The voting for the Kairana bye-elections will be held on May 28.
The voting for the Kairana by-elections will be held on May 28. While the BJP is hoping to bounce back from the defeats in the bye-elections in Gorakhpur and Phulpur, opposition parties are mustering all their strength to oust BJP in the constituency.
The Lok Sabha constituency fell vacant after the death of BJP MP Hukum Singh, whose daughter Mriganka Singh is now the party's candidate. She is fighting Rashtriya Lok Dal's Tabassum Hasan, who is supported by the Congress, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party.
The Kairana Lok Sabha seat comprises five assembly segments: Nakur, Gangoh, Kairana, Thana Bhawan and Shamli. Around 14 lakh voters in Kairana will decide will decide the fate of candidates on May 28. Voting will start from 7am and end by 6pm.
Meanwhile, ahead of the May 28 Lok Sabha bypoll in Kairana, authorities have tightened security and are taking other steps to ensure a fair election, a police official said.
The district authorities have divided the Uttar Pradesh constituency into 14 zones and 143 sectors, the official said.
He said 51 companies of central paramilitary forces would be deployed for the poll. Out of these, 26 would be stationed in Shamli district and 25 in Saharanpur district, the official said.
The official said state boundaries touching Kairana would also be sealed ahead of the poll.
A bypoll will also be held for the Noorpur assembly constituency in the state on the same day.