Polling at more than 51,000 polling booths in 199 assembly constituencies began at 7 am and ended at 6 pm, but officials said those already in queue at the polling booths were allowed to vote. The votes will be counted on December 3.
As the polling for the Rajasthan Assembly elections concluded on Saturday, over 70 per cent voter turnout was recorded with stray incidents of violence.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party has accepted its defeat in the recently concluded Assembly elections in the state.
Vaibhav Gehlot, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday cast his vote in the Assembly elections and expressed his confidence in Congress repeating the government in the state.
"The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) are using the ED and the Income Tax (IT) department to target Congress leaders," the TPCC leader said.
The boycott is due to their demand to connect Palawala Jatan to Tunga. Since morning, not a single villager has arrived at the booth to vote. These villagers have boycotted the last seven elections as well.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there is a wave of change in Telangana with the people fed up with the rule of the BRS government and the wind is in favour of the BJP
In a remarkable display of democratic spirit, bride-to-be Rukhsar Khan, a resident of Rajasthan's Jhalawar Housing Board took a pause from her wedding ceremonies to cast her first vote. She made her way to the polling station early in the morning.