Sign In / Register
Make This My Home Page | Feedback |RSS
You are here: IE »   Story

Voting ends in R'sthan by-polls, 50% polling recorded

  • Print
  • Mail This Article
  • Comments
  • Add to favorites
  • Over fifty per cent voting was registered as bypolls to Salumber and Todabheem Assembly constituencies in Rajasthan ended on a peaceful note.

    "No untoward incident was reported from both the constituencies and polling was conducted in a free and fair manner," Additional Director-General of Police (Law & Order) Navdeep Singh said.

    Voting percentage will be between 50- 55 per cent, officials said.

    One EVM had to be replaced at polling booth number 189 as it developed a technical snag, officials said.

    Six candidates were in fray at Salumber while seven contested from the Todahbeem Assembly seat. Counting of votes would take place on November 10.

    The bypolls in Salumber and Todahbeem were necessitated following the resignation of Raghuveer Meena (Congress) and Kirorilal Meena (Independent) after they were elected to the Lok Sabha from Udaipur and Dausa constituencies respectively.

    Ads by Google

    Raghuveer's wife Basanti Devi contested the Salumber seat against the BJP's Amritlal Meena, while Kirorilal's candidate Shiv Dayal contested on a Congress ticket against BJP's Ramesh Meena.

    The outcome of the polls is being considered crucial for measuring the popularity of the Ashok Gehlot government and determining the stance of Gujjars after the Rajasthan High Court's recent stay on reservation granted to them.

    Comments
    Post comment

    Be the first to comment.

    Post a Comment
    Name:
    Email:
    Title:
    Maximum characters allowed     
    Comment:
    TERMS OF USE:
    The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).
    I agree to the terms of use.