Punjab saw a voter turnout of 55.20 per cent till 5 pm for the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies while polling remained peaceful on Saturday, said the officials.
In the lone parliamentary seat of Chandigarh, the voter turnout was at 62.80 per cent. The polling came to an end at 6 pm but the turnout figure will rise as there were several people in queues waiting for their turn to cast votes. In 2019, voter turnout in Punjab was 65.96 per cent and 70.62 per cent in the Union Territory (UT) Chandigarh.
Among the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab, Bathinda recorded a turnout of 59.25, followed by Gurdaspur with 58.34 per cent, according to the Election Commission data.
Among the prominent faces in the fray were BJP nominee and four-time MP Preneet Kaur, who is seeking re-election from the Patiala parliamentary constituency; and Harsimrat Badal, a three-time MP; and BJP's Parampal Kaur Sidhu, a former IAS officer, who are trying their luck from Bathinda. Former Chief Minister and Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi and BJP nominee Sushil Rinku were in the fray from the Jalandhar reserved seat.
