Voting is being held today for by-election to Kairana Assembly constituency.
Returning officer Suresh Kumar Mishra said that the polling began on a peaceful note.
Eight candidates are in the fray and 2,82,130 people, including 1,26,194 women, are eligible to exercise their franchise.
About 275 polling booths have been set up. The eight candidates include Anil Chouhan of BJP, Samajwadi Party’s Nahid Hasan and Arshad Hasan of Congress.
The seat fell vacant after BJP MLA Hukum Singh was elected to Lok Sabha.