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Shrinking political space forcing parties to defy convention of ‘unopposed’ bypolls in Maharashtra
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Mumbai: The long-observed political convention in Maharashtra of facilitating unopposed byelections in constituencies following the death of sitting legislators is steadily losing relevance, with electoral compulsions increasingly taking precedence over sentiment and legacy.An analysis of the bypoll trends over the past decade indicates that more than three-fourths of such vacancies have led to contests, reflecting the intense competition between parties in a politically fragmented landscape.Tra
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