13 Arrested For Personation In Chandigarh

From Our Staff Reporter

Chandigarh, February 19.

Nearly 50,000 voters out of the total electorate of 76,076 exercised their franchise in the Union Territory of Chandigarh in the one-day polling today to elect a representative to the Lok Sabha.

Thirteen persons were arrested on personation charge but all of them were later bailed out.

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The average turn-out at 65 urban booths was better than at the 16 rural booths. In the city the voting average varied from 60  per cent to 70 per cent, while in rural areas it was about 60 per cent.

Part IV Election series :  Punjab Assembly Elections — 1967

Read more: 

• A United Front pushes Congress to the Opposition Benches
• Polling in punjab to be over by 5 p.m. on February 19
• Front ministry won't last long, says Zail Singh
• Congress hopeful of forming government
• Gurmukh Singh Musafir Defeated
• Sant Prefers Mrs. Gandhi To Desai
• Electioneering Comes To End
• Punjab and Haryana Go To Polls
• 13 Arrested For Personation In Chandigarh
• A New Chapter
• Congress Setback In Punjab
• Final party position in Punjab Assembly
• Gurnam Singh invited to form ministry

In a rural booth of Manimajra, nearly 62 per cent of the registered voters had cast their votes by about 2 p.m.  and they included a large number of women.

The result of today's polling will be declared on Tuesday evening.

The sky was over cast in the morning but there was no rain. There was brisk polling at several booths in the morning but it slumped during the day. However, the polling average slightly improved just before the close at 5 pm.