Chandigarh, December 16: Polling in five municipal corporations and two municipal committees in Haryana began on Sunday amid tight security. The five municipal corporations are Hisar, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak and Yamunanagar, while the two municipal committees are Jakhal Mandi in Fatehabad and Pundri in Kaithal.  Reports inform that over 14 lakh registered voters are set to determine the fate of contestants in elections today.

According to details by an official spokesperson of Haryana State Election Commission, polling will be held for 136 wards in the elections for the seats of mayor and members of municipal corporations and municipal committees. As many as 1,292 polling stations have been set up, out of which 304 are sensitive and 166 are hyper-sensitive polling stations, the spokesperson said. Rohtak Nagar Nigam Elections 2018 Voter Slip: Check Your Name in Voter List Online or On Mobile For Haryana Municipal Polls. 

Of the 14,01,454 voters, 7,44,468 are male and 6,56,986 are female, a report by PTI informed. A total of 7,016 police personnel has been deployed for polling duty. The report further informed that EVMs will be used for polling for which 1,685 control units and 2,959 ballot units will be used. The spokesperson said 3,921 polling officers, 1,292 presiding officers, 146 supervisors, 83 duty magistrates and 781 reserved staff have been deployed for the polls.

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