Moderate to brisk polling was recorded in 13 Assembly constituencies across seven States where bypolls were held on Wednesday amid sporadic incidents of violence in Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
The electoral exercise, the first since the Lok Sabha polls, will decide the fate of many veterans and some debutantes, including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur.
The bypolls are being held against vacancies created either due to deaths or resignation of incumbent members. Barring Uttarakhand and West Bengal, polling was peaceful in the rest of the States so far.
In Punjab, the bypoll to the Jalandhar West assembly segment saw a voter turnout of 51.30 per cent till 5 pm.
