Counting of votes polled in bypolls to 11 assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh will begin shortly. The counting process will begin at 7 am and the first trends are expected in about an hour’s time, the election office here said. All preparations for the smooth counting have been completed, it said. On Monday, 47.05 per cent voters had exercised their franchise in the bypolls, mostly necessitated after sitting legislators got elected to the Lok Sabha in May. Of the 11 seats where bypolls were held, eight were held by the BJP and one by its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal). Two other seats were shared by the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party.
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