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The polling commenced at 9 am as per schedule with the poll percentage reaching 67.84 percent by 12 noon and 98.06 percent by 2 pm.

The bypoll was necessitated following the sudden demise of sitting TRS MLA Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy due to illness in August.

The film distributor Shiva Ganesh said he was kidnapped by one Konda Reddy, son of TDP leader and from MLA from AP, Vardharaj Reddy.

The Congress held protests in all major cities of Gujarat as part of the party's call for 'satyagraha' by its leaders and workers at district headquarters of states across the country.