Chandigarh, Nov 11
With Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) eyeing to retain the seat that is witnessing a multi-cornered contest, the high-stakes Tarn Taran Assembly bypoll on Tuesday saw a voter turnout of 59 per cent by 5 p.m., officials said.
Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C said there are 192,838 voters in the constituency, which includes 100,933 men, 91,897 women and eight third-gender voters.
The bypoll was necessitated by the death of AAP MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal, who had won the seat with 52,935 votes, defeating Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) Harmeet Singh Sandhu.
The Chief Electoral Officer also said there are 1,357 service voters, 1,657 voters aged above 85 years, 306 NRI voters, and 1,488 voters with disabilities. The number of young voters aged between 18 and 19 years stands at 3,333.