Counting in progress for Lanji seat

Bhopal, Nov 3: Counting of votes polled for the Assembly byelection in Lanji constituency in Madhya Pradesh was in progress at the district town of Balaghat today.

Tight security arrangements have been made for counting in 11 rounds, District Collector Gulshan Bamra said.

More than 70 percent polling was recorded on October 30 in the byelection caused by the death of former minister Dilip Bhatere(BJP), whose wife Dhareshwari Bhatere is the BJP nominee in a 19-cornered contest with Mr Bhagwat Bhau Nagpure of Congress and Samajwadi Party's Kishore Samrite as her main rivals.

Other prominent candidates include Janata Party's Kankar Munjare, Bhartiya Jan Shakti's Badhuram Devgadhe and Gondwana Gantantra Party's Rajeshwar Choudhary.

UNI