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Himachal Pradesh by-election: 100 percent voters turnout at the world's highest polling station Tashigang.

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: November 1, 2021 13:21 IST

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Voting for the Arki, Jubbal-Kotkhai, and Fatehpur assembly seats, including the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh, took place on Saturday. Meanwhile, 100 percent polling took place at the Tashigang polling station and it became the first village to give 100 percent of the votes in the world.
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Tashigang village in Himachal Pradesh, the world's tallest polling station and 15,256 feet above sea level, saw a 100 percent turnout despite a low of minus 16 degrees Celsius. This information has been given by the election officials.
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Electoral officials said all 47 voters (29 men and 18 women) registered at the Tashigang polling station exercised their right to vote.
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According to election officials, five election officials also showed their election duty certificates to the assistant presiding officers and cast their votes at Tashigang.
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Tashi Chongom, who is exercising her right to vote for the first time in Tashkent, said she is happy to play a role in democracy through voting. 'Everyone should vote,' she said.
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Tashigang village is in the Lahaul Spiti district and Mandi Lok Sabha constituency. In the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency, former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's wife and Congress candidate Pratibha Singh are facing off against BJP candidate and Kargil war hero Khushal Thakur.
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The turnout in the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency was 57.73 percent. Six candidates are in the fray for the Mandi Lok Sabha by-election.
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Not only that, Shyam Saran Negi, 104, the first voter in independent India, also cast his vote at the Adarsh ​​polling station at Kalpa in Kinnaur district. The red carpet was laid to welcome Negi. He was felicitated at this time.
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