Nearly 80% polling recorded in second-phase Haryana panchayat elections
Nearly 80 per cent polling was recorded in the second-phase panchayat elections in nine districts of Haryana on Saturday.
The polling was held for the post of 2,683 sarpanches and 25,655 panches in 57 blocks of Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa and Sonipat districts.
The voting was held between 7 am and 6 pm, officials said.
Men, women and the elderly queued up at polling booths in these districts to cast their votes.
Around 79 per cent polling was recorded in these nine districts, according to data compiled by the Haryana State Election Commission.
In Karnal, there was a report of two rival groups clashing at Fatehgarh village in Nissing block and three persons sustained injuries in the incident. Police reached the spot and brought the situation under control.
In Ambala, there was a scuffle between two groups in village Jansua after one of the groups objected to casting of vote by a person.
One person was injured in the scuffle and he w