<span style="color: #222222;">Voting is underway for Assembly Bye- Election to one seat each in Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Tripura. These seats are Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, Hamirpur in UP, Pala in Kerala and Badharghat in Tripura. Polling began at 7 a.m. in all the constituencies.<br />''<br />''The by-poll in Dantewada was necessitated following the death of BJP legislator Bhima Mandavi. Around 43 per cent polling has been reported till 1 p.m.<br />''<br />''In Hamirpur, the bye-election was necessitated due to the disqualification of sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel following his conviction in a murder case. Around 22 per cent of people have exercised their franchise till 1 p.m.<br />''<br />''In Pala, Bypoll was necessitated due to the death of Kerala Congress (M) leader K M Mani.  about 34 per cent polling has been reported till 1 p.m.<br />''<br />''The Bhadarghat seat in Tripura fell vacant after the death of sitting MLA Dilip Sarkar. </span><br />