First phase of polling in 20 lok Sabha constituencies ended on Thursday with an average of 63.25 per cent of 3.48 crore electors casting their votes in Rajasthan at the end of polling at 6pm, the Election Commission said.
“It was mostly incident free poll barring a few incidents of party workers’ altercation and jostling in Bikaner, Ajmer and Jhunjhunu districts outside the booths over voters’ list or supermacy,” said DGP-law and Order Navdeep Singh.
Over 80,000 security personnel were on duty to ensure free and fair, and incident free polls, DGP claimed. Ganganagar (SC) seat registered highest voter turn out of over 68 per cent, Barmer 65, Ajmer 64, Jhalawar 61.5, Banswara 61.3, Jaipur 61.2, and Rajsamand recorded lowest turn out of 51.22 per cent at the closing of polling.
Final turn out would be clear later to night as it is still being calculate, the EC spokesman said. The 20 lok Sabha constituencies where polling was held include: Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Ajmer, Nagaur, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, and Jhalawar-Baran.