Jaipur,Long queues were seen at
polling stations as balloting picked up in the first phase of Lok Sabha
election in 20 of the 25 constituencies in Rajasthan."We have recorded 13.7%
polling till 9 am. Balloting has been peaceful so far and is expected to pick
up," an official said.The maximum voter turnout of over 19.30% was
reported from Sri Ganganagar constituency, while Kota reported polling of only
3.72% of the electorate in the first two hours, officials said.In 2009 Lok
Sabha election, the state recorded over 48.46% of voting.Reports of problems in
EVMs came in from different districts, where the machines were repaired or
changed."The voting began at 7 am at over 38,220 polling stations spread
in these 20 constituencies. We have made elaborate security arrangements for
peaceful polls," an election official said.In all, over 80,000 security
personnel have been deployed in the state to conduct peaceful and fair
elections.Over 34 million voters will decide the fate of 239 candidates, who
are in the fray.
The political fate of Sachin Pilot,
C.P. Joshi, Girja Vyas, Chandresh Kumari, Jitendra Singh of the Congress and
Sanwar Lal Jat, a minister in Vasundhara Raje government and Olympic
silver-medalist shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore of the BJP will be decided.Former
BJP leader Jaswant Singh and former Congress leader Buta Singh are fighting as
independents.The Congress and the BJP are fighting on all 20 seats, while the
AAP is contesting on 17 and the BSP on 18 seats.The state is likely to witness
a keen tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. In the
last Lok Sabha polls, Congress won 20 seats and the BJP won four, while one
seat was won by an independent.It has normally been a two-party contest in the
state.This time, however, AAP and Mayawati's BSP are trying to make a dent in
the vote bank of both the major parties.
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