Voting for Dhupguri by-poll elections began amid tight security in Jalpaiguri on September 05. Voting for by-poll is being held in 134 booths across the assembly seats. Polling began at 7 am in the morning and will continue till 5 pm. People queued in lines to cast their votes. The Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal was vacated after the death of BJP's Bishnu Pada Ray. The fight is between BJP Candidate Tapasi Roy, CPI(M) Candidate Ishwar Chandra Roy, and Congress Candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy. Notably, the by-poll is being held on seven seats across six states namely Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, Dhupguri in West Bengal, Puthuppally in Kerala, Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Dumri in Jharkhand and Boxanagar and Dhanpur in Tripura.The counting of all seven seats will be conducted on September 8.
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