Faridabad (Haryana) [India], October 5 (ANI): Paralympic medallist Pranav Soorma on Saturday cast his vote in Faridabad during the ongoing Haryana Assembly Elections.

In the recently concluded Paris Paralympics, Pranav Soorma won the silver medal in the men's club throw F51 event. He sealed the medal with a 34.59 m throw.

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The Election Commission of India took to their official X handle and shared the pictures of Soorma after getting inked and called it a "festival of democracy".

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Voting began for 90 assembly seats in Haryana on Saturday and saw a voter turnout of 22.70 percent till 11 AM, the Election Commission of India said.

A voter turnout of 36.69 percent was recorded across 90 assembly seats in Haryana till 1 PM, the Election Commission said.

As per the data shared by the ECI, Mewat recorded the highest poll percentage of 42.64 percent, followed by Yamunanagar 42.08 percent, Jind 41.93 percent, and Palwal 41.85 percent till 1 PM.

In Ambala 39.47 percent, Bhiwani 38.27 percent, 40 percent in Fatehabad , 38.34 percent in Hisar, 39.74 percent in Karnal, 36.19 percent in Rohtak, and 33.64 percent in Sonipat till 1 PM.

The lowest voter turnout was witnessed in Panchkula with 25.89 percent people casting their vote till 1.00 PM.

This election is a high-stakes battle as the BJP is eyeing a third straight term to power in the state, the Congress party is aiming to wrest back power riding on anti-incumbency, and issues of farmer protests and wrestler protests.

The key contesting parties in Haryana include the BJP, Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), as well as the pre-poll alliance between the Indian National Lok Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party (INLD-BSP) and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP)-Azad Samaj Party (ASP).

According to Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer, Pankaj Agarwal, 2,03,54,350 voters, including 1,07,75,957 males, 95,77,926 females, and 467 third-gender voters, will cast their votes in the Assembly Elections on October 5. A total of 1,031 candidates are contesting across 90 constituencies, and 20,632 polling booths have been set up for the election. (ANI)

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