By-elections begin across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Assam’s Nagaon Lok Sabha seat

Chengalpattu: Voting began early Tuesday for by-elections to five Assembly seats across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, along with a Lok Sabha seat in Assam.VIDEO | West Bengal: Voting for bypolls to Rejinagar assembly seat underway.Rejinagar seat in Murshidabad fell vacant after Humayun Kabir, who won both Rejinagar and Nowda in the 2026 assembly election, retained Nowda. His Aam Janata Unnayan Party has fielded his son Golam Nabi… pic.twitter.com/IqwrflX7ni— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 6, 2026 In West Bengal, bypolls are being held in the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly constituencies. The Nandigram seat fell vacant after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari won from two constituencies in the State Assembly elections earlier this year and chose to retain the other seat.#WATCH | Nandigram Assembly by-election | West Bengal: At polling station 79, Nandanayakbar Primary School, Presiding Officer Alok Bag says, "There is no problem in polling. Everything has been peaceful since yesterday. Everything is fine. Our preparations are in place. Polling… pic.twitter.com/OcdiKHJXQN— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026 The Rejinagar seat fell vacant following the resignation of Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) founder Humayun Kabir, who had also secured victory from Nowda.In Tamil Nadu, bypolls are being held in the Madurantakam (SC) constituency in Chengalpattu district and Dharapuram (SC) in Tiruppur district. The two seats fell vacant following the resignations of Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama.VIDEO | Tamil Nadu bypolls: Voting begins at CSI middle school polling booth in Madurantakam in Chengalpattu.#TamilNaduBypolls #TamilNaduNews (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/d8jp61yd2p) pic.twitter.com/rgxR0XQ2mf— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 6, 2026 The contest has become a five-cornered fight, exposing cracks in the ruling formation itself. Though the CPI and CPM are supporting the TVK government, they are contesting separately against TVK in this bypoll - CPM's Suganthi in Madurantakam and CPI's Lakshmanan in Dharapuram.In Madurantakam, TVK's Maragatham Kumaravel faces DMK's Paranthaman, AIADMK's Kanitha Sampath, CPM's Suganthi and NTK's Janakiraman among 28 candidates in the fray.#WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Voting for the by-election to Madurantakam Assembly constituency has begun. The vacancy arose due to the resignation of AIADMK MLA Maragatham Kumaravel, who later joined TVK. pic.twitter.com/qO5szthNmQ— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026 In Dharapuram, TVK's P Sathyabama is pitted against DMK's Suganya, AIADMK's Banumathi, CPI's Lakshmanan and NTK's Karthika.Polling for the Assam Lok Sabha bypoll in Nagaon is witnessing a three-way contest among the BJP, Congress and AIUDF.VIDEO | Assam: Polling began at 7 am for the by-election to Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency, which is witnessing a triangular contest among the BJP, Congress and the AIUDF. Voters were seen queuing up outside polling stations since early morning. Visuals from Morikolong Higher… pic.twitter.com/Ts7qW8B2cG— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 6, 2026 The Nagaon Lok Sabha seat, which was won by the Congress in the 2019 and 2024 general elections, fell vacant after Pradyut Bordoloi left the party, joined the BJP and later won the Dispur Assembly constituency in the 2026 Assam Assembly elections.The BJP has fielded former Nagaon Deputy Commissioner Debashish Sharma, while the Congress has nominated former Batadroba MLA Sibamoni Bora. The contest has also gained significance with AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal entering the fray.Also Watch: In the Union Territory of Puducherry, polling is also taking place in the Thattanchavady Assembly constituency.The counting of votes will take place on October 9. The Election Commission stated that the entire election process is scheduled to be completed before October 11.(Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Voting commenced at 7 am for multiple by-elections across West Bengal, Assam, and Puducherry on Tuesday. In West Bengal, significant contests included Nandigram and Rejinagar with notable security. Assam's Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election also featured 19 candidates competing for votes. In Puducherry, the election for Thattanchavady Assembly witnessed a three-way contest among different political parties. Counting for these elections will occur on October 9 across all constituencies.

Polling is being held in Nandigram and Rejinagar in West Bengal, Madurantakam and Dharapuram in Tamil Nadu. Puducherry's Thattanchavady and Assam's the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency are also due for polls.

Polling will take place in Nandigram and Rejinagar in West Bengal, Madurantakam and Dharapuram in Tamil Nadu. Puducherry's Thattanchavady and Assam's the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency are also due for polls.