Rajasthan: Nearly 80% voter turnout recorded in urban local body polls

Jaipur, December 11

Nearly 80 per cent polling was recorded in the Rajasthan urban local body polls on Friday, a spokesperson of the state Election Commission said.

Voting for the post of members in 50 urban local bodies of 12 districts in the state took place from 8 am to 5 pm.

As many as 2,622 polling booths were set up for polling in 1,775 wards of 43 Nagar Palika and 7 Nagar Parishad.

“The voting percentage till 5 pm is 79.90,” the spokesperson said.

A total of 7,249 candidates were in the fray for the post of members in the 50 urban local bodies. —PTI