Number of voters log surge, but turnout slips: 2024 data
Hindustan Times Punjab|December 27, 2024
An increase in the number of voters despite a marginal dip in turnout compared to the previous election; an increase in women candidates but a fall in women MPs; and a near-perfect match between the top five parties by parliamentary constituencies and those by the underlying assembly constituencies.
Nishant Ranjan and Aditi Agrawal

NEW DELHI:

These are among the highlights of the granular data on the 2024 national elections released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday. While most summary numbers of the election are already available, the data, released as part of a report, also provides the proportion of rejected votes.

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