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Bypoll in Nadia district peaceful

Kolkata June 8. The bypoll from the Nabadwip (SC) Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal's Nadia district and the Vidyasagar Assembly seat in the metropolis ended peacefully today with about 70 per cent turnout recorded at Nabadwip and 61 at Vidyasagar.

``Polling has been peaceful. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere. The police, the sector officers and all other officials had done a good job,'' the State Chief Electoral Officer, Sheikh Nurul Haq, told newsmen.

He said that the car in which the Leader of the Opposition, Pankaj Banerjee, was travelling had been seized at Ranaghat under Nabadwip and its driver arrested for plying the vehicle within the constituency without a proper permit from the returning officer.

The CEO said during the day, he received about 50 `minor complaints' from various political parties.

All the complaints were attended to, but those were found to be without basis, he said.

He said no political party had demanded any repoll.

``In fact the EC has expressed surprise at the absence of any major complaint or demand for repoll.''

PTI

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