Haryana polling peaceful; turnout 65%
Sixty-five per cent of over 1.83 crore voters in Haryana turned out on Monday to elect 90 members to the state Assembly amidst minor skirmishes and snags in electronic voting machines (EVMs), officials said.
"The voter turnout was 65 per cent with chances of likely increase in the final figures," Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal told IANS here.
Director General of Police Manoj Yadava said no poll-related violence was reported in the state. About six incidents of clashes outside polling booths were reported from Rohtak and Nuh districts.
"Minor technical snags were reported in EVMs in the state and teams were rushed to rectify the faults," he said.
In Muslim-dominated Nuh in Mewat region, a woman was injured in a clash between two groups outside a polling booth in Malaaka village.
A senior police official told IANS that an argument broke out between a present 'sarpanch' and a former 'sarpanch' after which some of their supporters accompanying them clashed.
The Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) has accused BJP supporters of capturing a polling booth in Uchana Kalan. JJP candidate Dushyant Chautala claimed that he was attacked and pushed aside.
The election results would be out on October 24, coinciding with the Maharashtra Assembly election results.
To cast his vote, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar first travelled by Janshatabdi Express from Chandigarh to his hometown Karnal, took an e-rickshaw to reach his home from where he rode a bicycle to reach the polling booth that was located half a kilometre away from his residence.