As many as 71.36 per cent voters cast their ballots in by-election of 227-Garoth Vidhan Sabha constituency in Mandsaur district on Saturday.Of these, 74.44 male and 68.08 female cast their votes. Of total 2.18 lakh voters in the constituency, 1.55 lakh exercised their franchise including 83,760 males and 72,174 females. In general elections 2013 in the constituency polling percentage was 77.81 per cent and in 2014 it was 63.42 per cent.long queues of voters were visible at polling booths since morning in Garoth Vidhan Sabha constituency. People were enthusiastic about the polling. Before voting, mock poll was conducted in the presence of representatives of political parties and candidates. Administration counseled people following boycott at 3 polling booths.
After counseling, polling started again. These included polling booth number 208-Hingoria Garoth, 106-Antralia and 42-Chokika. At polling booth number 239-Semrishankar, another EVM was installed on failure on an EVM and polling was completed.law and order situation was properly maintained during voting. Information of no incident has been received from anywhere in the constituency. Six companies of security forces were deployed for law and order. As many as 78 polling booths were identified as critical in the constituency. Besides, video-cameras were deployed at 15 booths, still cameras at 10 booths and 78 micro observers were deployed at 15 polling booths. For polling, 316 EVMs were used. Before mock poll, first 5 ballot units and then 2 control units were replaced.One candidate each of All India Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party and 6 independents are in the election fray. After polling, EVMs have been kept in strong rooms amidst heavy security. Counting for by-election will be held at June 30 from 8 am.