Voting for by-polls in three parliamentary constituencies, 30 Assembly seats underway

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The voting for the by-poll in three parliamentary constituencies and 30 Assembly constituencies in different states and one union territory across the country was underway on Saturday. Parliamentary by-polls were underway in the Dadra and Nagar Haveli constituency in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Khandwa seat in Madhya Pradesh, and Mandi seat in Himachal Pradesh.

As far as the Assembly constituencies were concerned, the voting was underway at the Badvel (SC) constituency of Andhra Pradesh, in five Assembly constituencies of Assam, that is, Gossaigaon, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Mariani and Thowra. In Bihar, they were underway in two seats namely Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) and Tarapur, while in Haryana Ellenabad Assembly seat witnessed the polls.

The voting was underway in Himachal Pradesh's three Assembly seats in Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai, while Karnataka's Sindgi and Hangal, Madhya Pradesh's Prithvipur, Raigaon (SC), Jobat (ST), Maharashtra's Deglur also witnessed voting for by-elections. Meghalaya held Assembly by-polls for the Mawryngkneng (ST), Mawphlang (ST) and Rajabala constituencies. Mizoram held polls in Tuirial (ST) Assembly constituency, Nagaland in Shamtorr-Chessore (ST), and Rajasthan in Vallabhnagar and Dhariawad (ST), recording a voter turnout of 14.26 and 11 per cent respectively. Telangana held by-polls in Huzurabad Assembly constituency. Voting was also underway in Dinhata, Santipur, Khardah and Gosaba (SC) Assembly seats during by-polls in West Bengal.

The Election Commission has decided to hold these by-elections to fill vacancies and has fixed the dates of poll events as per provisions under Section 30 and date of withdrawal under Section 30 (c) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The counting of votes and announcement of results will take place on November 2.

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