JAIPUR: In the initial two hours of polling across 13 Lok Sabha constituencies and one assembly seat in Rajasthan on Friday, nearly 12 percent voter turnout was recorded. This percentage is slightly higher compared to the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, where the polling percentage in 12 Lok Sabha seats was 10.67 percent by the same time.
The constituencies where voting was underway include Barmer-Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Jalore, Chittorgarh, Banswara, Kota-Bundi, Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Udaipur, Rajsamand, Kota, and Jhalawar-Baran, along with the Bagidora Assembly constituency, which is witnessing a bypoll. Bagidora assembly seat recorded a voting percentage of 13 percent till 9 am.
Several prominent figures, such as Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who is contesting from Kota-Bundi, BJP state president CP Joshi, BJP candidate from Chittorgarh, Union minister and BJP candidate from Jodhpur Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, cast their votes in the early hours. Assembly speaker Vasudev Devnani voted in Ajmer, while former chief ministers Vasundhara Raje and Ashok Gehlot exercised their franchise in Jhalawar and Jodhpur, respectively.
Approximately 2.8 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes in this final phase of polling in Rajasthan. The Bagidora Assembly seat in Banswara became vacant after Congress MLA Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya joined the BJP. Malviya is now contesting the Lok Sabha election from Banswara as a BJP candidate.
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