Voting begins for bypolls on 2 Assembly, 3 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan and West Bengal

Voting for the by-elections in two Assembly and three parliamentary constituencies in Rajasthan and West Bengal began 8 am today amid tight security.

While the bypolls for Lok Sabha seats of Ajmer and Alwar, and the Assembly seat of Mandalgarh are being touted as a litmus test for Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje ahead of state polls, elections for Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency and Noapara Assembly seat in West Bengal will test the popularity of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Counting for all seats is slated to take place on February 1.

Rajasthan

Rajasthan: Voting for Alwar Lok Sabha seat by-poll begins; Visuals from a polling booth in Subhash Nagar pic.twitter.com/ehChdq4e1o

— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2018

Over 38 lakh voters will decide the fate of 41 candidates for bypolls to two Lok Sabha and one Assembly seat. In a first, EVM machines with photos of candidates on them would be used for polling, which would take place from 8am to 6pm.

Eleven candidates in Alwar, 23 in Ajmer and 8 candidates in Mandalgarh are in the fray.

Ajmer and Alwar Lok Sabha seats, and the Mandalgarh Assembly seat fell vacant due to the deaths of Ajmer MP Sanwar Lal Jat, …read more