Punjab records 62.80% voter turnout for 13 LS seats: CEO
Punjab Elections |
A voter turnout of 62.80% has been recorded for the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C said today.
Bathinda has recorded the highest turnout of 69.36%, followed by Amritsar 56.06%, Anandpur Sahib 61.98%, Faridkot 63.34%, Fatehgarh Sahib 62.53%, Ferozepur 67.02%, Gurdaspur 66.67%, and Hoshiarpur 58.86%.
The CEO said that 59.70% polling was recorded in Jalandhar, 62.55% in Khadoor Sahib, 60.12% in Ludhiana, 63.63% in Patiala and 64.63% in Sangrur.
The counting of votes will take place at 117 centres at 24 locations on June 4.
Punjab is all set for a four-cornered fight among AAP, the Congress, the Akali Dal and the BJP.
As many as 328 candidates are in the fray. Prominent among them are BJP nominee and four-time MP Preneet Kaur, who is seeking re-election from the Patiala seat, and Shiromani Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal, a three-time MP who is trying her luck from Bathinda.
In 2019, the state ruling Congress had won eight seats - Amritsar, Faridkot, Anandpur Sahib, Jalandhar, Khadoor Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala seats - while the Akali Dal won Bathinda and Ferozepur, and the BJP secured victory from Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur seats. AAP won from Sangrur.
Punjab had recorded a voter turnout of 65.96% in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
(This story was taken from a syndicated feed, and edited only for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)
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