PANCHKULA: Kalka municipal council elections held on Sunday for 31 wards and one post of president recorded 68.2% voter turnout. As per the state election commission, 59,741 votes were polled out of the total 87,617 amid tight security, with 760 police personnel on duty. The elections, held after 2010, remained peaceful.
The voting began at 7am, but people started coming after 8am. By 9am, the voter turnout recorded was 7.5% and it reached 24% by noon. At 3 pm, 52.5% voting was reported and it touched 62.7% by 5pm. At the closing time i.e. 6pm, 66.8% turnout was recorded. The entry was closed at 6pm and after everyone had cast their votes, 68.2% turnout was announced by the Haryana state election commission.
All the EVM machines have been deposited at the strongroom in Government College, Kalka, under the supervision of duty magistrates, political parties and cops. The counting will be done on June 22 and the results will be announced on the same day.
Pinjore-Kalka history
Since British rule, Kalka and Pinjore were municipal committees. They were made a council in 1995 and in 2010, were merged in Panchkula to form a municipal corporation based on their combined population.
On July 6, 2020, the Haryana cabinet passed a decision to bifurcate Kalka and Pinjore from the Panchkula MC and formed a joint municipal council of Kalka and Pinjore. Senior leaders opposed this decision as funds and chances of development were less in a council as compared to the corporation.
