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Apart from PA Sangma, his daughter Agatha Sangma had won the seat in 2008, 2009 and his son and present Meghalaya chief minister Conrad won the by-election, which was necessitated by the demise of PA Sangma. In 2016, he defeated Dikkanchi D Shira by a margin of over 1.9 lakh votes

With Arjun Singh on BJP's side, many wonder whether Trivedi can repeat his success of 2014. The area also saw widespread violence. Particularly in Bhatpara, which also saw a by-election. 

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief Stalin will not meet Telangana chief minister and TRS president Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) in Chennai on May 13, apparently over by-elections. However, the real reason is different

 

Ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly by-elections that will be held in four constituencies including Ottapidaram, the election flying squad seized Rs 9 lakh from a car

 

A car carrying gold for voters in Kundagol Assembly by-election was intercepted and seized in Hubballi. A case has been registered at the Kalaghat police station
 

BJP leader Mallikarjun Balikai has taken exception to DK Shivakumar’s statement that the BJP should support the candidacy of Kusuma Shivalli, the Congress candidate for Kundagol by-election. While DK Shivakumar said that BJP should support her as they had spoken kind words at the time of CS Shivalli’s death, Mallikarjun hit back saying the same logic should apply to Mandya independent candidate Sumalatha as well
 

Karnataka BJP president Yeddyurappa has urged his party men to shun foreign jaunts and honeymoon plans in a bid to help BJP candidates win the upcoming by-elections in Chincholi and Kundagol. He also confidently stated that several bigwigs across party lines would end up losing in the Lok Sabha polls

 

With 14 Karnataka Lok Sabha seats going to polls on Tuesday (April 23) in the second phase of election, there will be high-stakes battles between the BJP and the Congress-JDS coalition candidates in Shivamogga, Kalaburagi and Ballari. The BJP will try to retain Shivamogga while the Congress has made an all out effort to retain Kalaburagi and protect Ballari which was snatched from the BJP in last November’s by-election

Four Tamil Nadu seats that fell vacant due to the disqualification of MLAs and the death of a sitting MLA will now be in the by-poll race. The Election Commission of India has announced the dates of election for these constituencies as May 19. Along with these four constituencies, Panaji (Goa) and Kundgol (Karnataka) will also witness by-elections.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and the by-polls in Tamil Nadu, the Election flying squad teams are on its toes conducting vehicular checks. The recent check on a DMK SUV in Chennai unearthed 270 voter identity cards. Seven people have been arrested.

Major Gogoi hit the headlines after he tied a man to a jeep purportedly as a shield against stone pelters during polling in the Srinagar Lok Sabha by-election on April 9, 2017
 

The Madras high court has declared the 2016 by-election of AK Bose from the AIADMK as invalid on the basis that there was no proof that former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa was in a conscious state when her thumb impression was affixed.

In keeping with the model code of conduct ahead of Lok Sabha election, former political leaders, statues of SR Bommai and KH Patil among others were found veiled by Election Commission officials.

Ottapidaram, Aravakurichi and Tiruparankundram Assembly constituencies remain vacant and the DMK alleged that the Election Commission purportedly held back the constituencies from going to polls, in a bid to favour the AIADMK. Three constituencies are not to go to by-elections in the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha polls, for which dates were announced on Sunday

After a defeat in Ballari which witnessed the ouster of BJP candidate J Shantha in November in the by-election, the BJP seems to be ready to snatch the seat from Congress- JD(S) alliance. The BJP reportedly is planning to field Suresh Babu, former MLA from Kampli against Congress in May 2019.