Voting begins for bypolls to Vallabhnagar Dhariawad assembly seats in Rajasthan
Jaipur Oct 30 PTI Voting for bypolls to the assembly constituencies of Vallabhnagar Udaipur and Dhariawad Pratapgarh in Rajasthan to decide the fate of 16 candidates began amid tight security arrangements on Saturday morningThe polling began at 7 am in both the constituencies and will go on till 6 pm Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta told PTICounting of votes will take place on November 2 he saidThe bypolls were necessitated by the demise of Congress MLA from Vallabhnagar Gajendra Singh Shaktawat and BJP legislator from Dhariawad Gautam Lal MeenaA total of 511455 voters 253831 in Vallabhnagar and 257624 in Dhariawad will be able to exercise their franchise Nine candidates are in the fray for the Vallabhnagar seat and seven for Dhariawad Gupta saidA total of 638 polling booths have been set up in both the constituencies and 119 of them are sensitive Webcasting will be done in 64 sensitive booths and videography in 29Gupta said that 4468 security personnel have been deployed in both constituencies to ensure free fair and peaceful votingThe voting will be conducted according to COVID-19 guidelines he addedIn Vallabhnagar the ruling Congress party has given its ticket to Gajendra Shaktawats wife Preeti Shaktawat while the BJP has fielded Himmat Singh JhalaThe Congress has fielded Nagraj Meena in Dhariawad against BJP candidate Khet Singh Meena PTI SDA IJT
Jaipur Oct 30 PTI Voting for bypolls to the assembly constituencies of Vallabhnagar Udaipur and Dhariawad Pratapgarh in Rajasthan to decide the fate of 16 candidates began amid tight security arrangements on Saturday morningThe polling began at 7 am in both the constituencies and will go on till 6 pm Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta told PTICounting of votes will take place on November 2 he saidThe bypolls were necessitated by the demise of Congress MLA from Vallabhnagar Gajendra Singh Shaktawat and BJP legislator from Dhariawad Gautam Lal MeenaA total of 511455 voters 253831 in Vallabhnagar and 257624 in Dhariawad will be able to exercise their franchise Nine candidates are in the fray for the Vallabhnagar seat and seven for Dhariawad Gupta saidA total of 638 polling booths have been set up in both the constituencies and 119 of them are sensitive Webcasting will be done in 64 sensitive booths and videography in 29Gupta said that 4468 security personnel have been deployed in both constituencies to ensure free fair and peaceful votingThe voting will be conducted according to COVID-19 guidelines he addedIn Vallabhnagar the ruling Congress party has given its ticket to Gajendra Shaktawats wife Preeti Shaktawat while the BJP has fielded Himmat Singh JhalaThe Congress has fielded Nagraj Meena in Dhariawad against BJP candidate Khet Singh Meena PTI SDA IJT
