59.9% Voting In Madhya Pradesh's Damoh Assembly Bypoll

The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress in the state are locked in a battle in the constituency, where the polling was held on Saturday.

The by-election to Damoh Assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh witnessed 59.9 per cent voting, about 15 per cent less than the 2018 poll, an official said on Sunday. The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress in the state are locked in a battle in the constituency, where the polling was held on Saturday. A total of 22 candidates contested the bypoll, but the main contest is between Rahul Lodhi of the BJP and Ajay Tandon of the Congress. The bypoll was necessitated as Lodhi, who had won from Damoh on a Congress ticket in 2018, resigned from the Assembly as well as the party in October 2020 and joined the BJP.