U.S. Republican presidential candidate Paul speaks as Santorum, Romney and Gingrich listen during the Republican presidential candidates debate in Mesa
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, (left) gestures as former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (second from left) former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. (right), look on during the Republican presidential candidates debate in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 22, 2012. Reuters

Virginia Republicans elect their nominee to fight President Obama in the November elections Super Tuesday, March 6, along with nine other states.

Forty-nine delegates are up for grabs in the state, where the contest is a duel between Romney and Paul. The remaining two candidates won't be able to contest here as they failed to get the number of signatures required by the state GOP rules.

The NBC News/Marist poll has said that Romney is supported by 69 percent of voters in the state, while 26 percent voters support Paul.

In the state of Virginia, any registered voter can vote in the primaries, irrespective of their party affiliation.

According to the Virginia Secretary of State Web site there are 4,655,324 active voters in 2,584 precincts in the state.

Virginia voters can look up their voter registration status and other information here.

Virginia's three super delegates are unbound, while 33 delegates are awarded by the congressional district on a winner-take-all basis. Remaining 13 delegates are alloted to the candidate who wins a majority statewide, or alloted proportionately if no one gets majority.

Unofficial results and live updates of the Virginia GOP presidential primary can be found here, here and here.

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