Chandigarh: A median of 10 per cent polling was witnessed until 9 am within the elections to 5 municipal firms and 44 municipal councils and nagar panchayats underway in Punjab, officers mentioned on Saturday.
The polling started at 7 am amid tight safety preparations and can proceed until four pm, they added.
There was a median of 10 per cent polling until 9 am, the officers mentioned.
Votes can be counted on the polling stations itself after the completion of polling, they mentioned.
The 5 municipal firms the place the elections are being held are Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Phagwara.
Greater than 3,300 candidates are within the fray for the civic polls, the officers mentioned, including {that a} whole of three,809 polling cubicles have been arrange.
A complete of 37.32 lakh voters, together with 17.75 lakh females, are eligible to forged their votes in these elections.
Digital voting machines (EVMs) are getting used for polling.
The civic polls can be a litmus check for the ruling Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP), which would really like its successful momentum to proceed after securing victories in three of the 4 Meeting bypolls in November.
These elections are necessary as they’ll reveal the recognition of the ruling celebration amongst city voters.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann held roadshows and campaigned for the AAP candidates within the run-up to the elections.
It would even be the primary check for Aman Arora after he was appointed because the AAP’s Punjab unit chief. Arora took half in ballot campaigning and made a number of guarantees to the voters.
The stakes are additionally excessive for the Congress, which had a majority within the Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala municipal firms.
The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are additionally contesting the municipal company polls.
