By-elections 2022 LIVE: BJP candidate alleges attack on convoy by TMC workers in Asansol

Barring minor incidents of violence, the polling for West Bengal's Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and Ballygunge Assembly seat, where by-elections are being held on Tuesday, has been peaceful, with over 44 per cent of eligible voters casting their votes till 3 pm. The Asansol Lok Sabha seat in Paschim Bardhaman district saw 54.40 per cent polling, whereas 34. 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the prestigious Ballygunge Assembly constituency in south Kolkata till 3 pm, an official said.

Police have registered a non-cognisable offence against some BJP workers for alleged distribution of cash in Kolhapur, where voting for the bypoll to Kolhapur North Assembly seat is underway on Tuesday, an official said.

Police have registered a non-cognisable offence against some BJP workers for alleged distribution of cash in Kolhapur, where voting for the bypoll to Kolhapur North Assembly seat is underway, an official said.

A total of 2.9 lakh voters will decide the fates of 13 candidates, three of them women, in the bypolls in Bihar's Bochahan Assembly. Altogether 1.53 lakh men, 1.47 lakh women and four voters of the third gender will exercise their franchise at 350 polling centres, which are being manned by 1,500 security personnel. By-poll to the seat was necessitated by the death of MLA Musafir Paswan, who had won on the ticket of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) of Bollywood set designer-turned-politician Mukesh Sahani. 

Stones were hurled allegedly at the vehicle of BJP's Lok Sabha bypoll candidate Agnimitra Paul on Tuesday morning, leading to tensions in Asansol. Around 10 per cent turnout was recorded till 9 am in the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and Ballygunge assembly segment where by-elections were underway, the Election Commission said. Stones were hurled when security personnel baton-charged a group of TMC supporters who gheraoed Paul's vehicle, alleging that she tried to enter a polling booth along with her guards.