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Election Commission: Nearly 60% polling till 7 pm in phase one of Lok Sabha polls
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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Here’s the list of voter turnout from all major states that saw polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) said that nearly 60% voter turnout has been recorded at the end of the phase one of Lok Sabha polls on Friday, April 19. The voting for 102 seats across 21 states and union territories began at 7 am amid heavy security. As many as 1,625 candidates are in the fray in the first phase. Eight Union ministers, two former chief ministers and one ex-governor are among those who are set to test their electoral fate in this phase. The voting for the first phase ended at 6 pm. Besides Lok Sabha polls, voting began for assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
Here’s the list of voter turnout from all major states that saw polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu recorded a voter turnout of 72.09% in the Lok Sabha polls held in a single phase, slightly lower than 72.44% it had recorded in the 2019 polls. The fate of 950 candidates will be decided by about 6.23 crore voters who are set to exercise their franchise in 68,321 polling stations. DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran (Central Chennai), A Raja (Nilgiris) and Kanimozhi (Thoothukudi), BJP’s K Annamalai (Coimbatore), L Murugan (Nilgiris) and Tamilisai Soundararajan (South Chennai), former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam (Ramanathapuram), Congress party’s Karti Chidambaram (Sivaganga), AIADMK’s J Jayavardhan (South Chennai) and AMMK chief TTV Dhinakaran (Theni) are among the prominent candidates.
Uttar Pradesh
About 58% voter turnout was recorded on eight seats of western Uttar Pradesh where polling took place in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday. According to the Election Commission’s Voter Turnout app, 63.29% voting was reported in Saharanpur, 57.83% in Moradabad, 60.39% in Kairana, 59.17% in Nagina, 60.23% in Pilibhit, 54.68% in Bijnor, 52.42% in Rampur and 54.91% in Muzaffarnagar.
Maharashtra
About 32.36% of the over 95 lakh eligible voters exercised their franchise till 1 pm. Voter turnout stood at 19.72% in Bhandara-Gondia, Chandrapur 18.94%, Gadchiroli-Chimur 24.88%, Nagpur 17.73% and Ramtek 16.14%.
Altogether 97 candidates, including Union minister Nitin Gadkari, are in the fray in five seats, all located in eastern-most parts of the state.
There are 95,54,667 voters in the five Lok Sabha constituencies in the Vidarbha region. Of these, 48,28,142 are male, 47,26,178 female and 347 transgender voters, an election official said.
West Bengal
A voter turnout of 77.57% was recorded in the three Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. A total of 56.26 lakh people are eligible to vote in Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduars seats. A total of 37 candidates are in the fray in the three constituencies where voting will continue till 6 pm.
Rajasthan
A voter turnout of close to 55% was recorded in 12 parliamentary constituencies of Rajasthan where polling was held in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections. The election authorities said 54.97% of the electorate cast their votes. The final figures would be released later. The highest voter turnout of 62.93% was recorded in the Ganganagar Lok Sabha seat while Jhunjhunu saw the lowest turnout of 47.98%, it said. Jaipur recorded a poll percentage of 61.23. The voting percentage in Bikaner was 52.53, Churu 61.05, Sikar 55.06, Jaipur Rural 54.44, Alwar 55.82, Dausa 49.57, Bharatpur 50.97 and Nagaur 56.89. There are 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan and the remaining 13 will go to poll in the second phase on April 26.
Madhya Pradesh
A voter turnout of 66.44% was recorded across six Lok Sabha seats, including high-profile Chhindwara, in Madhya Pradesh in the first phase of general elections. Chhindwara recorded the highest turnout of 78.67%, followed by Mandla 72.92%, Balaghat 72.60%, Shahdol 64.11%, Jabalpur 59.72% and Sidhi 56.18%.
Voting in Baihar and Paraswada assembly constituencies in Naxal-affected Balaghat was held between 7 am and 4 pm for security reasons.
The BJP had failed to win the Chhindwara constituency in the 2019 parliamentary polls. It was the only Lok Sabha seat, out of the total 29 in the state, that the ruling party could not win.
Besides Chhindwara, the other key seat in the first phase is Mandla (ST), from where the sitting MP and Union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste is contesting again.
The six constituencies – Shahdol, Mandla (both reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates), Jabalpur, Balaghat, Chhindwara and Sidhi – covered 13 districts and 47 assembly segments in the state.
In the November 2023 assembly elections in the state, 77.82% voting was recorded. The state registered 61.57% voting in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, which increased to 71.16% in 2019.
Polling for three more phases of the Lok Sabha elections in the state will take place on April 26, May 7 and May 13 for the remaining 23 seats.
As many as 88 candidates, 81 men and seven women are in the fray across the six constituencies. The total number of registered voters in the six constituencies is 1,13,09, 636 (57,20,780 male, 55,88,669 female and 187 transgender).
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand recorded 53.65% polling.
Assam
The state recorded a voter turnout of 45.12% till 1 pm in the five Lok Sabha seats. Jorhat recorded the highest turnout of 47.73%, followed by Sonitpur with 45.25%, Lakhimpur 44.33%, Kaziranga 44.32% and Dibrugarh 44.02%.
