UP records 49.3% polling in by-elections; exit polls predict BJP to win maximum seats
Minor reports of violence were received from Meerapur, Sismau, and Kundarki assembly segments, but by and large, the voting was peaceful, EC officials claimed.
Minor reports of violence were received from Meerapur, Sismau, and Kundarki assembly segments, but by and large, the voting was peaceful, EC officials claimed.
Among the nine assembly constituencies that went for by poll on Wednesday, Ghaziabad recorded the lowest voter turnout at 33.30 percent, as per the data issued by the Election Commission.
The Kedarnath assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand recorded around 57 per cent voting by 5 pm on Wednesday even as the Election Commission of India was yet to announce final figures with likely margin of around 3 per cent increase.
The voter turnout in Maharashtra's 288 Assembly constituencies till 9 a.m. was reported at 6.61 per cent, said officials here on Wednesday after the polling started at 7 a.m.
In a separate letter issued to Nadda and Kharge, the poll panel recalled its 22nd May advisory directing the BJP, Congress and their star campaigners to refrain from making any statement which is prohibited in Clause (1) of general conduct of MCC.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) deployed 55 companies of central forces for free and fair by-election in four assemblies Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda, Raiganj and Maniktala.
Top officials from Delhi Police conducted a thorough security review at Rashtrapati Bhavan as part of the preparation for Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony for the third term as Prime Minister on June 9.
Lok Sabha elections were held in seven phases between 19th April and 1st June.
Thanking the voters for reposing faith in the BJP-led NDA for a record third consecutive time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured on Tuesday that some "big decisions" to build a 'Viksit Bharat' (developed India) will be taken during his third term.
The counting of votes for other seats is going on in the state which went to the Lok Sabha polls in two phases on April 19 and April 26.
