A voter turnout of 66.56 per cent was recorded till 5 pm on Saturday in the four Lok Sabha constituencies of Himachal Pradesh where polling was held in the last phase of the general election, officials said here. They said the Kangra parliamentary seat recorded 64.07 per cent polling, Mandi 69.07 per cent, Hamirpur 65.90 per cent and the Shimla (SC) seat 67.50 per cent. Of the six Assembly constituencies where bypolls are being held simultaneously, Dharamshala recorded a turnout of 66.27 per cent, Lahaul and Spiti 73.72 per cent, Sujanpur 63 per cent, Barsar 50 per cent, Gagret 68.28 per cent and Kutlehar 71.40 per cent.
The BJP has filed a complaint against Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu with the chief electoral officer of Himachal Pradesh alleging a violation of the model code of conduct. The complaint said Sukhu wore a scarf of the National Students' Union of India - the student wing of the Congress - while voting in Nadaun which was objectionable and demanded action against the CM and the election agent.
In Chamba district's Churah subdivision, residents of the Makhan-Chachul area falling under the Sanval gram panchayat and Juri under Chadra Gram Panchayat boycotted the Lok Sabha polls over road connectivity.
