<p>Over 17 per cent voting was recorded in the by-election to Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district in the first two hours of polling, an official said.</p>.<p>Polling began, amid tight security, at 7 am across 260 booths in the constituency, and the poll percentage stood at 17.25 till 9 am, he said.</p>.<p>'The polling has been peaceful so far. No untoward incident has been reported,' the Election Commission official said.</p>.Tripura bypoll: 18.71% voter turnout recorded in first two hours in two assembly seats.<p>Tight security arrangements are in place across all the booths which are manned by central paramilitary forces where the casting of votes will continue till 6.30 pm.</p>.<p>CPI (M)'s Ishwar Chandra Roy is contesting as the candidate of the Congress-Left alliance, while the ruling TMC has fielded Nirmal Chandra Roy, a teacher by profession.</p>.<p>The BJP has nominated Tapasi Roy, the widow of a CRPF jawan who died fighting terrorists in Kashmir a few years back.</p>.<p>The bypoll to the seat was necessitated by the death of its sitting BJP MLA, Bishu Pada Ray, earlier this year.</p>.<p>Dhupguri, a scheduled caste-reserved seat, has nearly 50 per cent Rajbanshi people and 15 per cent minority population.</p>.<p>The BJP had snatched the constituency from the TMC in the 2021 assembly polls.</p>.<p>Votes will be counted on September 8. </p>
<p>Over 17 per cent voting was recorded in the by-election to Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district in the first two hours of polling, an official said.</p>.<p>Polling began, amid tight security, at 7 am across 260 booths in the constituency, and the poll percentage stood at 17.25 till 9 am, he said.</p>.<p>'The polling has been peaceful so far. No untoward incident has been reported,' the Election Commission official said.</p>.Tripura bypoll: 18.71% voter turnout recorded in first two hours in two assembly seats.<p>Tight security arrangements are in place across all the booths which are manned by central paramilitary forces where the casting of votes will continue till 6.30 pm.</p>.<p>CPI (M)'s Ishwar Chandra Roy is contesting as the candidate of the Congress-Left alliance, while the ruling TMC has fielded Nirmal Chandra Roy, a teacher by profession.</p>.<p>The BJP has nominated Tapasi Roy, the widow of a CRPF jawan who died fighting terrorists in Kashmir a few years back.</p>.<p>The bypoll to the seat was necessitated by the death of its sitting BJP MLA, Bishu Pada Ray, earlier this year.</p>.<p>Dhupguri, a scheduled caste-reserved seat, has nearly 50 per cent Rajbanshi people and 15 per cent minority population.</p>.<p>The BJP had snatched the constituency from the TMC in the 2021 assembly polls.</p>.<p>Votes will be counted on September 8. </p>