Bypoll in 14 Seats Across 10 States | Live Updates: 70.01% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 Pm in West Bengal’s Maheshtala Assembly By-Poll

70.01% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 Pm in Maheshtala Assembly By-Poll in West Bengal

69% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm in Shahkot assembly by-election in Punjab

40.37% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm in Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll in Maharashtra

41 per cent voter turnout has been recorded in Karnataka's RR Nagar seat till 3 pm. The seat went to polls today as the Election Commission had deferred the polling slated in the constituency on May 12, due to the seizure of over 9,000 fake voter ID cards.

The Samajwadi Party has sought re-polling in EVM snag-hit booths of Kairana and Noorpur. "We have demanded the EC to conduct re-polling in places where more than 1 and a half hours were wasted, and extra time after 6 pm for voters in places where less time was wasted so that they can vote," said senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav, who led a multi-party delegation to complaint the Election Commission against the "faulty EVMS".

Responding to the spree of EVM glitches reported from polling booths of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, where the bypolls are currently underway, the Election Commission claimed the electronic voting machines have malfunctioned due to 'severe heat'. Steps are being taken to replace the faulty EVMs, the EC said. Read full report.

34 per cent voting has been recorded till 1 pm in Karnataka's Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency, also referred to as RR Nagar. Meanwhile, 19.2 per cent polling has been registered in Maharashtra's Palghar. 

Voting has been suspended in 35 polling booths of Palghar due to faulty electronic voting machines. The Shiv Sena has put the onus on the ruling BJP, claiming their attempt to manipulate the EVMs led to the machines developing technical snag. "We want the Election Commission to conduct an inquiry into the case," said Sena MP Sanjay Raut.

31 per cent voting recorded till 11 am in Shahkot assembly by-election in Punjab. The seat witnesses a trilateral contest between the ruling Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party.

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Rajendra Choudhary claimed malfunctioning EVMs have been detected in over 140 polling booths in Noorpur, where the assembly bypoll is currently underway.

Tabassum Hasan, the RLD candidate from Kairana, has written to the Election Commission alleging 'faulty EVMs' have been placed in over 175 polling booths in Shamli region.

RLD candidate in Kairana, Tabassum Hasan, claims the by-elections have been rigged by the BJP to avenge the loss of Phulpur and Gorakhpur in March. The electronic voting machines have malfunctioned in Dalit and Muslim voting segments, she alleged.

While Kairana witnessed 11 per cent polling till 9 am, the assembly segment of Noorpur witnessed 6 per cent voting. The fight in both the constituencies is between the BJP and a combined Opposition, comprising of the RLD, SP, BSP and the Congress.

11 per cent voting in Uttar Pradesh's Kairana was reported till 9 am. The seat witnesses a fight between BJP's Mriganka Singh, the daughter of deceased lawmaker Hukum Singh, against RLD's Tabassum Hasan, who is being backed by the Samajwadi Party, BSP and Congress.

A total of 11 faulty EVMs were detected in Palghar and Bhandara-Gondia, the two parliamentary constituencies up for grabs in Maharashtra. 

Voting in 14 constituencies across 10 states is currently underway. Reports of EVM glitches surfaced in Maharashtra and Uttarakhand.

In Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia, voting has not started at polling booth number 170 in Arjun-Morgaon area. In Uttarakhand's Tharali, Polling agents of all political parties demand a new electronic voting machine after mock poll at a polling booth in Sarpani was stalled due to faulty EVM.