People wait in a queue to solid their votes at a polling sales space throughout the Sardarshahar Assembly seat byelection, at Panpaliya village in Sardarshahar, December 5, 2022. (PTI)

Amid allegations by Samajwadi Party of gross anomalies throughout polling within the three by-elections held within the state on Monday, Rampur Sadar Assembly seat recorded a pointy decline in voter turnout as in comparison with the Assembly elections held in March this yr.

By 5 pm, an hour earlier than the scheduled finish of voting, Rampur Sadar recorded solely 31.94 per cent polling as in comparison with the 56.61 per cent polling in March. In Khatauli, 56.46 per cent voter turnout was recorded until 5 pm. The turnout was 69.79 per cent in March.

In Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, the place each SP and BJP ran a high-voltage marketing campaign, over 53 per cent votes have been polled until 5 pm. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav gained the seat for the fifth time, 56.67 per cent polling was recorded.

A report 80.5 per cent polling was registered within the by-election to the Padampur Assembly seat in Odisha’s Bargarh Monday as voting ended peacefully with none untoward incident regardless of Maoist risk in a couple of pockets of the constituency, mentioned officers.

Bargarh district collector Monisha Banerjee mentioned in accordance with the most recent info, the voting share is estimated at 80.5 per cent. Official sources mentioned the ultimate voting share could change. The constituency has witnessed 79.05 per cent within the 2019 Assembly polls. “Though we had received some complaints from certain booths, we found no irregularities when we visited the places. Voting ended peacefully and the EVMs are being stored in the strong room with proper security,” mentioned Banerjee.

An estimated voting of 69.91 per cent was recorded until night within the by-elections of the Sardarshahar Assembly constituency in Rajasthan on Monday, mentioned officers. Voting began at 8 am amid tight safety preparations in any respect the 295 cubicles arrange within the phase.

According to officers, until 5:30 pm on Monday, 69.91 per cent polling was recorded within the constituency with 2.89 lakh registered voters.

A complete of 57.9 per cent of three.11 lakh voters exercised their franchise within the by-election to Kurhani meeting seat in Bihar on Monday, officers mentioned.

Polling started at 7 am throughout 320 cubicles within the constituency and continued until 6 pm, they mentioned. Tight safety preparations have been in place throughout all of the cubicles, manned by central paramilitary forces moreover the native police. By-poll to the meeting phase in Muzaffarpur district has been necessitated as a result of disqualification of RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani.

A voter turnout of 64.86 per cent was recorded in Bhanupratappurin Chhattisgarh’s Maoist-hit Kanker district, the place polling started at 7 am amid tight safety and concluded at 3 pm on Monday. The polling course of was by and huge peaceable, an official mentioned.

Seven candidates contested within the constituency, reserved for the Scheduled Tribes, although it was largely seen as a direct contest between the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Polling was sluggish in Rampur Sadar with the meeting phase, earlier held by Samajwadi Party chief Azam Khan, registering round 33.94 per cent turnout. Meanwhile, Khatauli phase recorded 56.46 per cent polling, PTI reported. While over 81 per cent of two.57 lakh voters exercised their franchise within the byelection to the Padampur constituency, the voter turnout in different segments was 72.09 per cent in Sardarshahar, 58 per cent in Kurhani, and 64.86 per cent in Bhanupratappur.