UP-Byelections: Apna Dal Ahead in Both Assembly Constituencies

Lucknow: Apna Dal-AD (S) is leading on both assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh by-elections. A partner in the ruling coalition in UP, the Apna Dal (Sonelal) contested in both Suar and Chhanbey seats, where byelections were held.

In the Suar seat, Apna Dal candidate Shafeek Ahmed Ansari was leading over the SP candidate Anuradha Chauhan by 6002 votes. In Chhanbey, Rinki Kol of the party was ahead of the SP candidate by 221 votes, as per ECI’s trends at 1 pm.

Suar assembly seat in Rampur district was declared vacant on February 13 after a Moradabad court sentenced Abdullah Azam Khan, the son of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, to two years in jail in a 15-year-old case.

The Chhanbey seat was declared vacant after the demise of sitting MLA Rahul Kol.