Phase II of the Lok Sabha elections: Tripura records the highest voter turnout, while Uttar Pradesh records the lowest.
The estimated voter participation was 63.50%; when reports from every polling place are received, this number is anticipated to rise. Furthermore, voters have until the end of polling hours to cast their ballots at polling places.
Voters in some villages in Rajasthan’s Banswara, Maharashtra’s Parbhani, and Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura first abstained from the polls but were subsequently persuaded to take part by authorities.
The second phase of voting took place in various states in extreme heat, starting at 7 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m. Elections were held in 102 seats spread across 21 states and Union territories on April 19 for the first round of voting.
All twenty of Kerala’s constituencies, fourteen of Karnataka’s twenty-eight seats, thirteen seats in Rajasthan, eight seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, six seats in Madhya Pradesh, five seats each in Assam and Bihar, three seats each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and one seat each in Manipur, Tripura, and Jammu and Kashmir were all voting.
Here are the key takeaways:
Approximately 63% of voters cast ballots as of Friday’s polling closure. This is a lower percentage than the 65% registered in the first phase of voting last week and the 68% in the second phase of voting in 2019.
Tripura scored the highest voting percentage at 79.46 percent, followed by Manipur at 77.32 percent, according to figures from the Election Commission. Bihar recorded 55.08 percent of the vote, while Uttar Pradesh recorded 54.85 percent. Two polling places reported voter turnouts over 100% as the Tripura East (ST) constituency’s peaceful polling came to an end. The Chief Election Officer of Tripura made a statement on Friday attributing this to the use of Election Duty Certificates (EDC).
In Manipur, where there has been an increased presence of security forces during voting, 77.32 percent of voters cast ballots.