Jaipur, Nov 13 (PTI) Counting of votes for the bypoll in Rajasthan's Anta assembly constituency will be held on Friday amid tight security arrangements, officials said on Thursday.

Voting was held in Anta on Tuesday.

"Counting will be held at the seminar hall of the government PG college in Baran district under CCTV surveillance on Friday. All preparations for the counting have been completed," an official of the election commission said.

A high voter turnout of 80.21 per cent was recorded in the polling. The constituency has a total of 2,28,264 voters, including 1,16,783 men and 1,11,477 women.

The bypoll was necessitated after BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena was disqualified following his conviction in a criminal case.

Fifteen candidates were in the fray, with the contest primarily seen be

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