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68.97 pc Polling in Palampur Municipal Corporation elections

Palampur, May 17 ( UNI) Voting for the general elections to the Municipal Corporation Palampur concluded peacefully and smoothly on Sunday with an overall voter turnout of 68.97 percent being recorded.
Disclosing this, Dr. OP Yadav, SDM told UNI that Assistant Returning Officer (ARO), said that out of a total 31,177 registered voters in the civic body, 21,503 exercised their franchise by the close of polling.
The total number of male voters was 15,775, while female voters numbered 15,402. Among them, 10,514 men and 10,989 women cast their votes.
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