Segments with women nominees saw high polling
Thursday, 02/02/2012
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Constituencies from where women candidates staked their political fortunes witnessed high polling in the January 30 Punjab assembly elections.
A total of 93 women out of the 1,078 contestants entered the race for the assembly polls this time.
A turnout of 87.21% was recorded in Malerkotla constituency, where wives of two top cops, one retired and another serving, crossed swords.
The SAD had fielded a firsttimer, Farzana Alam, wife of retired DGP Mohammed Izhar Alam, against Congress twotime MLA Razia Sultana, wife of Punjab additional DGP Mohammed Mustafa.
The case was similar at Lehra, from where former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal sought re-election. The seat registered 85.74% polling.
In Bholath, from where former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur (SAD) tried her luck, the turnout was 81%.
Braving the winter chill, the electorate turned out in large numbers at Muktsar, which registered 82% voting. Former chief minister Harcharan Singh Brar’s daughter Karan Kaur had entered the race from this seat.
SAD minister Upinderjeet Kaur s Sultanpur Lodhi seat witnessed 80.44% polling. In sharp contrast, Amritsar East, where BJP MP Navjot Sidhu s wife Navjot Kaur tried her luck, saw only 66.16% voting.
