TOI News Desk
NEW DELHI: As Phase 6 of Lok Sabha elections concluded on Saturday, the overall voter turnout was recorded at 59.14 per cent. In Phase 6, 58 seats went to polling across eight states and UTs. This is the lowest turnout till now among all six phases of Lok Sabha.
The highest turnout of 78.19 per cent was recorded in West Bengal.
As per the data available on the Election Commission voter turnout app, Bihar recorded 53.60 per cent voting and Uttar Pradesh recorded 54.03 per cent turnout.
New Delhi, where all seven seats voted in sing phase, also recorded low polling of only 54.63 per cent.
Haryana saw 58.44 per cent polling and Odisha recorded 59.92 per cent turnout. Jharkhand, where four seats were at stake, saw the voter turnout of 62.87 per cent. Polling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri, which was adjourned in Phase 3, was recorded at 52.28 percent.
Before this, Phase 5 recorded the lowest turnout at 62.2 per cent. The turnout was recorded at 69.20 per cent in Phase 4, 65.70% in Phase 3, 66.70 per cent in Phase 2 and 66.10 per cent in Phase 1.
With the conclusion of Phase 6 of Lok Sabha elections, 486 out of 543 seats have voted now. The rest of the 51 seats will vote on June 1 in Phase 7 of the elections.
Voting in Phase 6 took place in Bihar (8 seats), Haryana (all 10 seats), Jammu and Kashmir (1 seat), Jharkhand (4 seats), Delhi (all 7 seats), Odisha (6 seats), Uttar Pradesh (14 seats), West Bengal (8 seats).
Over 11 lakh voters sealed the fate of 889 candidates in the second-last phase of Lok Sabha. Several key candidates including Bansuri Swaraj, Manoj Tiwari, Kanhaiya Kumar, Maneka Gandhi, Sambit Patra, Mehbooba Mufti and Raj Babbar were among the prominent candidates in fray.
The highest turnout of 78.19 per cent was recorded in West Bengal.
As per the data available on the Election Commission voter turnout app, Bihar recorded 53.60 per cent voting and Uttar Pradesh recorded 54.03 per cent turnout.
New Delhi, where all seven seats voted in sing phase, also recorded low polling of only 54.63 per cent.
Haryana saw 58.44 per cent polling and Odisha recorded 59.92 per cent turnout. Jharkhand, where four seats were at stake, saw the voter turnout of 62.87 per cent. Polling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri, which was adjourned in Phase 3, was recorded at 52.28 percent.
Before this, Phase 5 recorded the lowest turnout at 62.2 per cent. The turnout was recorded at 69.20 per cent in Phase 4, 65.70% in Phase 3, 66.70 per cent in Phase 2 and 66.10 per cent in Phase 1.
With the conclusion of Phase 6 of Lok Sabha elections, 486 out of 543 seats have voted now. The rest of the 51 seats will vote on June 1 in Phase 7 of the elections.
Voting in Phase 6 took place in Bihar (8 seats), Haryana (all 10 seats), Jammu and Kashmir (1 seat), Jharkhand (4 seats), Delhi (all 7 seats), Odisha (6 seats), Uttar Pradesh (14 seats), West Bengal (8 seats).
Over 11 lakh voters sealed the fate of 889 candidates in the second-last phase of Lok Sabha. Several key candidates including Bansuri Swaraj, Manoj Tiwari, Kanhaiya Kumar, Maneka Gandhi, Sambit Patra, Mehbooba Mufti and Raj Babbar were among the prominent candidates in fray.