The by-elections to three assembly seats in Tripura, Punjab and Telangana passed off peacefully on Saturday, officials in the three States said.
In Tripura, around 88 per cent of the 38,270 voters cast their ballots in the by-election to the Amarpur assembly seat, an official said. The polling, which was totally peaceful, started at 8 am amid tight security and ended at 5 pm. Counting will take place on February 16.
Over 70 per cent polling was registered on Saturday in the by-election to Narayankhed Assembly constituency in Telangana’s Medak district, officials said.
No untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the constituency as tight security arrangements were in place. long queues were seen in majority of the polling centres since morning. There were 1,88,236 eligible voters for the bypoll. In Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib seat, over 55 per cent voting had been recorded till 5 pm. Scores of voters were still queued up outside polling station even beyond the deadline for end of voting.
Polling remained peaceful in this seat. There were over 1.87 lakh eligible voters in the constituency.