Voters throng booths in prestige seats

The healthy voter turnout has only made the Congress happy. Capt Amarinder Singh said,The high turnout only tends to make our position stronger. Well begun is half done.

But Badal said the trends have sounded a death-knell for Capt Amarinder Singhs political career in Punjab. He said,It is the end of all Congress hopes in the state. Those within the Congress are already celebrating his political demise. He is losing both Bathinda and Patiala and is set to take a flight abroad. It seems the Akalis have lost their will to fight. Ive never seen such an extrovert manifestation of feeling in our favour in the last 40-years of my political career, Amarinder retorted.

Meanwhile,stray incidents of violence left one dead and several injured across the four seats. At least three incidents of firing and a few clashes between the Akali and Congress supporters were reported.