Jaipur: Rajasthan recorded a turnout of 74% in polling on Friday, sealing the fate of chief minister Vasundhara Raje whose BJP is hoping to return to power after a tough challenge from the Congress.
The Election Commission said 74.02% of voters exercised their franchise, a tally just short of the 75.23% registered in the previous assembly election.
The figure is likely to be revised, an EC official said.
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The police reported a few clashes among supporters but said polling across the 51,687 booths was largely peaceful.
Special DG (law and order) N.R.K. Reddy said ITBP jawans opened fire in the air to disperse a mob trying to enter a booth at a village in Alwar’s Mundawar constituency.
A jeep was torched outside a booth in Bikaner and a motorcycle set on fire near another in Sikar but polling remained unaffected, police said.
(PTI)