Polling underway for Pithoragarh assembly seat in Uttarakhand

13:42 November 25

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari skips voting

Maharashtra Guv skips voting

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari didn't turn up for voting. 

According to sources, Koshyari could not turn up due to the ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra.  

12:55 November 25

Seat fell vacant after the death of sitting MLA Prakash Pant in June

Dehradun: The Polling for Pithorogarh assembly seat in Uttarakhand began on Monday.

There are 145 polling booths in the constituency for a total of 1,05,711 voters to exercise their voting rights in the bypoll.

Polling in the constituency began at 8 am and will go on till 5 pm. The results will be out on November 28.

The seat fell vacant after the death of sitting MLA and Cabinet Minister Prakash Pant in June.

Pant's wife Chandra is taking on Congress's Anju Lunthi to retain the seat for BJP.

Samajwadi Party's Lalit Mohan Bhatt is the third contestant in the fray.