Women line up outside a polling booth to cast vote in Jaipur on Sunday
JAIPUR: In all, 65.88 per cent turnout was recorded on Sunday as the second phase of zila parishad and panchayat samiti member elections in six districts concluded with 16.86 lakh voters exercising their franchise to decide the fate of 1,680 candidates till the end of voting, stated a data released by the state election commission (SEC).
While highest turnout was recorded at Jodhpur’s Aau panchayat samiti at 77.02 per cent, the lowest polling was recorded at Sirohi panchayat samiti, at 51.07 per cent. According to the data, till 10 am, 12.91 per cent polling was recorded; 28.11 per cent polling was recorded till 12 noon; 50.88 per cent polling was recorded till 3pm; and 64.61 per cent turnout was recorded till 5.30pm. In the second phase of elections, 10 panchayat samiti members were elected unopposed.
In Jaipur, 66.55 per cent polling was recorded to elect 147 panchayat samiti and 19 zila parishad members. The highest polling was recorded at Maujamabad panchayat samiti, at 72.74 per cent and the lowest turnout was recorded at Kishangarh Renwal panchayat samiti, at 61.93 per cent. In all, 5.39 lakh voters exercised their franchise in Jaipur.
Out of 1,564 panchayat samiti members, 536 members were elected in the second phase on Sunday. Voters cast their votes at 3,459 polling booths across six districts – Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa and Sirohi. State election commissioner P S Mehra said, “The second phase of elections was completed successfully with the cooperation and dedication of the district election officers, police officers and all officials involved in election work.”
Commission’s deputy secretary Ashok Kumar Jain said, “The polling ended peacefully and there were no reports of any untoward situation or violence from anywhere. There isn’t a single case of re-poll reported from anywhere.” Meanwhile, in Jaipur, district election officer and collector Antar Singh Nehra inspected the electoral process by visiting polling stations at Phagi, Madhorajpura, Dudu, Sambhar lake panchayat samitis. In Jaipur district, in the second phase, elections were held in eight panchayat samitis including Phagi, Madhorajpura, Kishangarh Renwal, Sambhar Lake, Jobner, Dudu, Maujamabad and Govindgarh.
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