Vinesh Phogat’s Julana seat records 75% polling | Chandigarh News – Times of India

Haryana’s assembly elections saw a reduced voter turnout of 67% compared to the previous poll’s 76.54%.

CHANDIGARH: In contrast to the strident poll campaign witnessed this time, the Haryana assembly elections on Saturday saw a lower voter turnout than the last election, with only 67% electors voting. The polling went off peacefully barring minor skirmishes in a few constituencies.
The fate of 1,031 candidates vying for the 90 seats in the state assembly will be known on the day of counting, Oct 8.The highest polling of 74.51% was recorded in Fatehabad, followed by 73.27% in Yamunanagar, 73.25% in Palwal, 73.09% in Sirsa and 72.83% in Mewat. The state’s most advanced districts of Gurgaon (57.73%) and Panchkula recorded the lowest polling percentages.
With a turnout of more than 78%, Jagadhari and Ellenabad seats witnessed the highest polling in the state. Badkhal, Gurgaon, Karnal, Kharkhauda, Panchkula, Panipat city, Rohtak and Tigaon assembly seats recorded comparatively low turnout.
As per the official data prepared by the Election Commission of India (ECI) till 12 am, of the total around 2.03 crore voters, around 66.96% exercised their franchise at 20,632 polling stations spread over 22 districts of the state of Haryana.
Vinesh’s Julana seat records 75% polling
The 2014 state assembly polls which had swept the BJP to power and RSS Pracharak-turned-politician Manohar Lal Khattar to the post of Haryana CM, had witnessed a record turnout of 76.54%, and in 2019 when the saffron party formed govt for the second time, the state had logged 69% turnout. The turnout in the Lok Sabha polls held this May was around 65%.
Such a low poll percentage in the state assembly polls was witnessed last in 1991 assembly polls when 65.86% electors had cast their ballot. The provisional turnout is the lowest as compared to 71.96% in 2005 assembly polls polls, 72.37% in 2009, 76.54% in 2014 and 69% in 2019.
As compared to the polling in parliamentary polls, such low turnout was last seen in 2009 Lok Sabha polls when 67,51% voters had exercised their franchise.
Although the ruling BJP tried to create a poll narrative favouring it by focusing on “BJP Sarkar Teesri Baar” (BJP to form government for third time), but it appeared to be struggling for re-election in several constituencies till the last moment. For the first time, the political campaign saw personal and casteist attacks by political parties and candidates.
Prominent among those whose electoral fate would be decided on Tuesday are former Haryana CM and leader of opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda, outgoing CM Nayab Singh Saini, senior INLD leader Abhay Chautala, former finance minister Captain Abhimanyu, former deputy CM Dushyant Chautala and country’s richest woman-turned-politician Savitri Jindal. It will also decide the future of the next generation of state’s politicians like Rao Inderjit Singh’s daughter Aarti Rao, Abhay Chautala’s son Arjun Chautala, Rajya Sabha MP Kiran Chaudhary’s daughter Shruti Chaudhary, Hisar MP Jai Prakash’s son Vikas Saharan and Congress leader Randeep Surjewala’s son Aditya Surjewala.
All eyes are on the result of state’s hottest seat Julana from where the Congress has fielded Olympian Vinesh Phogat. Till the filing of this report, around 75% polling was recorded in that seat. A similarly high turnout was witnessed in Uchana constituency where Brijender Singh of Congress and Dushyant Chautala of JJP are among other candidates.
Some minor scuffles between supporters of different political parties were reported at Meham in Rohtak, Datta and Khanda villages in Narnaund, Baroda, Mahendragarh, Nuh and Panipat, but the situation was soon brought under control following the intervention of the local administration.