Haryana polls: 61 per cent voter turnout recorded till 5 pm

Haryana recorded a voter turnout of 61 per cent till 5 pm on Saturday across all the 90 assembly seats in the singlephase assembly polls in the state ANI reportedAccording to ANI in the data released by the Election Commission of India the highest voter turnout was recorded in Mewat at 6828 per cent while the lowest was Gurugram at 4997 per cent till 5pmYamunanagar has recorded a voter turnout of 6793 per cent followed by Palwal with 6769 percent Fatehabad with 6705 per cent Jind with 6602 per cent Mahendragarh 6576 percent Kurukshetra with 6555 percent and Sirsa with 6537 percentAs per the ECI Hisar recorded 6416 per cent Bhiwani 6306 per cent Kaithal 6253 per cent Ambala 6226 per cent Rewari 6091 per cent Panipat 6052 per cent Jhajjar 6052 per cent Rohtak 6056 per cent Karnal 6042 per cent Charkhi Dadri 5810 per cent Sonipat 5669 per cent Faridabad 5128 per cent and Panchkula 5471 per cent voter turnout ANI reportedMeanwhile voting has wrapped up in Haryana assembly elections with EVM and VVPAT at a polling booth being sealed and secured for the day of countingThe Haryana polls commenced at 7am and went till 6pm A total of 1031 candidates are competing in all 90 constituencies and around 20632 polling booths have been set up for votingThe votes will be counted on October 8 alongside Jammu and KashmirUnion Minister Kiren Rijiju said that a good deed has been done in Haryana in the past 10 years and no on takes Congresss talks seriouslyIn the last 10 years good work has been done in Haryana with the blessings of PM Modi No one takes seriously what Congress says For 70 years they have made false promises They can win a few elections here and there but will not come to power The words of Rahul Gandhi are so objectionable that it saddens us he can criticise us but he shouldnt say things which harm the nation Rijiju said while talking to ANI reporters in the national capital amid voting in the neighbouring stateCongress leader and wrestler Bajrang Punia said after voting in the Haryana elections that the Congress government should take over the state next while Dronacharya awardee Mahavir Singh Phogat praised the Bharatiya Janta Party BJP and said the party has done a lot of work in the state over the past ten yearsThe main contesting parties in Haryana include the BJP Congress and Aam Aadmi Party AAP as well as the prepoll alliance between the Indian National Lok DalBahujan Samaj Party INLDBSP and the Jannayak Janta Party JJPAzad Samaj Party ASPThe results for the Haryana Assembly Elections will be declared alongside Jammu and Kashmirs election results on October 8In the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections the BJP won 40 seats out of 90 forming a coalition government with the JJP who won 10 seats The Congress secured 31 seats However JJP later broke out of the coalition ANI reportedWith inputs from ANI