Panchkula, May 11 -- Panchkula recorded a moderate voter turnout of 53% this time, slightly lower than the 54% recorded in the last municipal elections in 2020. This was revealed in the provisional figures released by polling authorities late Sunday evening.

This time, six candidates, including two Independents, were in the race for the coveted mayor's post while 87 were vying for 20 councillor's seats.

Polling kicked off at 8 am and remained largely peaceful though isolated incidents of commotion and inconveniences to voters were reported from some parts of the city.

Out of 2,07,444 eligible voters, 1,10,702 cast their votes across 204 polling booths.

The highest turnout of 90.53% was recorded at Government Primary School, Jaswantgar...