Polling began peacefully on Thursday morning, with voters arriving steadily at polling stations, although long queues were seen during the early hours at some places. Speaking to IANS after casting their votes, several residents highlighted development and better civic amenities as their key expectations from the future MLA. Another voter said development remained the primary concern for the constituency and credited the previous MLA for infrastructure work. The previous MLA did good development work in this constituency, so we support the BJP," the voter said. Security arrangements include 9 squad platoons, 18 static surveillance teams, six video surveillance teams, three video viewing teams, and 42 sector officers.