In Doaba too, voters low on enthusiasm
The Doaba region comprising the Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur parliamentary constituencies saw a voter turnout of 62.27% against 65.97% in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
The Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur seats recorded 62.92% and 61.63% voting. In the 2014 poll, the two constituencies had 67.21% and 64.74% polling.
Among the assembly segments in the Jalandhar constituency, while the highest votes were polled in the Jalandhar (west) at 65.2%, the lowest polling took place in Jalandhar (Cantt) at 60%.
In the Hoshiarpur constituency, the highest votes were polled in the Chabbewal assembly segment, represented by Congress nominee Raj Kumar Chabbewal, at 64.54%.
In the Phagwara assembly seat, represented by BJP nominee Som Parkash, 62% votes were polled, 6% less than the 2014 polls.
TURBANS TOSSED AS CONGRESS, AKALI WORKERS CLASH
A clash occurred between the Akali Dal and Congress workers at Langdoi village in the Adampur assembly constituency in Jalandhar where turbans of some Akalis were tossed in the air. The police reached the spot and brought the situation under control.
In SBS Nagar and Hoshiarpur, polling remained peaceful.
In Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar, there were some complaints of technical snags in electronic voting machines (EVMs) which were replaced immediately
At Shahpur Patti village in SBS Nagar, a Congress polling agent, Balbir Singh (55) died of a heart attack outside the polling booth when he was about to leave for home.
The selfie corners and red carpet at a polling booth in Jalandhar remained the centre of attraction for the voters, especially the first-timers.