Anta Assembly bypoll: Polling underway; 5.26% turnout till 9 a.m.

Anta Assembly bypoll: Polling underway; 5.26% turnout till 9 a.m.

The bypoll, viewed as a prestige contest for both Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, is also the first electoral test for the BJP government since taking office last year

Anta bypoll: Over 77 per cent voter turnout by 5 pm

Jaipur, Nov 11 (PTI) Over 77 percent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm during the bypoll in Rajasthan's Anta assembly constituency on Tuesday.The voting was held from 7 am to 6 pm across 268 polling stations in Anta. Till 5 pm, the voter turn out was recorded at 77.17.The constituency has a total of 2,28,264 voters including 1,16,783 men and 1,11,477 women. Counting of votes will be held on November 14.The bypoll was necessitated after BJP ML…