Chhattisgarh: Voting begins for byelection in Bhanupratappur
The Hindu
A total of 356 polling stations have been set up, of which 239 are in rural areas and the rest in the urban part of the constituency.
Polling for the byelection in Maoist-hit Bhanupratappur Assembly constituency of Chhattisgarh began on Monday morning.
Seven candidates are in the fray for the bypoll in the constituency, which is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes, though it is largely seen as a direct contest between the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The byelection has been necessitated due to the death of Congress MLA and state Assembly's Deputy Speaker Manoj Singh Mandavi due to a heart attack on October 16.
The polling began at 7 am and will continue till 3 pm, an official said.
The counting of votes will take place on December 8.
According to poll officials, 1,95,678 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise, including 95,186 men, 1,00,491 women and one third gender person.
A total of 356 polling stations have been set up, of which 239 are in rural areas and the rest in the urban part of the constituency.
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