The counting of votes for the Ghosi assembly bypoll -- being seen as the first major electoral clash between the NDA and opposition bloc INDIA -- got underway at 8 a.m. Friday, officials said.
More than 50% of the total electorates in the assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district cast their votes in the polling held on Tuesday.
Ghosi had recorded a polling percentage of 58.59 in the last year's assembly elections.