Agartala records the highest turnout of voters, Delhi witnesses least in bypolls
Six states - Delhi, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, and Andhra Pradesh - are witnessing polling on Thursday for by-elections in three Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats.
The national capital recorded the least number of voters’ turnout since 1 pm, while the Agartala segment of Tripura recorded the maximum.
Over 33% polling was recorded in the first eight hours since voting began for the bypoll to the Rajinder Nagar assembly constituency on Thursday while 44.81% voter turnout was witnessed in Jharkhand’s Mandar till 1 pm today., officials said.
As per the data, more than 45% voters’ turnout was recorded in each of the four segments of Tripura. 46.56% turnout was recorded in Jubarajna591
gar of Tripura, 53.50% in Surma, and 52.16% turn out of voters in Town Bardowali. Meanwhile, the capital city of Tripura, Agartala observed the highest turnover of 54.20% till 1 pm.
The bypolls were necessitated in these seats due to the resignations of the legislators in two seats, disqualification of an
MLA in one, and the death of one of the MLAs midterm.
The Atmakur constituency of Andhra Pradesh also witnessed a voters’ turnout of 44.13% till this noon.
Notably, in the national capital, 1,64,698 comprising 92,221 males; 72,473 females; and four third gender voters, including
PwD electors, 39 visually impaired Electors, and 64 service voters will be deciding the fate of the candidates of Rajinder Nagar bypolls.
Only 30% polling was recorded till 3 pm in the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll in Punjab on Thursday.
In a tweet in the afternoon, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann demanded from the Election Commission (EC) that the voting time be extended till 7 pm, pointing out that in view of the current paddy-sowing season, many people are out and they too should be able to exercise their franchise.As of 3 pm, the poll percentage in the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat was 29.07, according to the figures made available by the EC.
In Jharkhand, the district administration has put in place a three-tier security layer around the 433 polling booths for fair and violence-free voting till 4 pm.