TARN TARAN, Nov. 12 -- A voter turnout of 60.95% was witnessed during the polling for the Tarn Taran assembly by-election on Tuesday. Polling concluded at 6 pm, and the turnout figure may increase after collating final data from all the booths, the poll panel said. The turnout is nearly 5% less than the polling recorded in the 2022 assembly elections. The vote counting is scheduled for November 14.

The polling percentage was nearly 71% in 2017 when Congress' Dr Dharambir Agnihotri won the Sikh dominated seat. AAP's Kashmir Singh Sohal, whose death in June necessitated the bypoll, won in 2022 with a turnout of nearly 66%.

Punjab chief electoral officer Sibin C said that approximately 60.95% voter turnout was recorded till 6 pm.

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