CHANDIGARH; The by-election in three assembly constituencies of Haryana and one in Punjab on Thursday passed off peacefully. However heavy turn out of voters in by election in three assembly constituencies has left the political observers guessing.

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A  spokesman of Haryana Election Department said that about 82.40 per cent polling was reported from Adampur,  over 74 per cent from Gohana and 75 per cent from Indri assembly constituencies.

 About 75 percent polling was reported in the bye-election to Indri Assembly constituency which went almost incident free and peaceful. The total number of voters in Indri Assembly Constituency was 1, 39,096 out of which about 1, 04,000 voters exercised their franchise in Indri bye-election.
An official spokesman  said that  due to bad weather and drizzling, the polling in the morning upto 10 am registered a dull note. After 10 am, when the weather become clear and pleasant, the polling picked up and upto 12 pm, it was reported to be around 45 percent.

 The district Administration had made elaborate arrangements for conducting the bye-election. More than 2000 policemen were deployed to conduct the bye-election in a smooth manner.

The by-elections were necessitated after the sitting Congress MLAs Bhajan Lal (Adampur), Dharampal Singh Malik (Gohana) and Rakesh Kamboj (Indri) were disqualified by Haryana Assembly Speaker Raghuvir Singh Kadian recently after they joined Haryana Janhit Congress.

All the eyes are on Adampur assembly seat where Bhajan Lal is seeking re-election though on the nomination of a new party HJC-BL. The 40 opponents of Bhajan Lal include five other Bhajan Lals