Madhya Pradesh bypoll | Heavy voter turnout in the State despite COVID-19 risks
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Heavy voter turnout was recorded in the Madhya Pradesh byelection on Tuesday despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with the estimated voter turnout crossing 80% in 4 seats and the common turnout standing at 68.93% in the 28 seats till 7.30 p.m., the Election Commission of India mentioned.
The turnout stood at 80.54% in Agar, 80.01% in Biaora, 80.84% in Hatpipliya, and 83.2% in Badnawar, the seats which fall exterior the Gwalior-Chambal area and the place even in the 2018 Vidhan Sabha election the turnout crossed 80%. The common turnout in the State stood at 75.05% in the earlier election.
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and his spouse Kiran Tomar after casting their vote in Gwalior throughout the bypoll to twenty-eight constituencies in Madhya Pradesh on November 3, 2020. Photo: Special association
“Two incidents of firing were reported outside a polling booth and a village in Bhind district,” mentioned Manoj Kumar, Bhind Superintendent of Police. Also, miscreants broken the management unit at a polling sales space in Liloi village, he added.
Superintendent of Police Anurag Sujania mentioned that in Morena, incidents of firing had been reported at two spots, however nowhere close to a polling sales space. A police official mentioned considered one of the incidents occurred exterior the residence of former MP Babulal Solanki in Jouri village.
Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia and Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar solid their votes at cubicles in Gwalior district. The BJP wants eight seats to retain the authorities, whereas the Congress must win all seats single-handedly to return to energy.
The byelections had been necessitated after 22 Congress MLAs, together with 19 supporters of Mr. Scindia, give up and converted to the BJP in March. Another 4 MLAs have crossed over since then, whereas three seats fell vacant owing to deaths of sitting legislators.
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