Counting of votes for UP Assembly bypolls begins

The counting of votes polled during the byelections to seven Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats was taken up on Tuesday

An average of over 53 percent of voters had exercised their franchise on November 3 to decide the electoral fortunes of 88 candidates in the Naugaon Sadat, Tundla, Bangarmau, Bulandshahr, Deoria, Ghatampur, and Malhani assembly constituencies

Barring Malhani, which was with the Samajwadi Party, the other seats were in the BJP's kitty.