Over 20 per cent of more than 4.74 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first three hours of polling in Rajasthan on Friday amid reports of EVMs malfunctioning at some polling booths.
Polling began at 8am and the voter turnout was 20.9 per cent at 11am, poll officials said.
There were reports of some EVMs not working, which delayed voting at a few polling booths. Further details are awaited.
As many as 51,687 polling booths have been set up in 199 out of the total 200 Assembly constituencies, where polling is going on amid tight security.
A senior police officer said polling is taking place peacefully and elaborate security arrangements are in place.
Chief minister Vasundhara Raje, state Congress chief Sachin Pilot and other leaders were among those who exercised their franchise.
Raje (Jhalrapatan), Pilot (Tonk), former chief minister Ashok Gehlot (Sardarpura) are among the 2,274 candidates in the fray.
The election in the Ramgarh constituency of Alwar district was put off following the death of Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Laxman Singh.
The results will be out on December 11, along with those from the four other states that saw Assembly elections in the past few weeks.
Raje, who is the BJP's chief ministerial candidate, is fighting against veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh's son Manvendra Singh in Jhalrapatan, the constituency she has represented since 2003.
Manvendra switched to the Congress just before the election, making the fight tougher for Raje this time. She had won 63 per cent of the votes cast in 2013, winning the seat by a margin of 60,896.
Tonk, with a sizeable Muslim population, will be the site of a keenly-watched contest between Sachin Pilot and BJP candidate Yoonus Khan, who is the saffron party's only Muslim face in the elections.
The BJP had initially fielded sitting MLA Ajit Singh Mehta in Tonk. But in a change of strategy, the party dropped him and sent Khan to take on Pilot.
This is Pilot's maiden Assembly election. A two-time MP, Pilot is seen as a chief ministerial possibility if the Congress wins. He has represented Dausa and Ajmer Lok Sabha constituencies in the past.
In about 130 constituencies, the contest appears to be mainly between the BJP and the Congress.
In the current House, the BJP has 160 seats and the Congress 25.
