Overview
- Counting is scheduled at the seminar hall of the government PG college in Baran under CCTV surveillance, with officials saying preparations are complete.
- A turnout of 80.21% was recorded, with 183,099 of 228,264 registered voters casting ballots, including 96,141 men, 86,955 women, and 3 others.
- The race is primarily between BJP’s Morpal Suman and Congress’s Pramod Jain Bhaya, with Congress rebel Naresh Meena also contesting among 15 candidates.
- The bypoll was called after BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena was disqualified following his conviction in a criminal case.
- Anta’s past winners often secured around half the vote, and this by-election is the eighth assembly bypoll under the Bhajanlal Sharma-led BJP government, with Anta the lone vacant seat in the assembly.