LS POLLS: OVER 60% TURNOUT IN PHASE 5
The Daily Guardian|May 21, 2024
Largely peaceful polling across 49 LS seats in 8 states/UTs

Polling now complete in 25 states/UTS and 428 Parliamentary Constituencies

Over 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded on Monday in 49 constituencies in six states and two Union territories in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections, with Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir recording its highest-ever voting percentage, according tot Voter Turnout app of the Election Commission of India (ECI)

There were sporadic incidents of violence in West Bengal, besides EVM glitches at some booths in the state and neighbouring Odisha and complaints of slow voting in Maharashtra.

West Bengal recorded the highest polling percentage at 75.88 per cent, while Maharashtra recorded the lowest at 54.33 per cent, with six Lok Sabha constituencies of Mumbai witnessing voting between 46 per cent to around 54 per cent per cent. Thane recorded a turnout of 49.81 per cent, according to the EC’s voter turnout app.

 The EC had on Sunday flagged urban voter apathy in Mumbai, Thane and Lucknow and had urged people to come out and vote.

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