Assembly Bypolls: Telangana's Munugode records highest voter turnout; Maharashtra's Andheri East sees lowest

Bypolls in 6 states: 7 constituencies across Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, Telangana, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh witnessed bypolls today. The counting will take place on November 6. Highest was of Munugode (Telangana) and lowest in Andheru E (Maharastra)

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Bypolls in 6 states: Assembly bypolls took place in seven constituencies spread across six states today - Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, Telangana, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. The bypolls began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm amid tight security. The counting of votes will be conducted on November 6. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a fierce contest with regional parties such as the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in Telangana, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar and the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh. The election body has instructed the authorities to monitor the Covid situation in the respective states and adhere to Covid-appropriate behaviour during the conduct of the elections.

According to the Election Commission, voter turnout was 48.35% in Gopalganj (Bihar), 52.47% in Mokama (Bihar), 75.25% in Adampur (Haryana), 31.74% in Andheri E (Maha), 66.63% in Dhamnagar (Odisha), 55.68% in Gola Gokrannath (UP), and 77.55% in Munugode (Telangana).

03 November 2022

19:53 IST

Vote percentage in the bypolls

According to the EC, voter turnout was 48.35% in Gopalganj (Bihar), 52.47% in Mokama (Bihar), 75.25% in Adampur (Haryana), 31.74% in Andheri E (Mahar), 66.63% in Dhamnagar (Odisha), 55.68% in Gola Gokrannath (UP), and 77.55% in Munugode (Telangana).

#AssemblyByElections2022 | 48.35% voter turnout recorded in Gopalganj (Bihar), 52.47% in Mokama (Bihar), 75.25% in Adampur (Haryana), 31.74% in Andheri E (Maha), 66.63% in Dhamnagar (Odisha), 55.68% in Gola Gokrannath (UP) & 77.55% in Munugode (Telangana),as per EC's approx trend pic.twitter.com/zbrxfqlvoX

— ANI (@ANI) November 3, 2022

19:12 IST

A man from Warangal came here with money - Munugodu Bypoll

A clash occurred between BJP workers and a man who came at the polling booth with money. Here's what the workers have to say.

"A man from Warangal came here with money. We asked him why he came here from Warangal. He said that he has been asked to send money, so he came here. We told the Police about it but they let him go within 5 minutes," says a BJP worker at the spot.#MunugoduBypoll pic.twitter.com/D5zWtsxhEX

— ANI (@ANI) November 3, 2022