The electoral director, Sibin C, called on the people to vote peacefully
Punjab Bypoll (Aaj Samaj) Vote Update, Chandigarh: By-elections are being held today for four state assembly seats. Voting work began at seven in the morning but, due to the cold, the first two hours remained cold. According to data published by the Electoral Commission, as of 9:00 a.m. in four seats in the state, a total of 8.3 percent had voted. Of them, the voting was 9.7 percent in Dera Baba Nanak, 13.1 percent in Gidderbaha, 4.15 percent in Chabbewal and 6.9 percent in Barnala.
Electoral Commission call for peaceful elections
On the other hand, Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C appealed to people to vote peacefully. Additionally, the Election Commission has deployed 6,481 soldiers and officers of Punjab Police and 17 companies of Central Armed Forces for safe and peaceful voting. In addition, 3,868 election staff members have been put into service. Giving information in this regard, Sibin C said that of the four assembly constituencies for the by-elections, there are a total of 1,93,376 voters in Dera Baba Nanak assembly constituency, for whom 241 polling stations have been created. electoral. Of them, 61 are sensitive. The number of electoral staff in this area is 701.
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This is how the votes will be counted
Sibin C said that counting of Dera Baba Nanak votes will be held in 18 rounds on November 23 at Sukhjindra Institute Group, Gurdaspur. While in Chabbewal (SC) assembly constituency, counting of votes will be done in 15 rounds at Riyat and Bahra Group of Institutes, Hoshiarpur. The counting of votes for the Gidderbaha Assembly will be held in 13 rounds at the Government Higher Secondary School (Boys), Gidderbaha. Counting of votes in Barnala assembly constituency will be held in 16 rounds at SD College of Education, Barnala.
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