Elections 2022: EVM malfunctioning reported in UP, Punjab votes in single-phase
Punjab recorded a voter turnout of 68.3 per cent as the polls closed late in the evening
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Punjab recorded a voter turnout of 68.3 per cent as the polls closed late in the evening
Voters in Punjab cast their votes on Sunday with the state witnessing a multi-cornered fight with Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Akali Dal-BSP and BJP-Punjab Lok Congress in the fray.
According to EC guidelines candidates were supposed to stop their campaigning after 6 PM on February 18. Channi had held a Padh Yatra (foot march) along with Congress workers and Mansa candidate Sidhu Moosewala.
Campaigning for the Punjab Assembly elections ended today amid indications that none of the contesting parties may get a clear majority (59 seats). Anxious candidates held closed-door meetings with their poll managers and party loyalists later in the evening for a feedback on the ground situation.
Ahead of the polls, Dera Sacha Sauda's infamous chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was released on furlough, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the head of another influential dera.