New Delhi: 9 candidates will struggle for the Amarwara (ST) meeting seat in Madhya Pradesh, the place a bypoll was necessitated after the Congress chief representing the constituency crossed over to the BJP and resigned, an official mentioned on Thursday.
After the final date for withdrawal of nominations on Wednesday, 9 candidates remained within the fray for the bye election, which might be held on July 10, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan mentioned.
Seven candidates withdrew from the competition on Wednesday, he mentioned.
The principle contest right here is between the previous Congress MLA-turned-BJP chief Kamlesh Shah and the grand previous get together’s Dheeran Shah Invati, sources mentioned.
In a significant setback to the Congress forward of the Lok Sabha polls, Shah, a three-time get together MLA from Amarwara seat below Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency and a confidante of former chief minister Kamal Nath, had resigned on March 29 and joined the ruling BJP quickly after.
Shah later resigned from the membership of the state meeting, paving the best way for the bypoll on Amarwara seat.
Within the November 2023 meeting elections, Shah, on a Congress ticket, had BJP’s Monika Manmohan Shah Batti by a margin of 25,086 votes from Amarwara.
After 1972, the BJP received from the Amarwara seat twice in 1990 and 2008, whereas the Congress received 9 occasions. Tribal outfit Gondwana Gantantra Social gathering (GGP) bagged this seat as soon as in 2003.
The bypoll might be held on July 10 and votes might be counted on July 13, the official mentioned.
