After the BJP fielded cricketer Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba for the Jamnagar (North) assembly seat, Jadeja on Sunday appealed to people to vote for his better half.
The Doon assembly seat of Solan district recorded the highest voting percentage of 85.2. This was followed by Sirmaur district's Shillai constituency where 84.1 percent voting was recorded. Seraj's seat in the Mandi district stood third with 82 percent voters turnout.
As the voting began for 68 Assembly seats, Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh on Saturday said that everyone will cast their vote today and cooperate to form a new government in the state.
Solanki, the sitting BJP MLA representing the Matar Assembly seat in Gujarat's Kheda district, joined the Arvind Kejriwal-led party a day after the ruling party released the first list of candidates for the upcoming elections.
The sources said that the top decision body of the saffron party has finalised most of the tickets out of the 182 assembly seats and the remaining powers have been vested with the party president JP Nadda to take a call on the remaining seats.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has cancelled all his programmes, including the scheduled roadshow in Haryana's Adampur, for the upcoming bypoll in the assembly seat, in the wake of the collapse of the bridge in Gujarat's Morbi on Sunday evening, in which over 130 people were killed.
Interacting with the party cadre from Tekkali constituency here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said that there should be preparedness from now onwards for the elections due in 18 months, said a press release.