Kohima, April 9 -- The bypolls to the Koridang Assembly seat in Nagaland's Mokokchung district concluded on Thursday with an 82.21% voter turnout, officials said.

Polling was held at 30 polling stations across the assembly constituency for a total of 22,382 voters. Although several clashes were reported in the run-up to the polls earlier, no violent incidents were reported on polling day.

"The polling in Koridang AC was held in a very peaceful manner. Besides some minor technical issues in a few polling stations which caused slight delays in voting, everything went smoothly. Till 5.30 pm, we have recorded over 80% polling, which is very good and higher than other states that went into polls today," Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nagaland...