By-Election

In a poll outcome perceived as the first electoral test of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's leadership, the Opposition Labour Party won an important by-election with an increased margin in a north-west England constituency on Friday. Samantha Dixon retained the Chester seat for Labour with 17,309 votes, a 61 per cent share and nearly 11,000 more than her Conservative Party rival. While Labour was expected to win the seat vacated following the resignation of a scandal-hit incumbent, the bigger margin is being seen as a public vote against the governing Tories. Labour leader Keir Starmer said the result showed people are fed up with the Conservative government. It marks the worst result for the Conservatives in Chester since 1832, with candidate Liz Wardlaw getting 6,335 votes or 22.4 per cent. "People in Chester and across our country are really worried," said Dixon, dubbing her win as a resounding mandate for Labour. "This is the cost of 12 years of Conservative government. Th

In the backdrop of the arrest of Imran Khan's close aide, Shahbaz Gill, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf won the by-election of the 245-member Karachi National Assembly

Speaker Ratan Chakraborty administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Saha in the presence of deputy chief minister Jishnu Dev Verma and other cabinet colleagues.

Though it is considered one of the easier battles by many, a lot is at stake for Rahul Gandhi, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal, and the state leadership

Polling was underway amid tight security in the by-election to the Huzurabad Assembly constituency

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday filed her nomination papers for the September 30 Bhabanipur assembly by-poll.

The Left Front on Wednesday announced that CPI(M) leader Srijib Biswas will be its candidate for the bypoll to Bhabanipur assembly constituency

Candidates can file nominations until November 2, while the last date for withdrawal is November 5

In the first two hours, 17 percent polling was recorded in Panki and 14 percent in Godda.