Voting for Madhya Pradesh's Mungaoli and Kolaras Assembly seats is underway, counting of votes will take place on February 28.
"Polling is going on peacefully at all the polling booths in the two constituencies and no untoward incident was so far reported from anywhere," Madhya Pradesh's deputy chief electoral officer SS Bansal said.
The total number of voters in the two constituencies are 2,44,457 (Kolaras) and 1,91,009 (Mungaoli).
HERE ARE THE LIVE UPDATES:
10:45 am: 16 per cent voter turnout recorded in Kolaras and 17 per cent voter turnout recorded in Mungaoli till 10 am.
10:30 am: The bypolls were necessitated due to the death of Congress MLAs Mahendra Singh Kalukheda (Mungaoli) and Ram Singh Yadav (Kolaras).
09:34 am: During mock poll, 15 VVPATs in Kolaras and 17 VVPATs in Mungaoli were found to be malfunctioning which were replaced later. Voting is currently continuing smoothly at all polling stations: Saleena Singh
09:30 am: I have been standing in queue for the past one hour, voting has not started since the EVM is not working, a local said.
09:22 am: "An error was reported in the EVM machine in the beginning at booth number 57 of Kolaras, but it was rectified and polling began soon after," the official said.
09:20 am: A total of 22 candidates are in fray in Kolaras while 13 are trying their luck in Mungaoli.
09:00 am: Voting for bypolls in the Mungaoli and Kolaras Assembly seats of Madhya Pradesh begins.
