The voting for the bypolls in 51 assembly constituencies in 17 states, apart from the two parliamentary constituencies of Satara in Maharashtra and Samastipur in Bihar started on Monday morning. These come along with assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. The elections are significant as it is the first assembly polls after Narendra Modi led the BJP-led NDA to a resounding victory in the Lok Sabha election in 2019 for a successive second term in office. The polling for all these seats will start at 7 AM and will last till 6 PM. The votes will be counted on October 24.