The Election Commission will be webcasting the poll process from 371 critical booths in seven Assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh where by-elections will be held on Tuesday.
The Election Commission said that an adequate security force had been deployed in all 3,655 polling booths of these constituencies.
As per the Election Commission, around 24.34 lakh voters, including 13.3 lakh males, 11.30 lakh females and 130 of third gender, would be eligible to vote from 7 am to 6 pm.
There are 88 candidates, including nine women, in the fray in the seven seats. Due to Covid protocol, not more than 1,000 voters will be allowed in one booth. The poll officials have been directed to ensure compliance with Covid protocol like social distancing, face masks and other precautions.
To ensure law and order, there would be 301 sector magistrates, 46 zonal magistrates and 76 static magistrates along with 333 micro observers. Besides, seven general and seven expenditure observers will oversee proceedings during the polls.
Polling will be held through 5,127 electronic voting machines (EVMs), 6,710 ballot units and 5,492 VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) machines while counting of votes would be held on November 10.
The bypolls were necessitated in Ghatampur (Kanpur) as sitting MLA and minister Kamal Rani Varun died of COVID-19 while in Tundla (Firozabad), sitting MLA SP Singh Baghel was elected to Lok Sabha. The Bangarmau (Unnao) seat fell vacant following conviction of Kuldeep Singh Sengar in a rape case.
Bypolls in Bulandshahr, Deoria and Malhani are being held due to the demise of sitting MLAs Virendra Singh Sirohi, Janmejay Singh and Parasnath Yadav (SP) respectively.
A maximum of 18 candidates are in the fray from Bulandshahr while only six candidates are locking horns in Ghatampur. There are 16 candidates in the fray from Malhani (Jaunpur); 14 each from Naugawan Sadat (Amroha) and Deoria; 10 each from Bangarmau (Unnao) and Tundla (Firozabad).