Voting was overall peaceful in Sanwer by-election where 78.01 percent of the voters exercised their franchise under the shadow of Covid-19 pandemic. However, compared to the last Assembly elections held in 2018, the turnout was down by 2.42 per cent. Now, all eyes are set on November 10 when results will be declared. Fortunately, the administration had made foolproof arrangements to ensure that Covid-19 protocol was followed in all the booths.

Though 13 candidates are in fray, the main fight is between BJP candidate Tulsiram Silawat and Congress candidate Premchand Guddu. Polling at all 380 polling booths started from 7 am and went along smoothly barring a few stary incidents. There was zeal among the voters and there were large queues right from the morning. By 1 pm almost half 48.52% voters had cast their vote. At the conclusion of voting, of the 2,64,269 voters, 11,2586 voters had exercised their franchise.

The administration had been adequate arrangements to ensure that Covid-19 protocols were maintained during voting. Health teams were present in all the booths to provide gloves, sanitizers and they were checking the temperature of voters with the thermal gun. To avoid crowding and long queues, there was token system and seating arrangement for voters. The percentage of voting remained high in urban areas of the constituency as most of the voters living in townships and nearby areas like Nipania, Lasudia, reached the polling booth in early hours as they left to work after casting their votes. The voting percentage in many areas was over 30 percent in the morning hours till 11 am. The number of women voters was high in noontime as most of them reached the polling booth after completing their household work.

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