Key Takeaways
- The voter turnout recorded till 11am is 24.5 per cent.
- Bengal leads in voter turnout with 33.6 per cent.
- 102 Lok Sabha seats are polling in the first phase of the 2024 general elections.
- West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout of 33.6 per cent, followed closely by Tripura with 33.3 per cent.
The Election Commission reported a voter turnout of 24.5 per cent in the first four hours of polling across 21 states and union territories. 102 Lok Sabha seats are polling in the first phase of the 2024 general elections.
West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout of 33.6 per cent, followed closely by Tripura with 33.3 per cent. Three seats in West Bengal are in fray: Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, and Jalpaiguri.
Next Meghalaya’s Shillong and Tura voted 31.7 per cent on an average till 11 am.
Six seats of Madhya Pradesh accounted for 30.5 per cent voting in four hours after polling began at 7 am across all states.
Assam (27.2), Manipur (27.6) and Puducherry (27.6) each voted over 27 per cent in the same time. Tackling Naxal terror, Chhattisgarh’s Bastar lok sabha seat recorded 28.1 per cent polling till 11 am.
Uttar Pradesh with eight seats in the first phase and Mizoram on its single seat saw over 25 per cent voting. UP 25.2, and the northeastern state 25.9. While Uttarakhand saw 24.6 per cent polling, Tamil Nadu where all 39 constituencies are polling saw 23.7 per cent voting, while Rajasthan saw 22.5 per cent polling on 12 seats. Nagaland was also at 22.5, followed by Sikkim 21.2 and Maharashtra 19.2. While Jammu and Kashmir was at 22.6 per cent.
Four seats in Bihar saw just over 20 per cent polling, while Arunachal Pradesh saw 18 per cent polling for its parliamentary seats. The lowest was Lakshwadeep with 16 per cent voting till 11 am.
