Punjab Assembly elections | Polling begins for 117 Assembly seats
The Hindu
A total of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, are in the fray for the high-stake electoral contest.
Voting for 117 Assembly seats in Punjab began on Sunday morning amid tight security arrangements.
Polling started at 8.00 a.m. and will continue till 6.00 p.m.
A total of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, are in the fray for the high-stake electoral contest.
There are 2,14,99,804 voters, including 1,02,00,996 women.
There are 24,740 polling stations, of which 2,013 have been identified as critical while 2,952 are vulnerable, said Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S. Karuna Raju.
Punjab is witnessing a multi-cornered contest among the Congress, AAP, SAD-BSP, BJP-PLC-SAD (Sanyukt) and the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, a political front of various farmer bodies.
The Shiromani Akali Dal is contesting the polls in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).