More than 73 percent turnout recorded in assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

voter turnout of 73.72 per cent was recorded in assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, officials said. It was a provisional figure and the final voting percentage was likely to be higher, the election officials said.

Polling was held for all 230 constituencies in a single phase on Friday.
It was marred by violence in a few places as an aide of a Congress candidate was killed after two groups fought in Rajnagar and clashes were reported elsewhere too.

Voting in naxalite-affected Balaghat, Mandla and Dindori districts ended at 3 PM while it continued till 6 PM in other parts of the state.

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• Madhya Pradesh
• Rajasthan
• Telangana
• Chhattisgarh
• Mizoram

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• Polling had begun at 7 AM across all 230 constituencies.
  In Balaghat district, Baihar assembly constituency recorded a turnout of 80.38 per cent, Lanjhi 75.07 per cent and Paraswada 81.56 per cent.
  There are 2,533 candidates in the fray, including chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the BJP and his predecessor and state Congress chief Kamal Nath.
  Prominent among those who voted early in the day included Chouhan and his family, Nath along with his family, Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Prahlad Patel, state BJP president V D Sharma and BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.
  State Home Minister Narottam Mishra, Sports and Youth Welfare Minister