Lok Sabha election: Haryana records 57.2% voter turnout till 5.30 pm

In Sonepat’s Sersa Jati village, a 51-year-old clerk, identified as Virender, died of heart attack during election duty. He hailed from Gangana village in the district and was posted at Pugthala government school.

Haryana recorded a voter turnout of 57.2% till 5.30 pm on Saturday as polling got underway for the 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

A woman shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station during the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Gurugram on Saturday. (PTI)

Voting is also underway for the bypoll to Karnal assembly seat where chief minister Nayab Singh Saini is in the fray. The bypoll was necessitated by his predecessor Manohar Lal Khattar’s resignation.

In Sonepat’s Sersa Jati village, a 51-year-old clerk, identified as Virender, died of heart attack during election duty. He hailed from Gangana village in the district and was posted at Pugthala government school.

In Rohtak, booth workers of the Congress party complained that BJP leader and former minister Manish Grover gained unauthorised entry to booth number 118 near ITI in Rohtak city and tried to intimidate voters.

Apart from this, no other untoward incident was reported from any place in the state, with election commission officials stating that polling was largely peaceful.

There are 2,00,76,768 (two crore) registered voters, including 94,23,956 (94 lakh) women and 467 people from the transgender community, chief electoral officer Anurag Agarwal earlier said.

According to Election Commission data, till 5.30pm, Ambala recorded 55.2% turnout, Faridabad 48.1%, Gurugram 50.1%, Hisar 51.7%, Karnal 51.4%, Kurukshetra 54.4%, Mahendragarh-Bhiwani 53.5% Rohtak 51.4%, Sirsa 54.5% and Sonepat 50.2%.