63 pc polling recorded in by-elections for 4 Punjab assembly seats
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C on Wednesday informed that 63 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 6 pm in the by-elections for four Punjab Vidhan Sabha seats
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C on Wednesday informed that 63 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 6 pm in the by-elections for four Punjab Vidhan Sabha seats
With polling officially ending at 6 pm, certain booths in Palakkad witnessed queues of voters still waiting to cast their votes.
Minor reports of violence were received from Meerapur, Sismau, and Kundarki assembly segments, but by and large, the voting was peaceful, EC officials claimed.
The overall polling percentage in the three phases of J&K assembly elections is 63.45 per cent, said officials this evening after the polling for the third phase concluded on Tuesday.
According to the data available with the ECI, the high-profile assembly constituency, from where West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting, recorded only 7.5 percent of polling in the first two hours of the election.
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Friday again urged the people to boycott the remaining four phases of elections in J-K as the “goal cannot be achieved with non-seriousness”.
The highest voting percentage of 89.97 was recorded in Hosakote in Bengaluru Rural district, with the lowest 48.03 pc in Dasarahalli in Bengaluru Urban
Over 67 per cent votes were polled till 4 pm in Meghalaya Assembly election on Tuesday, an election official said.…