Odisha Assembly election, bypolls in Gujarat, Goa: Naveen Patnaik casts his vote in Bhubaneswar

The assembly election, bypolls are being simultaneously held along with the Lok Sabha election 2019.

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Polling for the Assembly elections in Odisha and bypolls in Gujarat and Goa are scheduled to take place on Tuesday. Voting began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. 

The 147-member state Assembly elections in Odisha is being held in four phases - April 11, 18, 23 and 29. Tuesday marks the third phase of election. The assembly elections are being simultaneously held along with the Lok Sabha polls.

In Gujarat, bypoll in Dhrangadhra, Manavadar, Unjha and Jamnagar (Rural) Assembly seats is being held. Altogether 45 candidates are contesting from these four seats. The bypolls were necessitated after Congress MLAs in the four seats quit and joined the BJP. The Talala Assembly bypoll, which was to be held simultaneously on Tuesday, was stayed by the Supreme Court.

Polling for two Lok Sabha seats and bypoll for three state Assembly seats in Goa is being held in a single phase. There are 12 candidates in the fray for the two Lok Sabha constituencies and 18 for the three Assembly seats. The by-elections in Shiroda and Mandrem were necessitated after their sitting Congress MLAs resigned and joined the ruling BJP. The Mapusa seat fell vacant following the death of its sitting MLA.

23 April 2019

11:48 IST

Around 13 per cent voter turnout reported in the first two hours of polling in Goa.

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Odisha: Former IAS officer and BJP MP candidate from Bhubaneswar, Aparajita Sarangi casts her vote at polling booth in Government Primary School, IRC village, Bhubaneswar; She is up against former IPS officer and BJD candidate Arup Patnaik pic.twitter.com/ANXxRskUYJ

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