The by-elections for the Pune's Kasba, Pimpri-Chinchwad were necessitated on account of the deaths of the sitting BJP MLAs in December 2022-January 2023.
Voting for the crucial and much bitterly contested by-elections to Pune's two Assembly constituencies -- Kasba Peth and Chinchwad has begun from 7 am on Sunday. Voting in Kasbapeth is being conducted in 270 polling stations manned by 1,250 polling officials and a police force of 683 deployed to maintain law and order.
Meanwhile, in Chinchwad, voting is underway at 510 polling stations, manned by 3,000 polling officials and a police force of 3,707 policemen and 725 officers deployed here.
The by-elections for the two seats in Pune district were necessitated on account of the deaths of the sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs - the late Mukta S. Tilak (Kasbapeth) and the late Laxman P. Jagtap (Chinchwad), in December 2022-January 2023. Voting will continue till 6 pm today in both constituencies, and the vote-count will be done on March 2, with the results expected on the same day for both seats.
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