The Pioneer 03.06.2013
MCC elections: Yamunanagar records highest voting percentage
Polling for election in seven Municipal Corporations and two Municipalities in Haryana was held on Sunday. The second highest voter turnout was 73.5 per cent in Karnal followed by 67.74 per cent in Rohtak, 67.75 per cent in Panipat and 67.23 per cent in Hisar. Voter turnout was 67.1 per cent in Ambala and 62.86 per cent in Panchkula.
However, in case of Municipalities, it was 90.62 per cent in Farukh nagar and 87 per cent in Kalanaur.
Dharam Vir, State Election Commissioner said that the polling for election to seven Municipal Corporations and two Municipalities in Haryana was held in a peaceful manner except some scuffles at few places. Three villages in Panipat district namely Nizampur, Shimla and Mullana boycotted the MC polls as the voters did not participate in the election process. They wanted their villages be excluded from the ambit of Municipal Corporation and kept under the Panchayats.
Even as Deputy Commissioner and senior Police Officers had visited these villages to urge the voters to exercise their right to vote, they did not agree to vote. A decision whether to keep these villages under the Municipal Corporation or under the Panchayat is to be taken by the Government.
Vir further added that counting of votes for election of seven municipal corporations will take place on June 4 at 8 am. The electronic voting machines would be kept in safe custody in the same manner as in case of elections to Assembly or Lok Sabha constituencies.
CCTV would be installed at the places where the Electronic Voting Machines have been stored and guarded by the Haryana Armed Police and Reserved Indian Battalion.
He said that no incident of bogus voting has been reporting from any Municipal Corporation and Municipality.Meanwhile, nine persons have been kept under detention on Sunday as they intended to create some trouble during polling at Municipal Corporation, Panchkula.
Scuffles take place at Panchkula, many held
Chandigarh: A scuffle took place between the supporters of BJP and INLD parties at polling booth in Little Flower School at Sector 14 here. The scuffle continued for more than 15 minutes and was finally stopped with the intervention of Panchkula Police, who took the supporters of both parties into custody and later on released them.
Another scuffle took place between a candidate and bouncers of another candidate at ward number 10 in Panchkula. After this, police took the bouncers into custody for few hours, and then reportedly released them.
Also, Haryana police has arrested 17 persons near Sector 1, who were moving in suspicious circumstances during polling to the Municipal Corporation, Rohtak. Police recovered two mousers and 10 live cartridges from the possession of two of them. The police have registered cases against them for violation of model code of conduct and Arms Act.
