JAIPUR : An average polling of 40 per cent was recorded till 1400 hours in 199 Assembly seats of Rajasthan.
Sriganganagar recorded a polling percentage of 46.55 per cent followed by Jhunjhunu 46, Jhalawar 37.63, Karauli 33.45, and Jaipur 35 pc, a Chief Election Office PR said here.
Of the 200 Assembly seats, polling has been adjourned in Churu constituency to December 13 following the death of a BSP candidate.
Security personnel opened two rounds of fire to disperse a crowd of supporters trying to disturb polling at a booth in Saleempur area of Dausa district, Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh said.
The polling was not disturbed there and it was going on smoothly, the ADGP said.
In another incident, a pick van was set on fire by miscreants near ward number 15 at Fatehpur in Sikar district, the ADGP said.
By and large, the polling was underway on a peaceful note in the state, ADGP said. (AGENCIES)
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