Dadra-Nagar Haveli and Daman- Diu [India], October 31 (ANI): The voter turnout in the by-elections of the Dadar and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha constituency was recorded to be 75 .51 per cent till 5 pm on Saturday.

The parliamentary constituency by-poll was necessitated due to the death of the sitting MP (Independent) Mohan Delkar. He was found hanging at a hotel in Mumbai on February 23 this year.

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The counting of votes for Dadar and Nagar Haveli will take place on November 2.

Delkar's wife Kalaben Delkar has contested for the seat as a Shiv Sena candidate against BJP's Mahesh Gavit and Congress' Mahesh Dhodi.

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In the 2019 elections, Mohan Delkar had won by defeating the then sitting BJP MP Natubhai Patel by a thin margin of 9,001 votes. (ANI)

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