60% votes polled in Pranab's former constituency Jangipur

October 10, 2012 18:02

A total 60 per cent votes were cast today in the by-election to Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in Murshidabad district where President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee is a contestant.

However, polling was boycotted in 26 booths as a mark of protest against bad roads and lack of electricity. The by-poll was necessitated by the resignation of Pranab Mukherjee after his elevation to the highest office. He had won twice consecutively from Jangipur - in 2004 and 2009.

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