BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai cast his vote at a polling booth in Shiggaon, as voting in a bypoll to the assembly constituency is underway.
Earlier, the voter turnout of 16.90 per cent was recorded in Budhni while Vijaypur stood at 17.86 per cent in the initial trend of polling till 9 am in the state.
As voting is underway in the by-election for six assembly constituencies in West Bengal, BJP candidate for Madarihat, assembly constituency Rahul Lohar, said that the people of his constituency will answer the atrocities committed against women in this by-election.
Speaking to ANI, CM Yadav said, "Wherever elections are being held in Madhya Pradesh and the country, I would like to appeal to all that people must use their right to vote. The right to vote is the biggest strength of democracy. By-elections are going on in both Vijaypur and Budhni assembly
As voting is underway for Jharkhand Assembly polls and by-elections for 31 assembly seats across 10 states, Congress leader Sachin Pilot expressed confidence that Congress would win all the seats in Rajasthan Assembly bypolls.
Meanwhile, a voter turnout of 13.04 per cent was recorded till 9 am in the first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly Elections, as per the Election Commission of India.
"Voting is the ultimate duty in a democracy, I request everyone to definitely vote. This area, this family belongs to BJP, people have faith in BJP, PM Modi. People will vote for BJP and Ramakant Bhargava will win here with record votes," Chouhan said.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is also the JD(S) State Youth Unit President, is competing against CP Yogeshwara, who joined the Congress after resigning as BJP MLC recently.
Polling for the two assembly seats in Vijaypur assembly seat and Budhni seat are going on and conclude at 6 pm. The counting of votes will be done on November 23.