Bypolls 2026: Voting Begins In 5 Assembly Seats Across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry; Assam's Nagaon Lok Sabha Seat Also Goes To Polls | Watch
Chengalpattu: Voting began early Tuesday for by-elections to five Assembly seats across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, along with a Lok Sabha seat in Assam. VIDEO | West Bengal: Voting for bypolls to Rejinagar assembly seat underway. Rejinagar seat in Murshidabad fell vacant after Humayun Kabir, who won both Rejinagar and Nowda in the 2026 assembly election, retained Nowda. His Aam…
Voting commenced early Tuesday for by-elections to five Assembly seats in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Assam's Nagaon Lok Sabha seat. In West Bengal, polls were held in Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly constituencies. Nandigram seat became vacant after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari retained his previous seat. Rejinagar seat became vacant following Humayun Kabir's resignation who had won from two constituencies, retaining Nowda.
In Tamil Nadu, bypolls took place in Madurantakam (SC) and Dharapuram (SC) constituencies after Maragatham Kumaravel and P.Sathyabama resigned. Madurantakam saw a five-cornered fight; CPM's Suganthi and CPI's Lakshmanan contested against Maragatham Kumaravel of TVK, Dharapuram had TVK's P.Sathyabama against DMK's Paranthaman, AIADMK's Kanitha Sampath, CPM's Suganthi and NTK's Janakiraman.
In Assam, the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat, won by Congress in 2019 and 2024 general elections, saw a three-way contest among BJP, Congress and AIUDF after Pradyut Bordoloi left the party and joined BJP. The BJP fielded Debashish Sharma, while Congress nominated Sibamoni Bora. AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal entered the fray. The entire election process in Puducherry's Thattanchavady Assembly constituency is set to conclude by October 11.
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