All eyes are on the results of byelections held to Nanjangud and Gundlupet Legislative Assembly constituencies.
The counting of votes will be held on Thursday. The bypoll was necessitated in Gundlupet (Chamarajanagar district) after Cooperation Minister H S Mahadev Prasad passed away in January.
In all, seven candidates are in the fray, including Congress candidate M C Mohanakumari (wife of Prasad) and BJP candidate C S Niranjan Kumar. In Nanjangud (Mysuru district), the contest is between BJP candidate and former minister V Srinivas Prasad and Kalale Keshavamurthy of Congress.
The district administrations of both Mysuru and Chamarajanagar have made elaborate arrangements including tight security for counting of votes. Prohibitory Orders under
Section 144 of the CrPC will be in force within a radius of 500 metres of the counting centre from 6 am on Thursday till 6 am on Friday.
DH News Service
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