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RK Nagar bypoll: 73.45 % voting till 5 pm

The RK Nagar bypolls were earlier scheduled for April 12 earlier this year, but were cancelled following allegations that sums of money were distributed in a vote-for-cash scam.

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Chennai: Voting for the high stakes bypoll in RK Nagar Assembly constituency, which fell vacant after the death of late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, began amid tight security here today, with key contenders being AIADMK, the main Opposition DMK and sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran.

Polling began at 8 AM, with people arriving to exercise their franchise across booths in North Chennai, braving the misty conditions.

Here are latest updates:

21 December 2017
19:07 IST

Final voting RK Nagar bypoll - 73.45 percent.

15:50 IST

57.16% voting recorded till 3 pm.

15:32 IST

41.6 percent of the 2,28,234 voters exercised their franchise by 1 pm, says EC.

13:09 IST

Himachal Pradesh: Rumours of bomb at a bus stand in Mandi, stand has been evacuated, alert issued. Search operation underway in the area

13:07 IST

People wait in queue to cast their vote in RK Nagar bypoll in Chennai

12:24 IST

BJP candidate K Nagarajan alleges EVM malfunctioning in RK Nagar 

12:23 IST

23.74 percent voting recorded from 166 booths across RK Nagar constituency

12:15 IST

RK Nagar bypoll: DMK cadres enthused after 2Gspectrum scam judgment, party says its winning margin will boost

10:12 IST

RK Nagar bypoll: AIADMK candidate E Madhusudhanan casts his vote, says "God and Amma's grace is with us"

10:01 IST

Bizzare! Voter, who came to cast his vote along with his pet dog, turned away by authorities. He finally cast his vote after leaving his dog with his friend who had also come for casting vote

09:49 IST

At least 7.32 per cent voters have cast their ballots since polling began at 8:00 am, according to Election Commission

09:47 IST

DMK candidate N Marudhu Ganesh cast his vote at polling booth no. 134 in Chennai, says "whether it is Rs 6000 or Rs 60,000, we are going to win; voters of RK Nagar will teach a lesson to AIADMK this time"

09:46 IST

Visual from a polling booth set up at Chennai Girls Higher Secondary School in Tiruvottiyur

09:45 IST

Visual: DMK candidate N. Marudhu Ganesh casts his vote at polling booth no. 134 in Chennai

Visual: BJP candidate Karu Nagarajan casts his vote in Chennai

09:43 IST

Chennai City Police Commissioner AK Viswanathan says additional force has been deployed today in view of the RK Nagar bypoll. "We will ensure free and fair elections today," he says

09:43 IST

The polling process is being monitored by nine observers, considered the highest for a single assembly constituency. This includes general, special, police and expenditure officials

09:43 IST

Ninety six flying squad teams, 21 Static Surveillance Teams and 20 Video Surveillance Teams have been deployed by election authorities. A total of 45 check points in and around the constituency are also manned by poll officials

09:43 IST

Elaborate security arrangements are in place with about 2,000 State police personnel, 15 companies of Central Armed Police Forces, including CRPF deployed across 256 polling stations

09:42 IST

RK Nagar has an electorate of 2,28,234, comprising 1,10,903 men, 1,17,232 women and 99 transgenders

09:42 IST

Though as many as 59 candidates are in the fray, the bypoll is mainly seen as a fight between the ruling AIADMK, its rival faction led by Dhinakaran and DMK

09:42 IST

Suspicions have been raised over circumstances leading to Jayalalithaa's demise by several persons, including now deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and his followers

09:38 IST

The high stakes RK Nagar bypoll is being held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of sitting MLA Jayalalithaa on December 5 last year

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