Ahmedabad, Sep 13 (IANS): Voting was slow in Gujarat's one Lok Sabha and nine assembly seats during the early hours of Saturday.

Only eight to 10 percent of the over 3.6 million electors had cast their votes in the initial hours, officials said.

As many as 3,766 polling booths are located in 2,045 buildings where 7,632 electronic voting machines (EVMs) are being used.

Sources in election department said the EVMs malfunctioned at several places, but were replaced immediately.

No untoward incident has been reported so far from any polling booth.

The residents of several colonies in the Baroda city, where flood water created havoc three days ago, boycotted the voting as their demand of constructing roads was not met.

Sources told IANS that voters in rural areas queued up at polling stations to exercise their franchise.

Chief Electoral Officer Anita Karwal said the voting time has been extended by an hour due to the rainy season.

The polling, which began at 7 a.m. early Saturday amid tight security arrangement, will be on till 6 p.m.

The Vadodara Lok Sabha seat was vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he was elected to the parliament from two places, including Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

The nine assembly seats where elections are being held are Deesa, Maninagar (vacated by Modi), Tankara, Khambhalia, Mangrol, Talaja, Anand, Matar and Limkheda. The last seat is reserved for tribals.

The nine seats were given up by BJP legislators after they were elected to the Lok Sabha.