Chandigarh: Polling in Punjab was officially declared over at 5 PM on Saturday with 66 per cent of the voting population casting their vote. The polling percentage is as per the statistics available on the official website of the Chief Electoral Officer Punjab.
The polling percentage could inch up towards the 70 per cent mark as people were still queued up in polling booths across the state. The district-wise polling percentage at 5 PM is as per the given chart.
Polling in the state remained by and large peaceful with stray incidents of violence reported from a few places. However, their were no reports of any casualties or booth capturing at the the time of filing this report.
Notably, the polling percentage in the 2012 elections, which saw Akalis ride back to power, stood at 78.2 per cent.