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Lok Sabha Elections: 55.20 percent voting in Punjab till 5 pm

BY Connect Newsroom, Jun 1, 2024 12:34 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

The work of holding the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab has started from 7 am. As soon as the voting started, long lines started forming at the polling booths.

Punjab recorded a voter turnout of 55.20 per cent as of 5 pm.

There are 13 lok sabha seats in punjab.


INDIA bloc allies — the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) — are contesting separately while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are contesting the Lok Sabha polls on their own for the first time since 1996.

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