AMN / Chandigarh
Punjab today recorded nearly 75 per c ent polling in the assembly elections. CEO VK Singh said the turnout is expected to touch the 75 per cent mark despite some stray incidents of violence were reported from some parts of the state.
The main contest is among the Congress, AAP and ruling SAD-BJP combine.
“Barring stray incidents of violence the polling in single-phase remained peaceful,” Additional Director General of Police (ADGP- elections) V K Bhawra said.
Two persons were injured in a clash which took place between AAP and Congress workers at Sultanpur village in Sangrur district, police said.
In Tarn Taran district, a Congress worker identified as Jagjit Singh was injured when an Akali supporter allegedly opened fire at him outside a polling booth in Lalu Ghuman village, they said.
A large number of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines, installed for the first time in the ongoing Punjab Assembly polls, developed snags during the polling process in the state.
A technical snag was reported in VVPAT machines in Majitha and Sangrur, an election office spokesman said, adding that the matter had been referred to the ECI.