Punjab Election 2022: Polling largely peaceful, barring minor incidents

Faridkot- 74.6%

Kotkapura- 76.6%

Jaito- 76.6

Overall tally of the district - 76.20 %

Rampura —76.8  %

Bhucho Mandi —76 %

Bathinda Urban — 69.9%

Bathinda Rural —74.90 %

Talwandi Sabo —79 %

Maur —80.57 %

 Bathinda district final report-  76.20 %

Mohali — 62.9%

Kharar — 61.4%

Dera Bassi — 61.1%

Overall voting percentage - 61.8%

Adampur—-62.8%

Jalandhar Cantt—58.3%

Jalandhar Central-56.6%

Jalandhar North—60.5%

Jalandhar West—61.9%

Kartarpur—61.2% 

Nakodar—64.1%

Phillaur—62.3% 

Shahkot-66.4%

Cumulative 61.6 %

As the polling booths shut their doors at 6 pm, queues of voters is still seen at majority of booths to cast their vote. Those who have entered the booths will only be allowed to exercise their franchise. TNS

Nabha-62.5 %

Patiala-61%

Rajpura-70%

Ghanour-72%

Sanour-66.5%

Patiala-59.5%

Samana-68.2%

Shutrana-68.2%

Total turnout- 65.89%

Rampura — 72.4%

Bhucho Mandi — 65.13%

Bathinda Urban — 63.6%

Bathinda Rural — 70.2%

Talwandi Sabo — 74.96%

Maur — 72.87%

 Overal turnout till 5:00pm - 69.86%

SAS Nagar 53.10 %

Amritsar 57.74 %

Ludhiana 58.22 %

Jalandhar 58.47 %

Moga 59.87%

Anandpur Sahib: 68.6 %

Ropar: 68.2 %

Chamkaur Sahib: 69.2 %

Mansa  73.45 

Malerkotla 72.84

Muktsar 72.01

Sangrur 70.43

Fazilka 70.70

1) Ferozepur (Urban) – 60.50%

2) Ferozepur (Rural) – 68% 

3) Zira – 63 %

4) Guruharsahai- 73%

Overall voting percentage 66.12%

Mohali — 53%

Kharar — 56%

Dera Bassi — 50.5%

Average voter turnout in Mohali district till 5:00 pm - 53.15%

Sangrur: Around 20 persons allegedly attacked the vehicle of AAP candidate from Bhadaur, Labh Singh Ugoke. Police start investigations. CM Charanjit singh Channi is also contesting from Bhadaur.

Banga-  62.35 percent

Nawanshahr -60.5 percent

Balachaur -  67.69 percent

Overall -  63.3 percent

Adampur—-56.9%

Jalandhar Cantt—54.5%

Jalandhar Central-48.9%

Jalandhar North—55%

Jalandhar West—50.7%

Kartarpur—55.2% 

Nakodar—53.8%

Phillaur—54.4% 

Shahkot-57.8%

Cumulative 54.2 %

Ludhiana: With less than an hour left for polling to close, 53.9 per cent voter turnout till 5.10 pm. 14,43,978 of the total 26,93,131 exercised their franchise in the district so far. TNS

Adampur—-49.6%

Jalandhar Cantt—45.1%

Jalandhar Central-44.2%

Jalandhar North—47.8%

Jalandhar West—46.3%

Kartarpur—48%

Nakodar—51.5%

Phillaur—49.1%

Shahkot-53%

Cumulative 48.2 %

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Former #Punjab CM @capt_amarinder casts vote in #Patiala pic.twitter.com/RuQ1NQN7Qc

— The Tribune (@thetribunechd) February 20, 2022

Ludhiana: With two hours yet to go for the close of polling, the voter turnout has not even reached halfway mark in the district. With 1306374 of the total 2693131 exercising their franchise, the district reported 48.5 per cent polling till 4 pm. TNS

