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Bageshwar bypoll: 10.13% polling till 9 am, straight contest between BJP and Congress

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Voters show their identification cards as they arrive to cast their votes during the by-elections to Bageshwar assembly seat, in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district

Voters show their identification cards as they arrive to cast their votes during the by-elections to Bageshwar assembly seat, in Uttarakhand

Dehradun: Over 10 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first two hours of polling for the Bageshwar Assembly by-election in Uttarakhand which began at 7 am on Tuesday.

Voting is slated to go on till 5 pm. There are approximately 1.2 lakh voters in the constituency.

People began queuing up outside the polling booths from 6 am and by 9 am 10.13 per cent polling was recorded, Bageshwar District Magistrate Anuradha Paul told PTI.

Five candidates are in the fray. The BJP has fielded Parvati Das while the Congress has pitted Basant Kumar against her.

Das is the wife of Chandan Ram Das whose death in April this year necessitated the bypoll. He had won from the seat four times since 2007.

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