The counting of votes will take place on November 6.
New Delhi:
Voting began on Thursday in the by-election to seven assembly constituencies in six states – a contest symbolic of the fierce turf war between the BJP and regional parties.
The polling is being held in Mokama and Gopalganj assembly constituencies of Bihar, Andheri (East) of Maharashtra, Adampur of Haryana, Munugode of Telangana, Gola Gorakhnath of Uttar Pradesh, and Dhamnagar of Odisha.
Here are the LIVE updates on the bypolls:
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Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay staged a protest demanding that non-locals and TRS leaders should be sent out of the Munugodu constituency, where the bypolls are being conducted today.
Mr Sanjay, who was on the way to Munugode as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders were not leaving the by-polls constituency in Munugodu, was stopped by the police on the Vijaywada Highway in Abdullapurmet on Wednesday night.
Initially, police stopped Bandi Sanjay’s convoy at Malakpet then at Vanasthalipuram and finally, he was shifted to Abdullapurmet Police Station.
Polling was underway amid tight security in the bypoll to Munugode Assembly constituency in Telangana on Thursday. Voting began at 7 am and will continue till 6 am.
Over 2.41 lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes in the bypoll.
Polling began on Thursday for bypolls in Haryana’s Adampur assembly constituency, whose outcome will decide if the Bhajan Lal family holds on to its bastion of five decades.
Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Nearly 1.71 lakh voters are eligible to cast vote. Counting of votes will be taken up on November 6.
Twenty-two candidates, all men, are in the fray. The main parties contesting are the BJP, Congress, Indian National Lok Dal, and the Aam Aadmi Party.
Polling began on Thursday morning for by-election to the Dhamnagar assembly constituency in Odisha amid tight security, officials said.
The voting began in all the 252 polling stations of the constituency in Bhadrak district at 7 am, and will continue till 6 pm, they said.
A total of 2.38 lakh voters — 1.23 lakh males and 1.15 lakh females — are eligible to exercise their franchise in this election.
Polling began on Thursday morning for by-elections to the Mokama and Gopalganj assembly constituencies in Bihar under tight security, officials said.
The by-polls to the two seats are the first election in the state after the formation of the ‘Mahagthabandhan’ government around three months back. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the de-facto leader of the JD(U), dumped the BJP and formed a new coalition government with the RJD, Congress and Left parties in early August.
The polling began at 7 am, and will continue till 6 pm, election officials said.
BJP leader Kuldeep Bishnoi casts his vote for Assembly by-elections in Haryana’s Adampur Assembly Constituency
Voting for Assembly by-elections in seven vacant seats across six states has begun. pic.twitter.com/c8S37v08A4
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