Mansa information highest turnout, rural areas carry out higher

AMID COMPLAINTS of sales space rigging, bogus voting and clashes between staff of various political events, Punjab recorded a excessive turnout of 71.39 per cent in its civic physique polls held Sunday. Counting might be occur on February 17, which might be a dry day within the state.
Elections had been held in 117 city native our bodies (ULBs) — together with eight municipal companies, 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats — of Punjab. Bypolls had been held in 4 wards. In 2015, a turnout of 69 per cent was recorded.
This time, 9,222 candidates are within the fray, of which 2,832 are independents.
Mansa recorded the utmost turnout of 82.99 per cent, adopted by Bathinda at 79 per cent, whereas Sangrur witnessed a turnout of 77.39 per cent. Mohali witnessed the bottom turnout at 60.08% per cent.
Out of the state’s 22 districts, 15 had a turnout of above 70 per cent. The backside seven districts are Mohali (60.08 per cent), Tarn Taran (63.12 per cent), Hoshiarpur (66.68 per cent), Muktsar (68.65 per cent), Moga (69.50 per cent) and  SBS  Nagar (69.71 per cent).
People queue up exterior a polling station in Amritsar. (Photo: Rana Simranjit Singh)
In Muktsar, the turf of the Badals, clashes occurred between Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Congress staff within the wee hours of Sunday and even in Gidderbaha, the place SAD boycotted elections.
Hoshiarpur, Moga and Mohali had been having municipal company elections, municipal councils and nagar panchayat elections. The three, which recorded low turnout, have the next city inhabitants.
In Mansa, many fascinating polling tendencies could possibly be seen as Joga Nagar panchayat polled the best at 87.12 per cent. Interestingly, on this nagar panchayat, just one candidate was contesting on AAP image and relaxation all had been contesting as independents as a result of ongoing farmers motion. Boha is one other nagar panchayat in Mansa, which recorded 86.39 per cent ballot turnout, which signifies that rural individuals are extra inclined to make use of their voting rights.

So was the case in Longowal Municipal Council (MC) in Sangrur, which recorded 84.32 per cent turnout whereas Tapa MC in Barnala district recorded 83.04 per cent adopted by Lehragaga MC in Sangrur at 83 per cent. All these councils have extra of a rural votebank.
Municipal Council (C class) Sangat in Bathinda recorded a turnout of 89.86 per cent whereas Kotshamir NP was at 88.34 per cent, adopted by Kotfatta  MC at 87.38 per cent.
Rural areas — the place many households are linked with the farm motion, with a lot of them tenting at Delhi borders and staging greater than 100 dharnas in Punjab — thus voter in bigger numbers.
A spokesperson of Punjab State Election Commission stated that Roopnagar recorded a turnout of 73.80 per cent.