By-Elections: Not a single vote in the four polling stations of Kinnuar

Shimla, Oct 30 (UNI) As a protest over setting up of power projects, electors of three gram Panchayats, six village polling stations of Kinnuar district boycotted the bye elections, as no vote was registered in four polling stations and just 14 votes were cast in two other polling stations.

Spokesperson of district returning officer Kinnuar confirmed that EVMs returned empty in Rarang, Jangi, Shilpa and Akpa polling stations of these village in the district under Mandi Parliamentary segment as no voter turned up to caste the vote on the call of the six villages of three Gram Panchayats.
Villagers belonged to three Gram Panchayat namely Rarang, Apka and Jangi had given a call to boycott the bye elections after the failure of state government to scrap the 740 mega Watt Jangi Thapun power project in these Panchayat on their demand.
Spokesperson confirmed that not a single person turned up to cast their votes in the polling stations Rarang, Akpa, Jangi and Shilpa and just 12 People cast votes in Asrang while not more than two in Khadra polling station cast their votes till polling came to end at 1800 hrs on Saturday.
He said that in all other polling stations of district about 52 pc turn out was recorded till 1700 hrs as long queue of people were seen in some of the polling stations till 1800 hrs waiting their turn to cast vote.
Moderate polling was registered in the Mandi Parliamentary segment as this seat fell vacant after the death of BJP MP Ramswaroop Sharma in the month of March this year.
No report of violence or any untoward incident was reported in the state as the polling ended largely peacefully amid pleasent weather.