Adampur—-48.34%

Jalandhar Cantt—45.17%

Jalandhar Central-42%

Jalandhar North—47.2%

Jalandhar West—42%

Kartarpur—47.09%

Nakodar—47.01%

Phillaur—40.35%

Shahkot-50.01%

Cumulative 45.53 %

Mohali — 45%

Kharar — 40.40%

Dera Bassi — 40.70 %

Average voter turnout in Mohali district till 3.30 pm 42 %

Ludhiana:  With 34.2 per cent polling, 919893 of the total 269313 voters exercise their franchise during first six hours. TNS

Adampur—-26.9 %

Jalandhar Cantt—26.5 %

Jalandhar Central-23.3%

Jalandhar North—30.1%

Jalandhar West—20.9%

Kartarpur—27.3%

Nakodar—24.7%

Phillaur—24.9%

Shahkot-27.7%

 Rampura — 41.4 %

Bhucho Mandi —- 38.7 %

Bathinda Urban — 35.4 %

Bathinda Rural — 35.3 %

Talwandi Sabo — 42.06 %

Maur — 40.86 %

Anandpur Sahib 39.7 %

Ropar 40.5 %

Chamkaur Sahib 40.2 %

Mohali — 22.85%

Kharar — 30.5%

Dera Bassi — 27.8%

96-Mansa - 33.5%

97-Sardulgarh - 41%

98-Budhlada - 37%

Nihalsinghwala- 26

Baghapurana - 35

MOGA - 28

Dharamkot - 30

In Guru Har Sahai AC's Booth No. 99 the sarpanch of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is escorting each voter right up till the EVM and influencing them to vote for SAD. This is an outright violation.
For immediate intervention of @ECISVEEP

— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) February 20, 2022

Reports of booth capturing coming in from Ajnala AC's Booth No. 59 by some miscreants as well as hooliganism by drunkards outside the polling station.@ECISVEEP - kindly intervene immediately.

— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) February 20, 2022

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood took to Twitter to accuse other party candidates of trying to buy off votes. “Other Candidates in #Moga Constituency are buying votes. @ECISVEEP should take immediate action regarding the same,” he said, tagging Moga’s public relation office and police in the tweet.

Morinda: Polling stations in Chamkaur Sahib lacked provisions for persons with disabilities, voters said on Sunday. This comes despite the Election Commission’s explicit instructions to make such arrangements.

Karan Chand, 70, was seen struggling to push his wife Soni Devi, a person with a disability, to the polling station in Madauli village in Morinda.

Rural Assembly seat Samrala on top with highest voter turnout of 21.5 percent, followed by Dakha 21.2 percent, Raikot 21.1 percent, Gill 20.5 percent, Khanna 19.5 percent, Sahnewal, Ludhiana East and Payal 18.8 percent each, Jagraon 17.9 percent, Ludhiana South 16.7 percent, Ludhiana North 16.5 percent, Atam Nagar 15.5 percent, Ludhiana West 15 percent, and Ludhiana Central recorded the lowest of 14.9 percent polling till 12 noon. TNS

Ludhiana: Polling picks up as day progresses in the state's biggest and largest district with 18.4 per cent turnout reported till 12.04 pm. Of the total 2693131voters, 494952 exercise their franchise in the first four hours. Rural areas continue to lead with queues outside polling booths in most of the villages getting longer till noon. TNS

Photo: Himanshu Mahajan

Nabha-20.5

Patiala-20.3

Rajpura-21

Ghanour-18.4

Sanour-20.5

Patiala-19

Samana-20

 Shutrana-22.3

Total turnout 20.29

Mohali — 10.2 %

Kharar — 11%

Dera Bassi — 17.59%

Adampur—-10.3 %

Jalandhar Cantt—13.4%

Jalandhar Central—9.4%

Jalandhar North—14.2%

Jalandhar West—6.6%

Kartarpur—11.2%

Nakodar—11.4%

Phillaur—10.06 %

Shahkot-8.03 %

Lowest polling till now 11 am

SAS Nagar: 2.18

Pathankot: 2.25 

Khanna recorded 10.6%, Samrala 10.3%, Sahnewal 9.4%, Ludhiana East 6.6%, Ludhiana South 6.8%, Atam Nagar 5.9%, Ludhiana Central 6.5%, Ludhiana West 5.6%, Ludhiana North 5.7%, Gill 8.8%, Payal 8.7%, Dakha 9.7%, Raikot 15.1%, and Jagraon reported 5.8 per cent polling in the first three hours. (Report by Nitin Jain)

