s two largest cities as it had promised earlier in accordance with the then party rules.
But the DPK changed the regulations designed to withhold it from fielding candidates in any by-elections if its elected members lost their posts due to corruption or other serious criminal acts. The change ran counter to President Moon s much-touted pledge to create a fair and just society.