Voting is under way in by-elections for eight seats across seven States on Tuesday (November 11, 2025), amid tight security arrangements. By-elections are being held in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam and Nagrota, Rajasthan’s Anta, Jharkhand’s Ghatshila, Telangana’s Jubilee Hills, Punjab’s Tarn Taran, Mizoram’s Dampa, and Odisha’s Nuapada constituencies.

Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir

The polling in being seen as a litmus test of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s government and his party the National Conference (NC).

The bypoll was necessitated after Mr. Abdullah vacated the seat following his election from the family bastion of Ganderbal as well in the last year’s Assembly polls. The polling began at 7 am at 173 polling stations across the constituency and was going on smoothly, the officials said.

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