All four Assembly constituencies including Gurugram, Badshahpur, Sohna and Pataudi in Gurugram district witnessed a voter turnout of 52.9 per cent during the Haryana assembly elections on Monday, according to the 7 pm report shared by the Election Commission (EC).
The BJP is locked in a contest with the Congress and Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) for the 90 assembly seats. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has set a target of 75 out of 90 assembly seats for the ruling BJP.
The highest voter turnout was recorded in Sohna constituency with 65.30% and the lowest was in Badshahpur constituency which registered 45%. The voter turnout in Gurugram constituency was 51.20% and in Pataudi it was 50%.
"The turnout was decent and no major untoward incident occurred during the voting. We fared well in comparison to other districts. As far as Mewat is concerned, the voter turnout is almost as good as the average turnout in other assembly constituencies," Gurugram District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Amit Khatri said.
Voter turnout was initially low in Gurugram but started to pick pace as the day progressed. No major untoward incident was reported in the Gurugram constituency across the day.
A minor scuffle broke out between supporters of the BJP and an independent candidate over allegations of electoral malpractices at a polling booth in Arjun Nagar.
At around 1 p.m., the supporters of BJP candidate Sudhir Singla and independent candidate Mohit Madan Lal Grover clashed at the polling booth. Grover's supporters accused the BJP supporters of bogus voting.
Similarly, another scuffle between supporters of BJP candidate Manish Yadav and independent candidate Rakesh Daulatabad was reported at Badshahpur.
Likewise, a minor altercation between supporters of BJP candidate Sanjay Singh and JJP candidate Rohtash Khaana was reported from Rethoj village in Sohna constituency.
However, According to the election officer one election-related first information reports (FIR) was registered in the Badshahpur constituency.
On October 24, more than 12 lakh voters of the district will decide the fate of 54 candidates contesting from four constituencies-Gurugram, Sohna, Badshahpur and Pataudi. Of the 54 candidates, 11 are contesting from Pataudi, 15 from Badshahpur, 16 from Gurugram and 12 from Sohna.
Deputy Commissioner, Amit Khatri visited several polling stations across the day to observe the situations. Mohamad Akil police Commissioner, Gurugram along with other police officers had also visited several polling stations thought-out the day.
"The elections in the district held without any major violence. There were some minor problems reported with few EVM machines the same was replaced immediately so that the voters could not face any problem in casting vote. The EVMs will be kept under CCTV surveillance and three layers of security as per the election commission mandate," Khatri said.
The contest in Gurugram constituency is mainly between sitting BJP Sudhir Singla and Independent candidate Mohit Madan Lal Grover. The battle in Badshahpur constituency is mainly between BJP Manish Yadav and Independent candidate Rakesh Daultabad.
The contest in Sohna constituency is between BJP Sanjay Singh and Jannayak Janta Party candidate Rohtash Khaana and in Pataudi constituency the fight between BJP Satya Prakash Jaravata and Congress Sudhir Chaudhary.
In 2014, BJP candidate from Gurugram Umesh Aggarwal had won the assembly election with a record margin of 84,095 votes.