Erode East Bypoll Results 2023 Highlights — Byelection Win A Curtain Raiser For 2024 Lok Sabha Polls: MK Stalin
Erode East Bypoll Results 2023 Live: A total of 77 candidates including Congress party candidate EVKS Elangovan, AIADMK party candidate KS Thennarasu and NTK's Menaka Navaneethan are in the fray
Background
Erode East Bypoll Results 2023 Live: Hello and welcome to ABP Live on the Assembly Election 2023 Counting Day. Follow this space to get all the latest updates, news, and reactions from the Erode East Bypoll 2023 results. Vote counting is to be held on Thursday (March 2). The polling took place in a total of 238 stations. A total of 77 candidates including Congress party candidate EVKS Elangovan, AIADMK party candidate KS Thennarasu, NTK party candidate Menaka Navaneethan, DMDK candidate S Ananth are in the fray.
Nearly 75 per cent of the 2.27 lakh voters cast their votes in the Erode East by-election held in Tamil Nadu on Monday and the polling exercise was peaceful, authorities said.
Voting began at 7 AM and ended at 6 PM and District Collector H Krishnanunni was among the early voters. Chief Electoral Officer, Satyabrata Sahoo told reporters in Chennai that the polling percentage till 6 PM stood at 74.69 per cent. The constituency has 2,27,547 voters and women, 1,16,497, are more than men, 1,11,025, and 25 fall under the third gender category.
Returning Officer K Sivakumar said, "Peaceful polling was conducted and completed without any incident." Some voters in polling stations who were in the queue by 6 PM were provided tokens and allowed to vote.
After polling ended, police, along with para-military personnel took out a march to instill confidence among people and prevented the congregation of public and party workers to rule out scope for untoward incidents. A few alleged technical glitches were reported, prompting authorities to suspend voting in two booths.
The AIADMK complained to the Returning Officer that some DMK men were involved in distribution of cash at Asokapuram, but when authorities rushed to the spot they did not find anyone, they said as per a PTI report.
At Veerapanchathiram, complaints were received that votes were not recorded for the intended candidate after pressing a particular button on the electronic voting machine (EVM). At Brough Road, EVM did not function properly. In both places, officials suspended voting for some time, before resuming after addressing the glitches.
While 77 candidates are reportedly in the fray, the battle is likely confined between Congress and AIADMK. Naam Tamizhar Katchi's Meneka Navaneethan is among the other candidates.
The outcome of the election, the first since the DMK came to power in 2021, will have no major bearing on the existing strength of the respective parties in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly but is being seen as an indicator of the ruling party's popularity, especially with the LS elections slated next year.
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