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Jaipur: Find the latest news and updates for by election in Ajmer, Alwar and Mandalgarh here. Want to share this story? Click on the WhatsApp or Facebook icon above:
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6.09 pm:<\/strong> Voting percentage was the highest in Mandalgarh. 76.59% of voters cast their votes.<\/p>\n

6.08 pm:<\/strong> Voting comes to an end. voting percent in Alwar reached 61.77. Voting percentage in Ajmer was 64.89 by 6 pm.<\/p>\n

5.29 pm:<\/strong> Shatrughan Sinha is in Manda village of Kekari area in Ajmer. He is urging villagers to cast their votes after they boycotted voting, citing the lack of any development work in their area as the reason.<\/p>\n

5.00 pm:<\/strong> Voting slowed down in Ajmer as well as Alwar parliamentary constituency. In the past nine hours, 59.31 percent of the voters cast their votes in Alwar, while 62.02% in Ajmer.<\/p>\n

4.00 pm:<\/strong> The voting percentage reached 56.37\u00a0 in Alwar by 4 pm. It was 56.86 in Ajmer. Alwar city – 48%, Rajgarh and Laxmangarh – 52%. Tijara – 62%, Ramgarh – 58%, Mundawar – 51%, Kishangarhbas – 59%, Behror – 58%, Alwar rural – 58%<\/p>\n

3.30 pm:<\/strong> A groom surprised everyone at a polling booth in Ajmer by turning up to cast his vote right before he was to get married. He reached the polling booth with baraat dancing to the tune of band and baja. The groom was identified as Avinash Banjara.<\/p>\n

3.30 pm:<\/strong> Two groups of Congress and BJP workers got into a verbal argument outside a polling both in Sarwad area of Ajmer. Voters intervened and rebuked them for disrupting peace.<\/p>\n

3.00 pm:<\/strong> The voting percentage in Alwar by 3 pm was 51.17% while 50.88% in Ajmer. 61.99% voters had cast their votes in Mandalgarh by 3 pm.<\/p>\n

1.29 pm:<\/strong> Voters boycotted polling at four different places in Alwar. The villages included Devkheda and Gugalkota. People in Devkhedra were angry because candidates didn\u2019t visit their village during campaigning. Administration officers were urging voters to exercise their voting rights. There were reports of EVM malfunctioning at several booths in Alwar, causing delay in voting.<\/p>\n

1.04 pm:<\/strong> 36.65% voters have cast their votes in Alwar in the past five hours. The voter turnout percentage in Ajmer is 35.72%.<\/p>\n

12.00 pm:<\/strong> Voting turnout so far in Alwar is 28.13% and 28.43% in Ajmer. With just six hours for the voting to end, voters are turning up at polling booths to exercise their franchise.<\/p>\n

11.00 am:<\/strong> The voter turnout so far in Ajmer is 20.14%, while 19.85% in Alwar, according to the Election Commission. Mandalgarh has reported a voter turnout of 19.3%.<\/p>\n

10.50 am:<\/strong> Former MP and cabinet minister Jitendra Singh cast his vote at Moti Dungai polling booth in Alwar. Earlier, it was speculated that Jitendra Singh will be fielded by the Congress, but the party went with Dr Karan Singh Yadav.<\/p>\n

10.45 am:<\/strong> Mandalgarh has reported a voter turnout of 15% so far.<\/p>\n

10.30 am:<\/strong> The voting percentage by 10 am was 12.52 in Alwar and 12.42 in Ajmer, according to the Election Commission.<\/p>\n

10.00 am:<\/strong> While Rajasthan education minister Vasudev Devnani was speaking to media persons outside the polling booth at Sant Ramdas School in Ramnagar area of Ajmer, some Congress workers started protesting. They said that it was violation of EC rules as Devnani was addressing the media within the periphery of 100 meters of the booth. It led to a verbal argument between Devnani and Congress workers. Police had to intervene.<\/p>\n

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Voting in Ajmer. Vasudev Devnani.<\/p><\/div>\n

9.50 am:<\/strong> There were reports of malfunctioning in EVMs at many pooling booths in Ajmer city.<\/p>\n

9.45 am:\u00a0<\/strong> Rajasthan education minister Vasudev Devnani cast his vote at Sant Ramdas School in Ramnagar area of Ajmer. While talking to media persons, Devnani said that he was confident of BJP’s victory. For Ajmer parliamentary constituency, the main fight is between Raghu Sharma of Congress and Ramswaroop Lamba of BJP, but some other candidates including Manohar Gujjar of Hindustan Shakti Sena, advocate Ranjita Ravat of Akhil Bharatiya Aamjan Party and Shiv Bhagawan of Dalit Shoshit Pichhada Varg Adhikar Dal are in the fray. A total of 15 independent candidates are also fighting the elections. of them, eight are Muslim candidates including two women. The independent candidates are Insaf Ali, Kamla Rawat, Krishna Kumar Dadhich, Jagdish Bairwa, Gul Mohammed, Ganpat, Gajendra Singh, Danaram Meghvanshi, Naeem Khan, Mohammed Naseem, Mukesh Gaina, Peerdan Singh, Ravindra Singh Shekhawat, Shahid Khan, Shahjad Ali, Surendra Kumar Jain and Hamid Hussian.<\/p>\n

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Rajya Sabha MP Bhupendra Yadav voting<\/p><\/div>\n

9.40 am:<\/strong> By 9 am, 5.41% voters had cast their votes in Alwar, while 5.23% in Ajmer, according to the Election Commission.<\/p>\n

9.30 am:<\/strong> State cabinet minister Anita Bhadel cast her vote at a polling booth in Ajmer (South) parliamentary constituency. A lot of enthusiasm is being seen among the voters in Ajmer. Queues formed at several polling booths as soon as the voting started. The EC has declared a public holiday to ensure maximum voter turnout. Voting is taking place under heavy security arrangements as jawans of police as well as central security forces are guarding booths.<\/p>\n

8.30 am:<\/strong> Rajya Sabha member Bhupendra Yadav reaches a polling booth in Ajmer to cast his vote.<\/p>\n

8 am:<\/strong> Voting starts at all polling booths in three constituencies. Senior politicians from Congress and BJP appeal voters to exercise their franchise.<\/p>\n

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