Meanwhile, the counting is expected to begin at 8 am today for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand polls along with the results of by-polls of several states.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday demanded the Election Commission (EC) to suspend the Station House Officer (SHO) of Kakrouli police station, located in Uttar Pradesh's Meerapur and accused him of threatening voters with force and revolver and stopping them from casting t
Lashing out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav said that the BJP has been losing in the Uttar Pradesh by-polls. She added that the BJP's hooliganism is going on continuously wherever elections are taking place.
After a sluggish start, voter turnout in Maharashtra started to pick up, reaching 45.53 per cent by 3.00 pm in the single-phase assembly elections on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Jharkhand recorded comparatively a higher voter turnout of 61.47 per cent in the second phase of assembly polls in Jh
On the other side, the Uttar Pradesh BJP also write a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer alleging that fake ID cards are being provided to the people who came from outside to cast their vote.