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Voting for the Anta Assembly bypoll successful Rajasthan's Baran territory began connected Tuesday (November 11, 2025) greeting amid choky security, with a elector turnout of 5.26 per cent recorded till 9 am, officials said.
Polling, which began astatine 7 a.m., is taking spot crossed 268 polling stations and volition proceed till 6 p.m. "The voting is underway peacefully. All indispensable arrangements person been ensured astatine polling centres," an predetermination authoritative said.
A full of 2,28,264 voters — including 1,16,783 men and 1,11,477 women — are eligible to formed their votes successful the bypoll. Counting of votes volition beryllium held connected November 14.
The bypoll was necessitated aft BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena was disqualified pursuing his condemnation successful a transgression case. Fifteen candidates are successful the fray, with the contention chiefly seen betwixt BJP's Morpal Suman and Congress campaigner and erstwhile curate Pramod Jain Bhaya.
The bypoll, viewed arsenic a prestige contention for some Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and elder Congress person Ashok Gehlot, is besides the archetypal electoral trial for the BJP authorities since taking bureau past year.
In the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly, the BJP presently holds 118 seats, the Congress 66, the Bharat Adivasi Party 4, BSP 2, RLD 1, portion 1 spot (Anta) remains vacant.
