Datia, Aug. 3 -- Counting of votes began for bye-elections for high-stakes Assembly constituencies of Datia in Madhya Pradesh, Bankipur in Bihar and Manjalpur in Gujarat.

Datia recorded a significant voter turnout on July 30 with 71.42 per cent of electors casting their votes, while Bankipur and Manjalpur witnessed low turnouts with 34.31 per cent and 37.50 per cent of voters casting their votes.

Datia Collector Swapnil Wankhede said that the district administration has made three-tier security layers and added that their primary responsibility is to ensure transparency in the counting of votes.

Collector Wankhede said, "Arrangements are in place. Counting will take place across 20 tables--organised into two rounds of 10 tables each--a...