Summary:
Bhopal, Oct 27 (PTI) The high-decibel campaign for the October 30 bypolls to four constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, including one Lok Sabha seat and three Assembly segments, where 48 candidates are in the fray in a straight contest between ruling BJP and opposition Congress, ended on Wednesday evening.
Of these four constituencies, two seats, including the Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency, were held by the BJP while the rest two seats were represented by Congress MLAs.
As per the poll schedule, the silence period is 72 hours before the polling ends- 6 pm on October 30.
Election Commission (EC) officials said polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm in the four constituencies--Khandwa Lok Sabha seat and Assembly constituencies of Jobat (ST) in the Alirajpur district, Raigaon (SC) in the Satna district and Prithvipur in the Niwari district.
26.50 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise for these four seats, where 3,944 polling booths are being set up.
Of these, 865 booths are declared sensitive while 361 will be under the surveillance of CCTV cameras, the officials said.