Lok Sabha bypolls | 8.56% voting till 9 a.m. in U.P.'s Azamgarh, Rampur
The Hindu
7.86% votes were cast in Rampur, and 9.21% in Azamgarh, the election office in Lucknow said
An average 8.56% votes were cast in the first two hours of polling in the by-election to Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha seats on Thursday.
Over 35 lakh people are eligible to vote in the bypolls and will be deciding the fate of 19 candidates.
An average 8.56% votes were polled till 9 a.m. in both the seats. Of these, 7.86% votes were cast in Rampur, and 9.21% in Azamgarh, the election office in Lucknow said.
Both these seats are considered the bastions of the opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) in the State.
The bypoll to the Azamgarh seat was necessitated by the resignation of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, who was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly as an MLA in the elections earlier this year.
The Rampur seat was vacated by senior SP leader Azam Khan, who too was elected to the State assembly.
The polling which started at 7 a.m. will continue till 6 p.m., the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said in Lucknow.
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