Patna Nagar Nigam Election 2017: Vote counting underway in Patna Municipal Corporation/PMC Election
Patna: Counting of votes is underway, Friday, in the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) to elect ward councillors.
Polling for PMC took place on June 04 and passed off peacefully, barring some stray incidents with around 46 percent voter turnout.
Polling was also held in 17 wards of Barsoi Nagar Panchayat in Katihar district besides one ward (ward number 32) of Munger Municipal Corporation.
Voter turnout was 71 percent in Barsoi Nagar Panchayat while the turnout was 62 percent in ward number 32 of Munger Municipal Corporation.
Polling was conducted at 75 wards of PMC where 46 percent of 16,65,017 voters exercised their franchise at 1,512 polling stations.
Prominent among those who cast their votes included RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, his minister son Tej Pratap Yadav, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi and others.
Chouhan, who was accompanied by Commission’s Secretary Durgesh Nandan, said that the polling was hampered for a few minutes at some polling booths in the state capital due to EVMs developing some problems. Polling was conducted after replacing the EVMs.
(With PTI inputs)
