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India General Elections 2024: Himachal Pradesh records nearly 70 pc polling
Updated On: 02 June, 2024 10:20 AM IST | Shimla | PTI
Despite the two-month intense campaign, the polling percentage is significantly lower than the 2019 figure of 80.1 per cent -- the highest ever in the state
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A voter turnout of about 70 per cent was recorded on Saturday in the four Lok Sabha constituencies of Himachal Pradesh where polling was held in the last phase of the general election. Prominent candidates in the fray are Union minister Anurag Thakur (BJP), former Union minister Anand Sharma (Congress), Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut (BJP), state PWD minister Vikramaditya Singh (Congress) and former BJP state chief and sitting BJP MP from Shimla Suresh Kashyap. While the polling ended at 6 pm, officials said the voter turnout figure could increase as the data is being compiled. Despite the two-month intense campaign, the polling percentage is significantly lower than the 2019 figure of 80.1 per cent -- the highest ever in the state.
However, the elections passed off peacefully and no untoward incident was reported, officials said. As many as 62 candidates -- 37 for the four Lok Sabha seats and 25 for the assembly by-elections -- contested the polls. Three villages in the Churah subdivision of Chamba district boycotted polls as they pressed for their demand for road connectivity. According to officials, the Kangra parliamentary seat recorded 66.50 per cent polling, Mandi 71.90 per cent, Hamirpur 69.54 per cent and the Shimla (SC) seat 70.08 per cent. Of the six assembly constituencies where bypolls were held simultaneously, Dharamshala recorded a turnout of 66.27per cent, Lahaul and Spiti 75.09 per cent, Sujanpur 74.10 per cent, Barsar 69 per cent, Gagret 73 per cent and Kutlehar 76.20 per cent. The polling percentage was 14.35 till 9 am, 31.92 till 11 am, 48.63 till 1 pm, 58.41 till 3 pm and 66.56 till 5 pm. Rain played spoilsport at some places in the evening.
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