Just over 47 per cent of eligible voters exercised their franchise in the bypolls to 11 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
Polling began at 7 am amid tight security, officials said, adding that 47.05 per cent of electors exercised their franchise.
Gangoh in Saharanpur district saw the highest turnout with about 60.30 per cent voters exercising their franchise.
In Lucknow Cantonment, only 28.53 per cent of eligible electors cast their vote.
Polling was by and large peaceful in the state and there were no report of any untoward incident, they said.
According to the office of the UP Chief Electoral Officer, among the other constituencies, Jalalpur witnessed 58.80 per cent polling followed by Zaidpur (58), Manikpur (52.10), Balha (52), Ghosi (51), Rampur (44), Pratapgarh (44), Iglas (36.20) and Govindnagar (32.60).
A significant dip was witnessed in polling in a majority of constituencies in comparison with the 2017 assembly elections.
The polling percentage in 2017 stood at 71.92 per cent in Gangoh followed by Zaidpur (69.71), Iglas (64.88), Jalalpur (62.55), Manikpur (59.44), Ghosi (58.67), Balha (57.83), Rampur (56.16), Pratapgarh (55.56), Govindnagar (52.48) and Lucknow Cantonment (50.77).
Polling was held up for a couple of hours after an electronic voting machine (EVM) developed a snag at booth number 350 in Salhipur, a report from Pratapgarh said.
District Information Officer Vijay Kumar said the EVM was replaced and the voting had started.
Of the 11 seats, eight were earlier held by the BJP and one by its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal).
The seats of Rampur and Jalalpur (Ambedkarnagar) were held by the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, respectively.
The BJP, the BSP, the SP and the Congress have fielded their candidates on all seats.
According to the office of the UP Chief Electoral Officer, 109 candidates were in the fray for the bypolls.