<p>Thirty-seven per cent turnout was recorded in the first six hours of polling on Monday in Kurhani assembly seat in Bihar, where voting is underway for a by-election, an EC official said.</p>.<p>Polling began at 7 am across 320 booths in the constituency, he said.</p>.<p>Tight security arrangements are in place across all the booths, which are manned by central paramilitary forces besides local police, and the casting of votes will continue till 6 pm.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/assembly-bypolls-live-updates-uttar-pradesh-mainpuri-odisha-bihar-rajasthan-chhattisgarh-jdu-sp-bjp-rld-bjd-congress-assembly-lok-sabha-seat-1168502.html" target="_blank">Track live updates on assembly bypolls</a></strong></p>.<p>“Polling has been peaceful and no untoward incident has been reported so far,” the official said.</p>.<p>By-poll to the assembly segment, falling in Muzaffarpur district, has been necessitated by the disqualification of RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani.</p>.<p>Altogether 13 candidates, including five Independents, are in the fray.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/bihar-bypoll-bjp-jdu-slug-it-out-in-kurhani-1168379.html" target="_blank">Bihar bypoll: BJP, JD(U) slug it out in Kurhani</a></strong></p>.<p>The main contenders are former MLAs Kedar Gupta and Manoj Singh Kushwaha, fielded by the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) respectively.</p>.<p>Others who are in the fray include Mohd Ghulam Murtaza (AIMIM) and Neelabh Kumar (VIP).</p>.<p>Gupta had lost to Sahani, in the 2020 assembly polls, by a slender margin of about 700 votes. In the by-election, the RJD is backing the JD(U).</p>.<p>The counting of votes will take place on Thursday. </p>
<p>Thirty-seven per cent turnout was recorded in the first six hours of polling on Monday in Kurhani assembly seat in Bihar, where voting is underway for a by-election, an EC official said.</p>.<p>Polling began at 7 am across 320 booths in the constituency, he said.</p>.<p>Tight security arrangements are in place across all the booths, which are manned by central paramilitary forces besides local police, and the casting of votes will continue till 6 pm.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/assembly-bypolls-live-updates-uttar-pradesh-mainpuri-odisha-bihar-rajasthan-chhattisgarh-jdu-sp-bjp-rld-bjd-congress-assembly-lok-sabha-seat-1168502.html" target="_blank">Track live updates on assembly bypolls</a></strong></p>.<p>“Polling has been peaceful and no untoward incident has been reported so far,” the official said.</p>.<p>By-poll to the assembly segment, falling in Muzaffarpur district, has been necessitated by the disqualification of RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani.</p>.<p>Altogether 13 candidates, including five Independents, are in the fray.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/bihar-bypoll-bjp-jdu-slug-it-out-in-kurhani-1168379.html" target="_blank">Bihar bypoll: BJP, JD(U) slug it out in Kurhani</a></strong></p>.<p>The main contenders are former MLAs Kedar Gupta and Manoj Singh Kushwaha, fielded by the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) respectively.</p>.<p>Others who are in the fray include Mohd Ghulam Murtaza (AIMIM) and Neelabh Kumar (VIP).</p>.<p>Gupta had lost to Sahani, in the 2020 assembly polls, by a slender margin of about 700 votes. In the by-election, the RJD is backing the JD(U).</p>.<p>The counting of votes will take place on Thursday. </p>