Haryana assembly polls: 49.13 per cent polling recorded till 3 pm
Public Lokpal
October 05, 2024
Haryana assembly polls: 49.13 per cent polling recorded till 3 pm
Chandigarh: 49.13% voter turnout was recorded till 3 pm in Haryana Assembly elections. Voting began at 7 am and will conclude at 6 pm. The counting of votes will be taken up on October 8.
As of available data from 1 pm, Mewat recorded the highest voter turnout of 42.64%, followed by Yamunanagar at 42.08% and Jind at 41.93%. Panchkula recorded the lowest voter turnout at 25.89%.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker were among the early voters.
Leader of Opposition in the assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress leaders Kumari Selja and Randeep Singh Surjewala also cast their votes in the early hours of polling.
Saini, Hooda, Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat and the JJP's Dushyant Chautala are among the top names in the fray.
A total of 1,027 candidates are contesting the election.
The Congress is hoping to return to power in the state after a gap of 10 years.
The total number of service voters in Haryana is 1,09,217 -- 1,04,426 males and 4,791 females.
The voter turnout recorded in the 2019 Assembly polls was around 68 per cent.
In all, 115 polling stations will be managed by women, 114 by young government employees and 87 by PwD employees.
In 2019, the BJP formed the government with the support of the JJP, while most of the Independent MLAs had also backed the saffron party.
However, the JJP's post-poll tie-up with the BJP ended after the latter replaced Manohar Lal Khattar with Saini as the chief minister in March.