In Kalka, retired police officer Om Prakash Gujjar’s performance was even more disheartening, securing only 858 votes—0.59% of the vote share—in AAP’s first attempt at the constituency
As counting began, Gopal Sukhomajri, 39, led in the first three rounds of counting, giving some nervous moments to BJP candidate Shakti Rani Sharma and Congress’s Pardeep Chaudhary
In Kalka, 740 voters selected NOTA, accounting for 0.51% of the vote share, meanwhile Panchkula saw a higher NOTA turnout, with 987 voters (0.7%) rejecting all candidates
Featuring two assembly constituencies — Kalka and Panchkula — the district is set to see a direct contest between the Congress and the BJP, though the Aam Aadmi Party also created ripples on the political scene with promises of change, development and clean politics
Police commissioner Sibash Kabiraj said in Panchkula district, a total of 455 booths had been set up and for security 12 static surveillance teams (SST), six flying squad teams, 20 patrolling teams — 12 in Kalka assembly segment and eight in Panchkula assembly segment — had been deployed