The Pioneer 03.06.2013
MCC elections: Yamunanagar records highest voting percentage
74.27 per cent in Yamunanagar was recorded on Sunday during the
Municipal Corporation elections in Haryana.
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.
