UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007

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<b>Nearly 67 per cent votes cast in Punjab elections</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Still there are voters standing in long queues and waiting for their turn to exercise their franchise. <b>The poll percentage is expected to cross 70 per cent mark this time </b>as against over 65 per cent in the 2002 assembly elections.

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Casting of votes was also concluded for the prestigious Amritsar Parliamentary by-polls where cricketer-turned-politician and BJP candidate Navjot Singh Sidhu is pitted against his Congress rival and Punjab Finance Minister Surinder Singla.

Latest reports showed that 60 per cent votes had been polled in Amrtisar, 70 in Gurdaspur, 65 in Nawanshehr, 68 in Kapurthala, 62 in Jalandhar, 61 in Hoshiarpur, 59 in Ludhiana, 67 in Ropar, 65 in SAS Nagar, 62 in Patiala, 65 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 75 in Sangrur, 63 in Ferozepur, 73 in Moga, 75 in Muktsar, 75 in Faridkot, 74 in Bathinda, 70 in Mansa, 65 in Tarn Taran, 70 in Gurdaspur and 80 in Barnala. In the Dirba and Faridkot constituencies, 90 per cent and 85 per cent polling was reported.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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