Around 75 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the Madhya Pradesh
Assembly elections, Deputy Election Commissioner C B Kumar said
Wednesday Nov 28,2018
74.61% voter turnout in Madhya Pradesh till 6pm, says chief electoral officer of Madhya Pradesh.
In the 2013 Assembly election, 72.69% turnout was recorded, an election official said.
The polling on Wednesday was marred by complaints of faulty Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVVPAT) machines. Poll officials said 1,145 EVMs and 1,545 VVPATs were replaced after complaints of technical snags.
Polling was held between 8am and 5pm in 227 seats, while in three assembly segments — Lanji, Paraswada and Baihar — in the Naxal-affected Balaghat district, the voting time was between 7 am to 3pm, state Chief Electoral Officer V.L. Kantha Rao said.
About 2.5% (polling) machines were replaced, Rao said, adding this percentage was around 2% in other states where elections were held recently.
Three employees died due to “health reasons” while performing poll duty in Dhar, Indore and Guna districts, he said.
The battle of ballots in Madhya Pradesh is just months ahead of the Lok Sabha polls slated in the first half of 2019.
Altogether 2,899 candidates were in the fray. The state has 5.04 crore eligible voters.
Also, 3,00,782 government employees, including 45,904 women, were on poll duty and 65,341 polling stations were set up.
74.61% voter turnout in Madhya Pradesh till 6pm, says chief electoral officer of Madhya Pradesh.
In the 2013 Assembly election, 72.69% turnout was recorded, an election official said.
The polling on Wednesday was marred by complaints of faulty Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVVPAT) machines. Poll officials said 1,145 EVMs and 1,545 VVPATs were replaced after complaints of technical snags.
Polling was held between 8am and 5pm in 227 seats, while in three assembly segments — Lanji, Paraswada and Baihar — in the Naxal-affected Balaghat district, the voting time was between 7 am to 3pm, state Chief Electoral Officer V.L. Kantha Rao said.
About 2.5% (polling) machines were replaced, Rao said, adding this percentage was around 2% in other states where elections were held recently.
Three employees died due to “health reasons” while performing poll duty in Dhar, Indore and Guna districts, he said.
The battle of ballots in Madhya Pradesh is just months ahead of the Lok Sabha polls slated in the first half of 2019.
Altogether 2,899 candidates were in the fray. The state has 5.04 crore eligible voters.
Also, 3,00,782 government employees, including 45,904 women, were on poll duty and 65,341 polling stations were set up.
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