The BJP on Tuesday opened its account in the Manipur Assembly by winning bypolls in two constituencies, while the Congress and Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) won Assembly byelections in
The BJP on Tuesday opened its account in the Manipur Assembly by winning bypolls in two constituencies, while the Congress and Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) won Assembly byelections in Mizoram and Meghalaya respectively.
The BJP won the bypolls in Thangmeiband and Thongju in Manipur. The Congress emerged victorious in Aizawl North-III Assembly seat and HSPDP retained Nongstoin Assembly seat in Meghalaya. In Manipur, the BJP trounced the ruling Congress in both the seats. Kh Joykishan Singh of BJP won Thangmeiband Assembly seat by securing 12,098 votes against Jyotin Waikhom of Congress who got 10,195 votes.
BJP’s Th Bishwajit Singh won Thongju Assembly seat, defeating Bijoy Koijam of the Congress. Singh bagged 14,605 votes while the Congress candidate got 11,393 votes, the election office said. In Mizoram, Lal Thanzara, Congress candidate and younger brother of chief minister Lal Thanhawla, won Aizawl North-III Assembly seat.
Lal Thanzara, the former health minister who had resigned in August, necessitating the byelection, got more votes than the total number of votes polled by Mizo National Front candidate K Vanlalvena and NDA nominee Lalduhawma. Lal Thanzara bagged 6,175 votes followed by Vanlalvena who got 2,790 votes while the NDA candidate secured 1,887 votes. In Meghalaya, the Opposition HSPDP retained Nongstoin Assembly seat, defeating the ruling Congress candidate by a margin of over 2,700 votes in the November 21 bypoll.
HSPDP candidate Diostar Jyndiang won the byelection by a margin of over 2,763 votes, trouncing Congress candidate Gabriel Wahlang to retain the seat held by its former president.
