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Bypolls pass peacefully
NEW DELHI, May 29: Moderate to heavy turnout of voters marked the byeelections to three Lok Sabha and nine Assembly constituencies spread o...
Written by ENS & Agencies
May 30, 1997 12:00 AM IST
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NEW DELHI, May 29: Moderate to heavy turnout of voters marked the byeelections to three Lok Sabha and nine Assembly constituencies spread over eight states and East Delhi which passed off peacefully today.
Counting of ballots will be taken up on May 31 in all the three Lok Sabha constituenciesErnakulam Kerala, East Delhi and Aska Orissa and nine assembly constituencies Shirdi Maharashtra, Martur Andhra Pradesh, Molakalmur Karnataka, Qila Raipur Punjab, Bhojpur and Khandwa Madhya Pradesh, Daspalla and Nawapara Orissa and Farrukhabad Uttar Pradesh.
The highest polling was recorded in Karnataka8217;s Molakalmuru Assembly constituency, where ruling Janata Dal is locked in a prestige battle with Congress, with nearly 75 per cent of the 1.29 lakh electorate exercising their franchise, according to joint chief electoral officer N Khetrapal.
Heavy polling was recorded at Qila Raipur 65 per cent, Martur 63-65 per cent and Shirdi 62 per cent while fairly brisk balloting was reported from Bhojpur 50- 55 per cent, Nawapara 50 per cent and Farrukhabad 52 per cent.
Barring some skirmishes between rival party supporters which did not stop balloting, polling was by and large peaceful in Farrukhabad.
Enthusiasm ran high in Shirdi constituency, where State Agriculture Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe patil is in fray against his main Congress rival Ravindra Deokar, with 65 per cent turnout of voters who included a 109-year-old woman.
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