<p>Over 13 per cent polling was registered till 9 am in the bypoll to the Ellenabad assembly constituency in Haryana, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm, they added.</p>.<p>The bypoll was necessitated by INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala's resignation as MLA from the seat in January over the Centre's farm laws.</p>.<p>More than 1.85 lakh voters will decide the fate of 19 candidates, including INLD's Chautala, Congress nominee Pawan Beniwal and BJP-JJP candidate Gobind Kanda, in the fray for the bypoll.</p>.<p>A total of 211 polling booths have been set up and 121 of these have been categorised as "vulnerable" and "most vulnerable", the officials said.</p>.<p>Tight security arrangements have been made for the bypoll with the deployment of 30 companies of central security force, five companies of the Rapid Action Force and Haryana Police.</p>.<p>Gobind Kanda, brother of Haryana Lokhit Party chief and legislator Gopal Kanda, had joined the BJP recently.</p>.<p>Beniwal, who had unsuccessfully contested the previous assembly poll against Chautala, recently switched over from the BJP to the Congress.</p>.<p>Chautala, Beniwal and Kanda are locked in a triangular contest.</p>.<p>People, including women and elders, queued up at various polling centres to cast their votes.</p>.<p>Beniwal cast his vote in Darba Kalan village in the morning.</p>.<p>In a tweet, Chautala urged people to come out in maximum numbers and play the role of a responsible citizen by participating in this festival of democracy.</p>.<p>Winning the bypoll is crucial for Chautala as a loss will deal a body blow to the India National Lok Dal (INLD), which in recent years is reeling under a series of electoral setbacks.</p>.<p>A major part of the Ellenabad assembly constituency is rural with people mostly relying on agriculture.</p>.<p>Counting of votes will take place on November 2, the officials said. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>Over 13 per cent polling was registered till 9 am in the bypoll to the Ellenabad assembly constituency in Haryana, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm, they added.</p>.<p>The bypoll was necessitated by INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala's resignation as MLA from the seat in January over the Centre's farm laws.</p>.<p>More than 1.85 lakh voters will decide the fate of 19 candidates, including INLD's Chautala, Congress nominee Pawan Beniwal and BJP-JJP candidate Gobind Kanda, in the fray for the bypoll.</p>.<p>A total of 211 polling booths have been set up and 121 of these have been categorised as "vulnerable" and "most vulnerable", the officials said.</p>.<p>Tight security arrangements have been made for the bypoll with the deployment of 30 companies of central security force, five companies of the Rapid Action Force and Haryana Police.</p>.<p>Gobind Kanda, brother of Haryana Lokhit Party chief and legislator Gopal Kanda, had joined the BJP recently.</p>.<p>Beniwal, who had unsuccessfully contested the previous assembly poll against Chautala, recently switched over from the BJP to the Congress.</p>.<p>Chautala, Beniwal and Kanda are locked in a triangular contest.</p>.<p>People, including women and elders, queued up at various polling centres to cast their votes.</p>.<p>Beniwal cast his vote in Darba Kalan village in the morning.</p>.<p>In a tweet, Chautala urged people to come out in maximum numbers and play the role of a responsible citizen by participating in this festival of democracy.</p>.<p>Winning the bypoll is crucial for Chautala as a loss will deal a body blow to the India National Lok Dal (INLD), which in recent years is reeling under a series of electoral setbacks.</p>.<p>A major part of the Ellenabad assembly constituency is rural with people mostly relying on agriculture.</p>.<p>Counting of votes will take place on November 2, the officials said. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>