Umreth bypoll in Gujarat Counting of votes to take place on Monday

Anand, May 3 (PTI) Counting of votes of the Umreth assembly bypoll in Gujarat's Anand district will be held on Monday.
The bypoll, necessitated by the death of BJP MLA Govind Parmar, took place on April 23, with 59.04 per cent of voters exercising their franchise at 306 polling stations.
There were five candidates in the fray, though the main contest is between BJP's Harshad Parmar, who is the son of the late MLA, and Congress' Bhrugurajsinh Chauhan.
"The EVMs and VVPATs will be opened on Monday morning. Counting will be held at a college in Vallabh Vidyanagar here amid tight security," an official said on Sunday.
Four-time MLA Govind Parmar died on March 6 at the age of 72 after a brief illness.
It is the first assembly poll for both Harshad Parmar and Congress' 62-year-old Chauhan, currently the party's coordinator for the central zone in the state.
Chauhan was president of Umreth taluka panchayat for three consecutive terms between 2000 and 2015.

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