Rajasthan recorded a voter turnout of 75.45 per cent in the assembly polls held on Saturday, marginally higher than the figure of previous elections in 2018. In 2018, the state registered a turnout of 74.71 per cent.
Voting at more than 51,000 polling booths in 199 out of the 200 assembly constituencies in the state was held on Saturday.
Due to the demise of the Congress candidate, election in the Karanpur assembly constituency of Sriganganagar district was postponed.
Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said on Sunday that 75.45 per cent of the electorate voted in the elections, including 0.83 per cent who used postal ballots.
He said 74.53 per cent of the male voters and 74.72 per cent of the female voters cast their votes.
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- In 2018, the overall voting turnout was 74.71 per cent. He said 74.75 per cent of the male voters and 74.67 per cent of the female voters had voted in the last elections.
In the Kushalgarh assembly constituency, the turnout was 88.13 per cent as compared to 86.13 per cent in 2018.
In the Pokaran constituency, the voting percentage was 87.79 as compared to 87.50 in 2018.
The Tijara assembly constituency recorded a turnout of 86.11 per cent as against 82.08 per cent in 2018.
Gupta said that the lowest voting through EVMs was recorded in
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