Jaipur, Sept. 10 -- An estimated 72.09 percent of the 5.75 million electorate exercised their franchise in the first phase of the Rajasthan civic body elections today.
Voters locked into EVMs the fate of 20,623 contestants in the 162 civic bodies for which polls were held Wednesday in the first phase.
The polling began at 7 am at 7,683 booths in 5,393 wards of 162 civic bodies, including four municipal corporations - Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bharatpur and Alwar.
The polling progressed at moderate to brisk pace amid stray incidents of technical snags in EVMs, bids at rigging and/or fake voting, minor face offs at several places including Sriganganagar, Jhalawar Rajsamand, Sikar, Jalore, Alwar, Pratapgarh, and Jobner.
The State Election Commiss...