Lok Sabha Elections 2024: As the nation started voting for the primary part of Lok Sabha elections on Friday (April 19) at 7 am, an mixture of 60.03 per cent voter turnout was recorded until 7 pm, the Election Commission stated. The determine is tentative and is more likely to change, a spokesperson stated. The polling formally ended at 6 pm, however voters who had been within the queue by that point had been allowed to train their franchise. The voting was executed in 102 constituencies throughout 21 states and Union Territories. In the primary part of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the voter turnout was recorded at 69.43 per cent. Some of the constituencies had been completely different then and the whole variety of seats which went to polls had been 91.
Earlier, the ECI had stated that 49.78 per cent polling was recorded until 3 pm.
Tripura recorded the best turnout with 79.90 per cent whereas Bihar witnessed the bottom turnout with 47.49 per cent until 7 pm.
The ECI described the turnout as “high”, noting that voting remained “largely peaceful”.
States, together with Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, (*60*), Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territories of Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep accomplished their voting course of on Friday in single-phase election.
For the primary time, individuals in 56 villages in Bastar in Chhattisgarh solid their vote in polling cubicles arrange in their very own villages.
The ballot authority identified that in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, voters belonging to the tribal communities got here out in massive numbers. The Shompen tribe of Great Nicobar made historical past by casting vote for the primary time.
((*77*) inputs from businesses)
