Ludhiana, Feb 4, 2017: District Ludhiana has reported about 14 percent polling till 10 am in all the 14 constituencies of the district, informed District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Ravi Bhagat.
The voting began at 8 am for the Punjab Assembly Election 2017. The voters were seen standing in queues which became longer as the time passed. No incident of poll related violence, malpractice has so far been reported anywhere from the district. There is no either of any EVM developing any snag.
Ravi Bhagat was among the first to caste his vote. Many voters with disability were able to caste their votes conveniently as the administration provided them free pick and drop facility along with a rose.
Ludhiana comprises of 14 constituencies which have 24 lakh 40 thousand and 258 voters. In all the 14 constituencies, there are 136 candidates. He said that there are 1385 polling locations and 2722 polling stations. Besides 518 video cameras have been installed and 531 micro observers have been deputed in the sensitive and hyper sensitive polling stations.
Web casting will also be done in 522 polling stations.84 model polling stations have been set up in the district.13496 officials have been deputed by the civil administration for the successful completion of the election.