Voting for the bye-elections is underway at assembly constituencies of Badharghat, Dantewada and Hamirpur in Tripura, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh respectively on Monday morning.
The voting started at around 7 am. Around 57,000 voters are there in the Bhadharghat assembly constituency in Tripura where the main fight is between BJP, Congress and CPI(M).
Meanwhile, voting for bye-election in the Pala Assembly seat is currently underway at 176 polling booths spread across the constituency.
A total of 13 candidates are in the fray, including Tom Jose of UDF, Mani C Kappan of LDF and N Hari of NDA.
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The bye-election was necessitated in Pala following the death of Kerala Congress (M) leader KM Mani in April this year. Mani represented Pala constituency for over 50 years.
Last month Election Commission has announced bye-elections for four assembly seats in Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Tripura, and Uttar Pradesh. The ECI had taken the decision to hold by-polls after taking into consideration various factors like local festivals, electoral rolls, weather conditions etc.
Bye-elections are also held in Pala in Kerala. The bye-elections are being conducted using EVMs and VVPATs.
The counting of votes will take place on September 27.
(With ANI inputs)