Over 63 pc polling in Punjab till 5 pm more than 60 pc in UP
New Delhi Feb 20 PTI Over 63 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm in the assembly elections in Punjab while in the third of the seven phase polls in Uttar Pradesh it was more than 60 per cent according to official dataPolling was held in these states from 8 am to 6 pm but both have released voting data only till 5 pmThe average voter turnout for the single-phase election to the 117-member assembly in Punjab was 6344 per cent according to the state chief electoral office while in Uttar Pradesh where 59 constituencies went to polls in phase three it was 6063 per centThe 5 pm voting percentage data for Uttar Pradesh was updated at 10 pm by the Election Commissions Voter Turnout AppResults for the assembly elections of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh will be declared on March 10 along with that of Goa Manipur and UttarakhandWhile in Uttar Pradesh as many as 627 candidates were in the fray in the third phase of the polls to the 403-member assembly in Punjab 1304 candidates contested the electionsData for Punjab showed that the Gidderbaha assembly segment recorded the highest turnout of 7780 per cent while Amritsar South recorded the lowest turnout at 4806 per centMansa district recorded a maximum voter turnout of 7334 per cent while Mohali recorded the lowest at 5310 per cent it statedThe Voter Turnout App showed that in Uttar Pradesh voting was recorded at 6905 per cent in Lalitpur and 5771 per cent in JhansiThe districts where polling was held were Hathras Firozabad Etah Kasganj Mainpuri Farrukhabad Kannauj Etawah Auraiya Kanpur Dehat Kanpur Nagar Jalaun Jhansi Lalitpur Hamirpur and MahobaIn the 2017 assembly polls the turnout was 774 per cent in Punjab and the figure for the 59 seats in that year in Uttar Pradesh was 6221 per centPunjab witnessed a multi-cornered contest among the Congress AAP SAD-BSP BJP-PLC-SAD Sanyukt and the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha SSM a political front of various farmer bodiesWhile the Shiromani Akali Dal SAD contested the polls in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP the BJP fought the elections in alliance with Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led SAD SanyuktThe SSM contested the polls with Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union Chaduni leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni-led Sanyukt Sangharsh PartyAmritsar-based famous conjoined twins Sohan Singh and Mohan Singh fondly known as Sohna-Mohna cast their separate votes Sohna-Mohna had recently been handed over two separate electoral photo identity cards by Punjabs Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju Both had turned 18 last year and voted for the first timeThe Election Commission EC restrained actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood from visiting polling booths in Moga in Punjab following complaints that he was trying to influence voters His vehicle was also impounded by police said officialsHowever Sood who denied the charges alleged that other candidates were trying to buy votes His sister Malvika Sood Sachar is a Congress candidate from MogaIn Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav contested from the Karhal assembly seat in the third phase He was up against BJP leader and Union Minister S P Singh BaghelIn this phase the SP chiefs uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav contested from his traditional Jaswantnagar seat Among the other prominent faces in the fray were BJPs Satish Mahana Maharajpur in Kanpur and Ramvir Upadhaya Sadabad in Hathras and Louise Khurshid who is contesting on the Congress ticket from Farrukhabad SadarLouise Khurshid is the wife of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid Meanwhile Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey and former BJP office-bearer Nawab Singh have landed in trouble for posting videos in which they are seen casting their vote inside polling boothsThe EC has banned the use of mobile phones inside polling stationsPandey took her mobile phone inside the polling booth at Hudson School and clicked a selfie while voting following which an FIR was lodged against her a senior official saidThe mayor has shared a video that has gone viral on social media platformsDistrict Magistrate Neha Sharma said the Kanpur mayor has violated the rules of the EC by revealing the name of the party she voted forFormer city president of BJPs Yuva Morcha Singh was also allegedly caught while violating rules He took a mobile inside a booth and shot a video while casting voteIn Firozabad district the Samajwadi Party has alleged that one of its agents was beaten up by a BJP worker in Shikohabad in the presence of policeThe party tweeted from its official Twitter handle SPs election agent is being beaten up by BJP people in presence of police at booth number 158 of Shikohabad Vidhan Sabha of Firozabad district The SP has asked the EC to cognisance of the matter PTI TEAM ANB ANB
