Bypolls live update: Polling ends in 51 assembly, 2 Lok Sabha constituencies

The elections are significant as it is the first assembly polls after Narendra Modi led the BJP-led NDA to a resounding victory in the Lok Sabha election in 2019 for a successive second term in office. The maximum numbers of seats going to bypolls are in Uttar Pradesh where voters will be choosing their MLA on 11 seats.

The voting for the bypolls in 51 assembly constituencies in 17 states, apart from the two parliamentary constituencies of Satara in Maharashtra and Samastipur in Bihar ended at 6 PM on Monday. These come along with assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. The elections are significant as it is the first assembly polls after Narendra Modi led the BJP-led NDA to a resounding victory in the Lok Sabha election in 2019 for a successive second term in office. The votes will be counted on October 24.

Among the states ruled by the BJP and its allies, the maximum 11 seats will have bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, followed by six in Gujarat, five in Bihar, four in Assam and two each in Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The other states where bypolls will be held are Punjab (4 seats), Kerala (5 seats), Sikkim (3 seats), Rajasthan (two seats) and one seat each in Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Meghalaya and Telangana. 

Here are the live updates:

21 October 2019

18:10 IST

Voting percentage till 6 PM for bypolls in 51 Assembly and 2 Lok Sabha seats:

Assembly seats

Odisha: 72.00%

Punjab: 60.59%

Rajasthan: 63.62%

Sikkim: 69.55%

Tamil Nadu: 68.87%

Uttar Pradesh: 44.71%

Chhattisgarh: 74.39%

Telangana: 82.23%

Puducherry: 66.95%

Arunachal Pradesh: 90.74%

Assam: 74.14%

Bihar: 49.50%

Gujarat: 50.35%

Himachal Pradesh: 67.97%

Kerala: 64.99%

Madhya Pradesh: 56.62%

Meghalaya: 79.83%

Odisha: 72%

Lok Sabha seats

Bihar: Samastipur (44.64%)

17:57 IST

Chhattisgarh: 74.39% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm for the by-polls in Chitrakote assembly constituency.