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40 per cent polling in Haryana till 2 pm
At least 40 per cent of the 1.27 crore voters on Thursday cast their franchise till 2 pm sealing the fate of 983 candidates.
At least 40 per cent of the 1.27 crore voters on Thursday cast their franchise till 2 pm sealing the fate of 983 candidates, including Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala and state Congress president Bhajan Lal in race for the 90 seats of the Haryana Assembly.
The polling, which was slow in the initial hours picked up as the day advanced, an election department said in Chandigarh adding that no untoward incident was reported from any place.
The maximum of about 48 per cent polling was reported from the Indri Assembly constituency and the lowest around 19 per cent from the Ambala Cantt constituency.
There was a minor clash between supporters of the Congress and the ruling Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Narwana where the main contestants are Chautala and working President of the HPCC Randeep Singh Surjewala.
Except for some minor problems to a couple of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), polling went on peacefully and smoothly in the entire state.
Opponents of Bhajan Lal objected to his voting in the glare of the camera on the plea that the EC had banned videography inside the polling stations.
The BJP has sought cancellation of polling in Kalka Assembly constituency, where the candidates include Congress' Chander Mohan, on the ground that the polling officials had not allowed election agents of BJP candidate Shyam Lal Bansal to enter the poll booths at a number of places.
