The maximum polling in Indore- 4 constituency of Indore district has surprised the political parties. BJP candidate Malini Gaur feels that this is going to be in her favour, while Congress nominee Suresh Minda claims that this was due to anti-incumbency that forced the voters to come out of their houses.
Monday’s polling for this Assembly seat witnessed over 70.61 per cent voters in Indore district exercise their franchise, a rise of 2.78 per cent from 2008 polls. Indore- constituency saw 8.08% rise in voter turnout as compared to last elections, the highest in the district.As many as 1,54,151 people voted in the constituency to decide fate of Suresh Minda and Malini Gaur. This constituency is known as strong bastion of the BJP, but Congress feels that in the present election, it would be against BJP nominee.Both the contestants had managed to get their traditional vote banks rally behind them which probably was the major factor in hike in voting percentage in the constituency.
Indore-5 saw voter turnout go up by of 4.54%. BJP MlA Mahendra Hardia and Congress’ Pankaj Sanghvi were in fray here that saw minority voters turn out in large numbers since morning. The constituency has around 90,000 minority voters.Sanwer - where pitched battle was seen between Congress MlA Tulsi Silawat and Rajesh Sonkar of a faction-ridden BJP - registered a 3.8 per cent rise in voter turnout in comparison to 2008 polls.
Besides, a total of 72.52 per cent votes were polled in the state on Monday. The maximum 81.52 per cent voting took place in Chhindwara and minimum polling of 55.77 per cent was witnessed in Alirajpur. In the naxal-affected Balaghat district, nearly 80 per cent polling was recorded despite the boycott call given by the naxals.