According to the Bangladesh Election Commission (EC), voting officially took place from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm (local time). However, officials clarified that individuals who had entered polling station premises before the close of voting were permitted to cast their ballots.
The strongroom of the Trimbakeshwar Municipal Council was opened, and the counting process is underway. The seals were broken in the presence of all candidates and their authorised representatives.
As the counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly election began Friday morning, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Delhi is gearing up for the victory celebrations with delicacies from the State.
Bihar enters the verdict stage as vote counting begins today, alongside bypolls in eight assembly segments across six states and Jammu and Kashmir, which saw bypolls for their respective vacant seats.
As the vote counting begins for the assembly by-elections in five constituencies, the official trends by the Election Commission from Kerala's Nilambur seat show UDF candidate Aryadan Shoukath of Congress leading by 2,286 votes over LDF's M Swaraj of CPI(M) in the fourth round of counting
Vote counting started at 8 AM for assembly bye-elections in Nilambur (Kerala), Ludhiana West (Punjab), Kaliganj (West Bengal), Visavadar, and Kadi (Gujarat). Results will be declared today amid tight security arrangements at counting centres.
Strong rooms have been opened at the counting center in Erode, Tamil Nadu, as the vote counting begins for the Erode (East) Assembly by-election. Security has been heightened at the centre to ensure a smooth process.
As Delhi vote counting begins, AAP leader Anurag Dhanda says Arvind Kejriwal's fight is against the entire system, including BJP, Congress, and the Election Commission.
The results, originally scheduled for September 28, were postponed following a Delhi High Court directive that required the university to clean up defacement caused during the campaign before declaring the winners.