About 67.77 percent of voters — 11,75,345 out of a total 17,34,245 electorate, used their adult franchise in the Lok Sabha polls held on Sunday in Patiala constituency.
The District Electoral Officer Kumar Amit said that out of 11,75,345 voters, 6,32,680 were male and 5,42,644 were female voters, and 8,98,574 voters used the voter Identity cards while 2,76,771 voters identified themselves through other documents allowed by the Election Commission to be used in place of the Voter IDs.
He said that 2,267 Persons with Disabilities and 21 persons of the third gender were among those who cast their votes in the Patiala Lok Sabha Constituency. Besides, 17,745 voters voted for the first time in these polls, he said.
He said that 1,81,340 voters of Nabha (70.77 percent) cast their votes, 1,31,445 voters of Patiala rural (60.34 percent), 1,73,947 voters of Rajpura (69.20 percent), 1,78,526 voters of Dera Bassi (69.03 percent), 1,63,173 voters of Ghanaur (70.33 percent), 1,47,624 voters of Sanaur (68.62 percent), 98,448 voters of Patiala urban (61.09 percent), 1,34,061 voters of Samana (71.44 per cent), and 1,75,355 electorate of Shutrana (69.44 per cent) exercised their franchise.