A total of 86,47,869 voters will decide the fate of 35 candidates in these five seats.
Jammu
Around 43.11% of voters exercised their franchise till 11 am in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur parliamentary constituency.
Voting will decide the fate of 12 candidates, including Union minister Jitendra Singh who is eyeing a third term after winning the seat for the BJP in 2014 and 2019. This is the first major electoral battle after the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two Union Territories on August 5, 2019.
Bihar
First phase of Lok Sabha polls in four constituencies passed off peacefully in Bihar on Friday, with a provisional voter turnout of 48.23%, almost 5% less than that of the 2019 general elections, officials said. The prevailing heatwave condition could be a possible reason for the low voter turnout, they said. Gaya registered 52% polling, Aurangabad 50%, Jamui 50% and Nawada 41.50%. The total voter turnout in these four Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 general elections was 53.47%.
Chhattisgarh
More than 42% of the electorate cast their votes till 1 pm in the Naxal-hit Bastar Lok Sabha constituency of Chhattisgarh. The straight fight is between the Congress’s firebrand leader Kawasi Lakhma and BJP’s Mahesh Kashyap, a fresh face, in Bastar, which the saffron party lost in 2019.
Altogether 14,72,207 voters, including 7,71,679 women, 7,00,476 men and 52 transgenders, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the seat with 11 candidates in the fray.
Manipur
Incidents of firing, intimidation, destruction of EVMs at some polling booths and allegations of booth capturing were reported from conflict-hit Manipur that recorded a turnout of over 68% in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on Friday. Both the BJP and the Congress accused each other of unleashing violence and breaching the election Model Code of Conduct. The state which has been reeling under the conflict of ethnic violence since May last year has traditionally seen a very high voter turnout. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the state recorded a turnout of 82%. Voting took place in two constituencies–Inner Manipur (32 assembly segments) and Outer Manipur (15 assembly segments)- on Friday while polling in the remaining 13 assembly segments in the Outer Manipur constituency will take place on April 26 in the second phase. “A voter turnout of 68.82% has been recorded. While the Inner Manipur constituency has recorded 72.3% turnout, the poll percentage in Outer Manipur stood at 61.98%,” said Pradeep Kumar Jha, Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur.
Arunachal Pradesh
Around 37% of the total 8,92,694 voters exercised their franchise till 1 pm on Friday in the state where polling is underway for two Lok Sabha seats and 50 assembly constituencies, officials said. The ruling BJP has already won 10 seats in the 60-member assembly unopposed.
Though the turnout was moderate in the morning hours due to inclement weather, it gathered momentum with weather conditions improving.
Nagaland
The lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland recorded a voter turnout of 56.77%. The polling was underway amid a call given by the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) in six districts of the region to abstain from voting over the demand for a separate state. A total of 13.25 lakh voters are eligible to vote in Nagaland.
Sikkim
Over 68% of the 4.64 lakh voters in 32 Assembly seats and in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Sikkim have exercised their franchise. Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, who is spearheading the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM)’s bid for a second term in power, is contesting from the Soreng-Chakung assembly constituency. Tamang is also contesting from the Rhenock assembly seat. Sitting Lok Sabha MP Indra Hang Subba and SDF’s PD Rai are among 14 candidates in the lone Lok Sabha seat.
Tripura
The Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency registered a voter turnout of nearly 80% amid allegations of irregularities. In the by-election to the Ramnagar assembly seat, which was being held simultaneously, a turnout of 43.01% was recorded till 1 pm. Altogether, 14.61 lakh people are eligible to vote in this phase of Lok Sabha polls in the state.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
An estimated 35.70% of the total 3,15,148 voters in Andaman and Nicobar Islands have exercised their franchise till 1 pm.
A total of 12 candidates, including two women and five independents are in the fray for the lone Lok Sabha seat. However, the contest is between the BJP’s Bishnu Pada Ray and Congress-sitting MP Kuldeep Rai Sharma.
The total number of voters in the Union Territory (UT) is 3,15148, which includes 1,64,012 male, 1,51,132 female and four voters in third gender category.
Puducherry
The lone Puducherry Lok Sabha seat recorded 77.86% polling, according to the union territory’s election authorities. The fight is between BJP’s A Namassivayam and Congress MP V Vaithilingam, seeking a successive term.
Lakshadweep
Nearly 60% voter turnout was recorded until 5 pm in the Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency, where present MP and NCP (Sharad Pawar) leader Mohammed Faizal is engaged in a fierce battle with Congress leader and former MP Hamdullah Sayeed. The constituency spans across the 10 inhabited islands of the Lakshadweep Archipelago, with an electorate of 57,784 as per data shared by the Election Commission. Out of this total, 28,506 are women voters. TP Yousuf of the NCP (Ajith Pawar) is also contesting the election.
Mizoram
More than 56% of the total 8.56 lakh voters in Mizoram exercised their franchise for the lone Lok Sabha seat till 5 pm on Friday, election officials said. State additional chief electoral officer H Lianzela said 56.68 per cent voter turnout was reported till 5 pm when the deadline for voting ended. There are six candidates in the fray.
Meghalaya registered nearly 71% voter turnout
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