WATCH: Undeterred elderly, wheelchair-bound, visually impaired people cast votes in cantt polls

• Wheelchair-bound, visually impaired people and an 80-year-old woman exercise their right to franchise.
• Candidates at some places make alluring food arrangements to attract voters.
• Lahore candidate gets 600 kilogrammes of chicken korma prepared with 5,000 naans for voters to feast on.

Undeterred citizens across all age groups, despite challenges to their mobility, seemed eager to cast a vote during elections in cantonment boards across Pakistan.

While a wheelchair-bound citizen and a visually impaired person visited a polling station to cast their votes, an 80-year-old woman showed just as much grit, even at the cost of having to ascend to the second floor at her age.

Meanwhile, candidates at some places made alluring food arrangements to attract the voters.

A candidate from Lahore got 600 kilogrammes of chicken korma prepared with 5,000 naans for voters to feast on. Another candidate served biryani to voters, while one in Gujranwala arranged a piping hot breakfast and an accompanying lassi drink.

Read more: Counting underway for cantonment board polls across Pakistan

A total of 1,569 candidates stood for elections in 219 wards of 42 cantonment boards

Of the candidates vying for a total 219 wards, seven candidates have already been elected unopposed. In addition, there is no competition in four wards of Kamra, none in one ward of Rawalpindi and none in one ward of Pano Aqil.

Therefore, polls today were held in 206 wards.

The polling process started at 8am and continued till 5pm. Traditional rivalry between competing parties was witnessed in today's polling exercise, with allegations levelled between party workers and unrest at some stations.