Voting begins for by-elections to eight Assembly seats across six States, one Union Territory
Voting is under way in by-elections for eight seats across seven States on Tuesday (November 11, 2025), amid tight security arrangements. By-elections are being held in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam and Nagrota, Rajasthan’s Anta, Jharkhand’s Ghatshila, Telangana’s Jubilee Hills, Punjab’s Tarn Taran, Mizoram’s Dampa, and Odisha’s Nuapada constituencies. Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir The polling in being seen as a litmus test of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s government and his party the National Conference (NC). The bypoll was necessitated after Mr. Abdullah vacated the seat following his election from the family bastion of Ganderbal as well in the last year’s Assembly polls. The polling began at 7 am at 173 polling stations across the constituency and was going on smoothly, the officials said. They said the voting would end at 6 pm. The Budgam assembly constituency has around 1.26 lakh registered voters, and all arrangements, including a tight security cover, are in place to ensure smooth polling. Budgam has been a bastion of the NC with its candidates securing victory from the constituency since 1962, barring …