New Delhi Feb 20 PTI Over 63 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm in the assembly elections in Punjab while in the third of the seven phase polls in Uttar Pradesh it was more than 60 per cent according to official dataPolling was held in these states from 8 am to 6 pm but both have released voting data only till 5 pmThe average voter turnout for the single-phase election to the 117-member assembly in Punjab was 6344 per cent according to the state chief electoral office while in Uttar Pradesh where 59 constituencies went to polls in phase three it was 6063 per centThe 5 pm voting percentage data for Uttar Pradesh was updated at 10 pm by the Election Commissions Voter Turnout AppResults for the assembly elections of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh will be declared on March 10 along with that of Goa Manipur and UttarakhandWhile in Uttar Pradesh as many as 627 candidates were in the fray in the third phase of the polls to the 403-member assembly in Punjab 1304 candidates contested the electionsData for Punjab showed that the Gidderbaha assembly segment recorded the highest turnout of 7780 per cent while Amritsar South recorded the lowest turnout at 4806 per centMansa district recorded a maximum voter turnout of 7334 per cent while Mohali recorded the lowest at 5310 per cent it statedThe Voter Turnout App showed that in Uttar Pradesh voting was recorded at 6905 per cent in Lalitpur and 5771 per cent in JhansiThe districts where polling was held were Hathras Firozabad Etah Kasganj Mainpuri Farrukhabad Kannauj Etawah Auraiya Kanpur Dehat Kanpur Nagar Jalaun Jhansi Lalitpur Hamirpur and MahobaIn the 2017 assembly polls the turnout was 774 per cent in Punjab and the figure for the 59 seats in that year in Uttar Pradesh was 6221 per centPunjab witnessed a multi-cornered contest among the Congress AAP SAD-BSP BJP-PLC-SAD Sanyukt and the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha SSM a political front of various farmer bodiesWhile the Shiromani Akali Dal SAD contested the polls in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP the BJP fought the elections in alliance with Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led SAD SanyuktThe SSM contested the polls with Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union Chaduni leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni-led Sanyukt Sangharsh PartyAmritsar-based famous conjoined twins Sohan Singh and Mohan Singh fondly known as Sohna-Mohna cast their separate votes Sohna-Mohna had recently been handed over two separate electoral photo identity cards by Punjabs Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju Both had turned 18 last year and voted for the first timeThe Election Commission EC restrained actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood from visiting polling booths in Moga in Punjab following complaints that he was trying to influence voters His vehicle was also impounded by police said officialsHowever Sood who denied the charges alleged that other candidates were trying to buy votes His sister Malvika Sood Sachar is a Congress candidate from MogaIn Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav contested from the Karhal assembly seat in the third phase He was up against BJP leader and Union Minister S P Singh BaghelIn this phase the SP chiefs uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav contested from his traditional Jaswantnagar seat Among the other prominent faces in the fray were BJPs Satish Mahana Maharajpur in Kanpur and Ramvir Upadhaya Sadabad in Hathras and Louise Khurshid who is contesting on the Congress ticket from Farrukhabad SadarLouise Khurshid is the wife of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid Meanwhile Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey and former BJP office-bearer Nawab Singh have landed in trouble for posting videos in which they are seen casting their vote inside polling boothsThe EC has banned the use of mobile phones inside polling stationsPandey took her mobile phone inside the polling booth at Hudson School and clicked a selfie while voting following which an FIR was lodged against her a senior official saidThe mayor has shared a video that has gone viral on social media platformsDistrict Magistrate Neha Sharma said the Kanpur mayor has violated the rules of the EC by revealing the name of the party she voted forFormer city president of BJPs Yuva Morcha Singh was also allegedly caught while violating rules He took a mobile inside a booth and shot a video while casting voteIn Firozabad district the Samajwadi Party has alleged that one of its agents was beaten up by a BJP worker in Shikohabad in the presence of policeThe party tweeted from its official Twitter handle SPs election agent is being beaten up by BJP people in presence of police at booth number 158 of Shikohabad Vidhan Sabha of Firozabad district The SP has asked the EC to cognisance of the matter PTI TEAM ANB ANB
