Assembly polls underway in Rajasthan, over 40 per cent votes cast till 1 pm

Rajasthan witnessed brisk voting on Saturday with more than 40 per cent of the electorate casting their votes by 1 pm to elect a new government.

Polling began at more than 51,000 polling booths at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Officials said voting was by and large peaceful across the state.

In the first two hours of voting, nearly 10 per cent of the electorate cast their votes and the figure went up to nearly 25 per cent by 11 am and to 40.27 per cent by 1 pm, an official said.