India, June 19 -- Polling in five assembly constituencies bypolls across Punjab, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Kerala ended peacefully on Thursday. Polling commenced at 7am and continued until 5pm and 6pm in some seats.

The bypolls in one seat each in Gujarat, West Bengal, and Punjab were necessitated by the deaths of sitting MLAs, while the elections in Kerala and another constituency in Gujarat were held due to the resignation of two legislators.

Vote counting is scheduled for June 23.

West Bengal's Kaliganj seat: A voter turnout of 69.85 per cent was recorded till 5pm in the by-election to the Kaliganj Assembly constituency in West Bengal's Nadia district, data from the Election Commission showed. Officials said that polling was largely...