50.72 CR PEOPLE VOTED IN FIRST FIVE PHASES: EC

As many as 50.72 crore people of the 76.41 crore eligible voters have cast their vote in the first five phases of the Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Saturday even as it came out with the constituency-wise data on the number of votes cast in these phases of the polls.

The data showed that 11 crore voters out of 16.64 crore total electors cast their vote in the first phase held on April 19 for 102 seats, the polling percentage being 66.14. In the second phase held on April 26 for 88 seats, the polling percentage was 66.71 with 10.58 crore people out of the total 15.86 crore eligible voters casting their vote. The third phase of the polls on May 7 for 94 seats saw as many as 11.32 crore of the 17.24 crore eligible voters exercising their franchise, a polling percentage of 65.68, while in the fourth phase of the polls on May 13 for 96 seats, as many as 12.25 crore crore voters out of the total of 17.71 crore electors cast their votes, with the polling percentage being 66.71.