The Hindu 29.04.2013
61 per cent voting in Uttarakhand civic polls
Sixty-one per cent of the electorate exercised their
franchise in Uttarakhand local bodies elections on Sunday, sealing the
fate of 3,753 candidates for six municipal corporations, 28 municipal
boards and 35 nagar panchayats. Polling was peaceful.
(A
PTI report, quoting State Election Commissioner Harish Chandra Joshi
said, till the conclusion of polling at 5 p.m., 70 per cent people had
cast their votes.)
There was a steady stream of voters to the polling booths in the morning and queues could be seen again after 3.00 p.m.
Many
complained that their names were not on the voter list or had been
wrongly spelt. A notable victim was Samajwadi Party State president
Sachan.
Among those who voted early was the former
Chief Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. He voted at the Hatibarkala
Central School at 8.00 a.m. Swami Ramdev voted at Kankhal in Haridwar.
The
presiding officer of booth number 15 in ward eight of Bajpur in Udham
Singh Nagar district was beaten up by voters for allegedly casting fake
votes. He was handed over to the police. Minor incidents were reported
from Roorkee, Pithoragarh and Sultanpur.
