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Friday, September 12, 2014

Voting underway for bypolls to 3 Lok Sabha, 33 Assembly seats in 10 states; all eyes on UP

Voting underway for bypolls to 3 Lok Sabha, 33 Assembly seats in 10 states; all eyes on UP
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Voting began Saturday for byelections to 3 Lok Sabha and 33 Assembly constituencies spread across 10 states in an exercise seen as yet another major test of Narendra Modi government's popularity since it assumed power in May.
The three Lok Sabha bypolls are in Vadodara (Gujarat), Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) and Medak (Telangana) while 11 Assembly constituencies are in UP, nine in Gujarat, four in Rajasthan, two in West Bengal, five in Northeastern states and one each in Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. Counting of votes is scheduled for September 16.

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