Gujarat bypolls: Over 23 per cent voter turnout till 11 am

An average 23.29 per cent voterturnout was registered till 11 am during polling for by-elections to eight Assembly seats in Gujarat on Tuesday.

Voting will continue till 6 pm in 3,024 polling boothsof these eight seats.

The by-elections to these seats were necessitatedafter the sitting Congress MLAs resigned ahead of the RajyaSabha polls held in June this year.

As per an official release by the Election Commission,23.29 per cent of the total 18.75 lakh voters exercised theirfranchise between 7 am and 11 am.

Dang, a Scheduled Tribe (ST)-reserved seat clocked39.60 per cent turnout in four hours, followed by Limbdi 25.77per cent, Morbi 24.15 per cent, Karjan 22.95 per cent, Abdasa22 per cent, Gadhada 21.74 per cent, Kaprada 17.26 per centand Dhari 16.04 per cent.

To stop the spread of COVID-19, disposable hand glovesare being given to each voter at the polling booths.

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