Bypoll for two Lok Sabha and 51 assemblies seats being held today

Voting has begun for bypolls to two Lok Sabha and 51 Assembly seats spread over in 17 States. The two Lok Sabha seats where by-polls are taking place are Samastipur in Bihar and Satara in Maharashtra.

Assembly constituencies for which bypolls are being held are 11 seats of Uttar Pradesh, 6 in Gujarat, 5 seats each in Kerala and Bihar, 3 in Sikkim, 4 each of Punjab and Assam, 2 each of Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh and one seat each in Odisha, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Pudducherry and Arunachal Pradesh.

In Bihar, amidst tight security arrangements by-polling  is underway in five assembly seats and Samastipur Parliamentary



constituency. The assembly constituencies where by-polls are being  held are Kishanganj, Daraunda, Belhar, Nathnagar and Simri Bakhatiarpur. Over 32 lakh voters will decide electoral fortune of 51 candidates. 43 of them are for the five assembly seats and eight for Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency. 3,258 booths have been made for polls. 

Live webcasting is being  done at 52 booths. Inter- district border has sealed and patrolling has been intensified to make trouble free polls. JD(U) and RJD are contesting on four seats each. BJP and Congress are fighting from Kishanganj assembly constituency. LJP and Congress are contesting on Samastipur Lok Sabha seat.