Lok Sabha polls phase 2: Nearly 64% voter turnout recorded, says Election Commission

The Election Commission gave a tentative figure of 63.50% voter turnout as of 8 pm and said that it is likely to be revised upwards when reports from all polling stations are obtained, the Press Trust of India reported.

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Polling was held in all 20 seats of Kerala, 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, 8 seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, 6 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 5 seats each in Assam and Bihar, 3 seats each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and 1 seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir.

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Tripura's lone seat up for grabs in this phase recorded the highest turnout of 79.46%. Manipur saw 77.32% voter turnout. A voter turnout of 73.05% was recorded in Chhattisgarh , while West Bengal saw 71.84% polling.

Karnataka records 69.23 % voter turnout

Karnataka's 14 constituencies that went to the polls on Friday saw a 69.23 % voter turnout, according to the Election Commission. But in the three urban constituencies of Bengaluru, nearly half the voters kept away.

The approximate voter turnout in Bangalore Central was 52.81%, Bangalore North - 54.42% and Bangalore South - 53.15%. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the turnout in Bengaluru Central was 54.32% , Bengaluru North - 54.76% and Bengaluru South - 53.70%.

Accounting for two phases of polling, the total voter turnout for all the 25 seats of Rajasthan was tentatively recorded at 61.60%. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections elections, the voter turnout stood at 63.02% in the state.

The Jammu parliamentary constituency saw peaceful polling and recorded nearly 72% voter turnout on Friday. In the the last general election, 74% voters exercised their franchise.

While polling percentage in Bihar saw an increase from the first phase, it was just above Uttar Pradesh at 55.08%. A voter turnout of 54.85% was recorded till 8 pm in the eight Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh.

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Polling for all 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala concluded at 6pm, with the state registering a provisional voter turnout of 65.91%. Though the official time for polling ended at 6 pm, huge queues were seen outside polling booths across the state and therefore, the final turnout percentage is likely to go up, reported PTI.

Kerala had seen a voter turnout of 77.84% in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

In Madhya Pradesh, the voter turnout was around 57.88%, while polling was about 57.83% in eight constituencies in Maharashtra.