Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 65.68% updated voter turnout in phase 3 polling, inches closer to 2019 figures
2019 Lok Sabha elections. This number will be updated further, the poll panel said. The third phase of the election was held at 93 seats across 11 states and a Union Territory on May 7.
In 2019, these constituencies had recorded a turnout of 67.33 per cent. After the voting was over in phase 3 on Tuesday, the poll panel had released 63 per cent voter turnout. The numbers were, however, updated and the poll panel said that the phase 3 voter turn out as 64.4 per cent as on 11.40 pm on May 7.
The first two phases saw voter turnout dipping by 4 and 3 percentage points, respectively, compared to the 2019 Lok Sabha Polls. The first two phases were held on April 19 and April 26. Also Read: Election 2024 : ‘Raise voice over voting data discrepancies,’ Kharge tells INDIA bloc parties on phase 3 polling day Compared to Tuesday’s numbers, the voting percentage has increased in five of the 11 states and Union Territories in Phase 3, as per the voter turnout mobile application.
The states are Assam, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Goa and Madhya Pradesh. The opposition has questioned the delay in releasing final voter turnout figures. Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc are likely to meet the Election Commission on May 10 over their demand to promptly release the absolute voter turnout figures in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls after each phase, a report in news agency PTI said.
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