24% voting in Punjab by-polls till 12 noon

Twenty-four percent voting was registered on Monday in the by-elections to the four Assembly seats in the Congress-ruled Punjab.

“The election to the four Assembly constituencies is going on peacefully. The poll percentage was 24 percent till 12 noon,” an electoral officer told IANS.

The Jalalabad seat saw the highest poll percentage of 29 percent.

Electors in the four constituencies could be seen reaching polling stations even before the voting started at 7 a.m.

The main contest is between the Congress and the Akali Dal-BJP alliance.

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