Voting began in Haryana's Jind Assembly constituency today, to elect their legislator and indicating about the coming Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state. Over 1.72 lakh registered voters are set to exercise their franchise in Jind. Voting began at 7 am and will continue till 5.00 pm, with result will be declared on Thursday. A total of 21 candidates are in the fray for the polls.
Over 3,000 Haryana Police personnel and para-military forces have been stationed in the constituency.
Congress candidate Randeep Surjewala, Dr Krishna Middha from BJP, Yash Singh from INLD and Digvijay Chautala from JJP are the main candidates.
Ramgarh constituency in Rajasthan's Alwar district will also witness a triangular contest among candidates of ruling Congress, opposition BJP and BSP today when polling takes place at 278 polling booths. It could not be held along with other 199 constituencies on December-7 due to the death of BSP candidate Laxman Singh.
The BSP has fielded former union minister Natwar Singh's ex-MLA son Jagat Singh, while former Alwar Zila Pramukh Shafia Zubair Khan is contesting as a Congress candidate. Former Pradhan Sukhwant Singh is the BJP candidate.
278 polling booths have been set up in the constituency that has 2 lakh 35625 voters eligible voters.
The by-election is a test for all the four major parties in the fray - the ruling BJP, the Congress, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and the newly formed Jannayak Janata Party (JJP).
Here are the LIVE updates of the ongoimng by polls in Jind and Ramgarh:
Twenty-nine per cent turnout was recorded in the first few hours of the ongoing polls to the Ramgarh assembly constituency on Monday, officials said. "Polling started at 8 am. VVPAT machines at five booths were replaced during a mock poll drill and three were replaced after polling began," Returning Officer Pankaj Sharma said.
A 101 year-old woman cast her vote at polling station number 114 during Jind bypoll in Haryana. pic.twitter.com/XLl4EDEQQB
- ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2019
Haryana: Dhanoo Devi, a 92-year-old woman, cast her vote at polling station number 111 in Jind. Voting is currently underway for the by-poll to Jind assembly constituency. #jindbypoll pic.twitter.com/4JJIse8XDn
- ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2019
Digvijay Chautala, Jannayak Janta Party's (JJP) candidate for #Jind bypoll: We are confident. People will see a positive change in politics. Politics that will rise above religion, caste and creed. pic.twitter.com/RdbPwg9lSe
- ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2019
