Bypolls to one Lok Sabha and 10 assembly constituencies: As it happened

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Srinagar/New Delhi: Polling for by-election of Srinagar Lok Sabha seat and ten assembly constituencies in eight states is being held on Sunday. Here are all the LIVE updates:-

- 6.5% voting recorded in Srinagar Lok Sabha bypoll; firing and clashes leave 6 dead, 36 injured 

- Budgam Protesters-Security forces clash: 5 killed, 36 injured including poll officials

- Army was called out to help security forces contain a rampaging mob which pelted stones and hurled petrol bombs to set a polling booth ablaze in the Ganderbal district of the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, as violence marred polling for the byelections.

- At least four persons were killed and several others injured as security forces opened fire on rampaging mobs in various parts of this Lok Sabha constituency on Sundau, as the violence marred polling which saw an abysmally low 5.52 per cent turnout till 1400 hours.

- An estimated 45 per cent of the voters exercised their franchise till 2.30 pm on Sunday in the by-polls to two assembly constituencies in Karnataka.

- A voter turnout of 43.5 percent was recorded till 1 PM in the bypoll to Dhemaji Assembly constituency in Assam

- Three youths were killed and several injured when security forces opened fire on a stone- pelting mob that stormed a polling station in Budgam district in this Lok Sabha constituency today, disrupting polling which saw an abysmally low 3.3 per cent turnout till 1100 hours.

- At least 3 have died so far due to clashes between protestors and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir

- Budgam(J&K): After Dalwan Pakerpora and Nasrullahpora, now clashes between Protesters and Security forces in Chadoora. 4 injured

- One dead in clash between protesters and Security personnel near polling station in Budgam's Dalwan Pakerpora

- Bhind(MP): Car of Congress candidate vandalised, 2 people beaten up & booth captured.Congress blames BJP supporters for the incident.

- Two persons were also injured in a clash between protesters and Security personnel in Nasrullahpora area of Budgam

- Clash between protesters and security personnel near polling station in Dalwan Pakerpora area of Budgam.

- J&K: Petrol bombs hurled towards polling station in Budgam 

- Rajouri Garden assembly seat bypoll: Congress leader Ajay Maken casts his vote 

- J&K: Voting underway for Srinagar Lok Sabha bypoll

- Himachal Pradesh: Polling begins at Booth no.51 in Bhoranj assembly bypolls (Hamirpur district) after fault in EVM was rectified.

- Ater (Bhind) bypoll: 6 Police officials removed by EC after Congress candidate Hemant Katare alleged they were threatening people in MadhyaPradesh

- Karnataka: Voting underway for Nanjangud assembly seat.

- J&K: Security tightened in Srinagar on voting day for Lok Sabha bypolls

- Himachal Pradesh: Polling delayed at Booth no.51 in Bhoranj assembly bypolls (Hamirpur district) due to fault in EVM

- West Bengal: Voting has begun on Kanthi Dakshin seat in East Midnapore

- Bypolls: Voting underway for Bandhavgarh assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh

- Nine candidates are in fray for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency where more than 1,500 polling stations have been set up for nearly 12.61 lakh voters. Internet services have also been shut down ahead of the polling.

- All the polling stations have been declared as either 'sensitive' or 'hyper-sensitive' keeping in mind threats perceptions.

- Meanwhile, voting for the by-election to the Rajouri Garden Assembly seat in New Delhi is underway.

- This election is being seen as a litmus test for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had won 67 seats in 70-member Delhi Assembly.

- In Madhya Pradesh, polling for by-election of the Bandhavgarh Assembly seat in Umaria district and Ater segment of Bhind is currently underway.

- In Himachal Pradesh, polling is taking place for Bhoranj seat.

- In West Bengal, voters will be using their right to elect their representative for Kanthi Dakshin Assembly seat.

- In Assam, polling is being held for Dhemaji constituency is underway.

- In Rajasthan, polling is being held for Dholpur Assembly. Here voters will exercise their franchise through VVPAT machines for the first time.

- In Karnataka, voters are electing their representatives for Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly segments.

- In Jharkhand, polling is also taking place for Litiparah Assembly seat today.

- Counting for all these seats will take place on April 13.