The primary part of voting for the 18th Lok Sabha elections began happening in 21 states and Union territories on Friday. Practically 40% voter turnout was recorded until 1pm throughout the states. Seats in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Puducherry go to elections on Friday.
There was a considerable improve within the voter turnout charts throughout the Northeast states, with Tripura main at 53.04% till 1 pm, as per the info launched by the Election Fee of India. Different northeast states like Manipur (46.92%) and Meghalaya (48.91%) are additionally witnessing excessive voter turnout. After Tripura, West Bengal is experiencing a excessive voter turnout of fifty.96%.
Chennai recorded a median voter turnout of 34% as of 1 pm on Friday. In accordance information launched by the Election Fee of India, Chennai (North) recorded 35%, Chennai (Central) recorded 32.3% and Chennai (South) recorded 34%.
Over 33% voter turnout was recorded within the first 6 hours of voting on Friday in 12 parliamentary constituencies of Rajasthan. In line with the Election Fee, voting began at 7 am amid tight safety preparations and 33.73 % voting befell until 1 pm. The best voter turnout of 40.72 % was recorded within the Ganganagar Lok Sabha seat whereas Karauli-Dholpur noticed the bottom turnout of 28.32 %. Jaipur recorded a ballot share of 39.35 %.
Over 37 % voter turnout was recorded until 1 pm within the Lok Sabha election being held for 5 parliamentary constituencies in Uttarakhand on Friday. Elections started at 7 am and the 5 constituencies recorded an general ballot share of 37.33 % as much as 1 pm. The Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar seat recorded the very best turnout of 40.46 %, adopted by Haridwar with 39.41%, Pauri Garhwal with 36.60 %, Tehri Garhwal with 35.29 % and Almora with 32.29 %.
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