The counting of votes for the Andheri (East) byelection began on Sunday morning at a civic-run school in Mumbai.
The Mumbai Police have deputed 300 personnel to maintain law and order, according to an official statement.
Rutuja Latke, the candidate of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), established a comfortable lead after the first round of counting on Sunday for the byelection to Andheri (East) Assembly seat in Mumbai.
Rutuja Latke, the wife of Ramesh Latke, is expected to win comfortably after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew its nominee from the byelection.
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