About 68 per cent polling was registered in the 2003 assembly polls.

Zutshi said the exact percentage of voter turn out today would be known later when figures from all constituencies are received.

In another incident, members of a Scheduled Caste community laid a siege at police station in Mahua area in Bharatpur division claiming they were not allowed to cast their ballot by people belonging to an ‘influential’ caste, they said.

A police party escorted hundreds of the protesting members to the polling booth, the sources said.

In Degana constituency, two groups of ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress clashed at a polling station in which five persons were injured, they said.

Six persons were injured in a similar clash at Nedach village in Nathdwara assembly constituency of Rajsamand district late Wednesday night, the police said.

Polling was stopped at a booth at Nimla village of Thanagazi assembly constituency in Alwar district following a clash between supporters of an independent candidate Kanti Meena and members of other castes.

The clash erupted when supporters of Kanti Meena, who is the sitting MLA, started pelting stones on a rival group, the police claimed.

It is virtually a straight fight between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress barring in few pockets of Bharatatpur, Sawaimadhipur, Kota, Alwar and Tonk districts where triangular contest was witnessed due to BSP or rebel candidates.

142 women candidates, including 32 of BJP and 23 of the Congress, were also in the poll battle.