Attari 9.2, Central 5.3, East 7.1, North 5.9, South 5.1, west 5.8, Ajnala 10, Baba Bkala 8.3, Jandiala 9.6, Majitha 7.8, Rajashasi 8.1

“There is no job for us and all prepare for IELTS to settle abroad. Punjab needs to provide job opportunities to the youth so that they feel secure,” said some first-time voters in the city.

In Majitha AC's Booth No 138 the EVM has malfunctioned.

In Bhoa AC's Booth No 95, polling agent of Congress has placed his chair next to EVM so that he has a clear view of who is voting for which party. He isn't removing his chair despite complaints.
@ECISVEEP for action pls

— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) February 20, 2022

Khanna recorded 6.3%, Samrala 6.1%, Sahnewal 5.7%, Ludhiana East 6.3%, Ludhiana South 3.2%, Atam Nagar 3.9%, Ludhiana Central 2.8%, Ludhiana West 5.5%, Ludhiana North 4.2%, Gill 6.6%, Payal 4.9%, Dakha 6.6%, Raikot 8.6%, and Jagraon reported 3.3 per cent polling in the first two hours. 

1) FDK, -4.6 %

2)KKP - 6%

3)Jaito- 4.5%

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood's sister Congress candidate Malvika Sood while voting at Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Moga city. After casting her vote she claimed that Congress will win the election with a comfortable margin.

Adampur—-1.4 %

Jalandhar Cantt—3.0%

Jalandhar Central—2.5%

Jalandhar North—2.9%

Jalandhar West—0.8 %

Kartarpur—2.1%

Nakodar—1.9%

Phillaur—1.1 %

Shahkot-1.1%

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Lowest in Kharar 0.8%, highest in Dera Bassi 3.5% and in Mohali 2.5%

Bholath - 2.5 %

Kapurthala-0.8 %

Phagwara -0.8%

Sultanpur lodhi-1.3 %

Polling is peaceful across the district.

Khanna recorded 2.8%, Samrala 6.53%, Sahnewal 6.3%, Ludhiana East 4.89%, Ludhiana South 1.9%, Atam Nagar 2.5%, Ludhiana Central 5%, Ludhiana West 2.5%, Ludhiana North 2.3%, Gill 3%, Payal 2.2%, Dakha 4%, Raikot 4.4%, and Jagraon reported 4.2 per cent polling in the first hour.

DC Patiala Sandeep Hans IAS casted his vote at the booth located Income Tax in Patiala

Creche facility for voters in Sohana, Mohali

EVM not working in the following areas:

Attari AC, Booth No. 197
Phagwara AC, Booth No. 119
Nihal Singh Wala AC, Booth No. 13@ECISVEEP For immediate action please

— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) February 20, 2022

Ludhiana: Polling to 14 Assembly seats in Ludhiana district began peacefully at 8 am. First hour reported an average of less than 10 per cent turnout as most of the polling booths await voters to exercise their franchise. District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma and his wife were the first ones to vote at GCG polling station. No untoward incident reported from any part of the district so far, reports Nitin Jain

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जो जन का साथ दे,
निडर होकर जवाब दे,
वोट उसी को दो!

पंजाब के प्रगतिशील भविष्य के लिए वोट करें।

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 20, 2022

Senior Congress leader Manpreet Badal casts his vote at Badal village in Muktsar district

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The stakes are also high for the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which is contesting the polls in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party after breaking ties with the BJP in 2020 over the farm laws issue