The Bhanupratappur assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh on Monday recorded 71.44 percent polling in a by-election which pitted the ruling Congress against the main opposition BJP.
Chief Electoral Officer Reena Babasaheb Kangale said the polling was by and large peaceful. There were no interruptions in the 256 polling booths of the constituency though there were some glitches in some voting machines.
She congratulated all the polling personnel for the smooth election.
The Returning Officer said when the polling ended by 3 pm, the polling percentage stood at 71.74. The male voters recorded 73.25 percent while it was 70.31 percent for females. The total eligible voters were 1,95,822.
After two hours of polling, the polling percent at 9.00 am was 9.89 percent. It rose to 31.27 percent by 11 am. A ballot unit, a control unit and seven Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines were replaced due to technical glitches during the mock-poll conducted by the polling parties ahead of polling.
During the actual polling, three VVPAT machines were replaced due to technical glitches.