After dull start, polling picks up in Punjab and Uttarakhand

January 30, 2012 18:09

Brisk polling was today witnessed in the elections to the assemblies of Punjab and Uttarakhand that were by and large peaceful.

While Punjab registered voting at around 65 per cent, polling in Uttarakhand was put at nearly 70 per cent, officials quoting initial reports from various constituencies in the two states said.

The key elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand, which were being ruled by NDA governments, will decide the fate of 1866 candidates including chief ministerial aspirants Prakash Badal, Amarinder Singh and B C Khanduri.

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