The counting of votes will be taken up on November 2.Ī total of 18 candidates are in the fray - 12 for the three Assembly segments and six for the Mandi Lok Sabha seat.Ī direct contest is expected between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress on all the seats except Jubbal-Kotkhai, where rebel BJP candidate Chetan Singh Bragta is trying his luck as an Independent. Palrasu informed that around 50 per cent (1,383 out of 2,796) of the polling stations will be connected through web-casting. Tight security arrangements have been made to ensure smooth polling. The bypolls were necessitated following the death of the elected representatives from these seats. Mandi recorded a 47.17 % voter turnout, while the polling percentage in Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai was 54.73, 53.97 and 65.88 respectively till 4 p.m., he said.Ī total of 12,99,756 voters in Mandi, 87,222 in Fatehpur, 92,609 in Arki and 70,965 in Jubbal-Kotkhai are eligible to exercise their franchise till 6 p.m.Īccording to officials, 2,484 polling stations and 312 auxiliary polling stations have been set up for the bypolls. The voting for the Mandi Lok Sabha seat and the Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai Assembly seats began at a slow pace at 8 a.m., the official said, adding that it gained momentum gradually. Polling is underway in a peaceful manner in pleasant weather conditions, he added.
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on Saturday in the bypolls to three Assembly seats and one parliamentary constituency in Himachal Pradesh, an election official said. The Jubbal-Kotkhai Assembly segment has registered the highest polling percentage of 65.88, while the lowest voter turnout of 47.17 % was recorded in the Mandi Lok Sabha segment till 4 p.m.
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