Nagaland EVM Tripura CEO inspects strong room & counting halls, says all set for June 4 Mizoram all set for counting of votes for lone Lok Sabha seat
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The counting of votes for 5 Assembly seats in Assam, 1 seat in Mizoram, 3 seats in Meghalaya, which went to bypolls on October 30, began at 8 am on Tuesday.

The counting of votes is underway in Assamโ€™s 5 Assembly seats including Mariani, Bhabanipur, Thowra, Gossaigaon and Tamulpur, in Meghalayaโ€˜s Mawryngkneng, Mawphlang and Rajabala Assembly seats and in Mizoramโ€™s Tuirial Assembly seat.

Apart from the Northeast states, by-elections were also held in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, West Bengal and UT of Dadra & Nagar Havelli and Daman & Diu.

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In Nagaland, NDPP candidate Keoshu Yimchunger for the bypolls to Shamator-Chessore Assembly constituency was elected to the Nagaland Assembly uncontested.

Assam recorded an overall 73.38% voter turnout on October 30 as the 5 Assembly constituencies went to bypolls.

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The Bhabanipur Assembly constituency recorded the highest voter turnout at 78%%  while Tamulpur constituency in Assam recorded the lowest voter turnout at 67.88%.

Also read: Assam Assembly bypolls: Overall 73.38% voter turnout recorded

Meanwhile, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the chief electoral officers (CEO) of the states and union territories (UTs), where by-elections were held, directing it to ensure that no victory procession is being taken out after counting of votes.

โ€œNo victory procession after the counting shall be permissible,โ€ the ECI in its letter to the CEOs stated.

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Moreover, the EC stated that โ€œnot more than two persons shall be allowed to accompany the winning candidate or his/her authorized representative receives the certificate of election from the Returning Officer concernedโ€.

This order was issued by the Election Commission of India on Monday.