नवीनतम
Palakkad Bypoll: Moderate turnout after first hour of polling
PALAKKAD [Maha Media]: Brisk polling was witnessed in the Palakkad assembly by-poll on Wednesday with a turnout of 20.50 per cent at 10.30 am, more than three hours after voting commenced.
The initial hour of polling saw a low turnout of only 1.11 per cent at 8 am which climbed to 6.76 per cent by 8.30 am and reached 13.63 per cent by around 9.30 am, according to figures released by the Election Commission.
People started arriving early in the morning at the 184 polling booths across the constituency, which has over 1.9 lakh voters who will cast their votes to elect a representative from among 10 candidates.
Among the 10, the key contenders are Rahul Mamkootathil (Congress-led UDF), C. Krishnakumar (BJP-led NDA), and P. Sarin (CPI(M)-led LDF).
