Voter turnout of 69.43% recorded in first phase of LS Polls

PUNE: First phase of parliamentary elections has seen a voter turn out of 69.43% as per data from the election authorities from 18 states and two Union Territories that went to polls on April 11. This percentage is expected to touch 70 % after some data was yet to be consolidated.


For the Phase 1 of elections 91 Parliamentary Constituencies from States of Andhra Pradesh (25), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Assam (5), Bihar (4),

Chhattisgarh

(1), Jammu & Kashmir (2, Maharashtra (7), Manipur (1), Meghalaya (2), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Odisha (4), Sikkim (1), Telangana (17),

Tripura

(1) Uttar Pradesh (8), Uttarakhand (5), West Bengal (2) as also Andaman & Nicobar Islands (1) and Lakshadweep (1) went to polls.

Out of a total of 13,16,22,586 general voters from these constituencies, 9,13,79,409 electors (comprising 4,64,30,614 Male Electors, 4,49,20,571 Female electors and 1395 electors from Third Gender) cast their votes.

With this turn out a total of 69.43% voter turnout percentage was recorded across these 18 States and 2 UTs as per election officials. The top five voter turnout percentage has been - 84.96 % from Lakshadweep; 83.79% from West Bengal PCs of Alipurduar and Coochbehar; 83.26% from Tripura West PC; 83.12% from Nagaland.

Simultaneously polling was also conducted on for 175 Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, 60 assembly constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh, 28 of the 147 Assembly constituencies of Odisha and 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim. Across 295 assembly constituencies, a voter turnout percentage of 77.38% has been recorded as yet though there could be slight variation in this figure by the time of final computing.

In 2014 General Elections to the 16th Lok Sabha, a final voter turnout percentage of 66.44% was reported across all the nine phases of polling.