Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/MintMumbai/Delhi/Hyderabad: Counting of votes for the two assembly seats in Goa, and one each in Delhi and Andhra Pradesh, began at 8am on Monday. Voting for the assembly seats of Panaji and Valpoi in Goa, Bawana in Delhi, and Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh was held on 23 August. In Delhi, the Bawana bypoll is a contest among three major players—the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress which is trying to win its lone seat in the Delhi assembly. In the 40-member Goa assembly, a negative outcome in Panaji could seriously affect the stability of the BJP-led government and the Congress could make a bid to form the government. The assembly seat of Bawana, one of Delhi’s largest constituencies, fell vacant after AAP legislator Ved Prakash resigned from his seat and party to join the BJP.

Source: Mint August 28, 2017 03:11 UTC