NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain plea by an NGO to direct the Election Commission to upload voter turnout data for each polling station on its website during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The vacation bench, comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma, stated that it would be challenging for…
NEW DELHI: The fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections for 49 seats on Monday saw 62.2% turnout (according to data available at 10.30 pm on Tuesday), which may rise marginally when final data is released by EC. In 2019, the polling in this phase was 62.5%.According to data updated by EC on its voter turnout…
The fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls in Bihar recorded the highest voter turnout of 69.2%. More women voted than men in the second, third, and fourth phases. TOI’s data excluded Srinagar due to delimitation. The turnout calculation includes all registered voters, including those using postal ballots. Source link
NEW DELHI: Voter turnout in the first four phases of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls stands at 67%, Election Commission said on Thursday. Around 45.1 crore of 97 crore registered electors have voted so far, it said.Polling data available till now indicate the turnout in the first three phases saw a dip compared to 2019,…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed her disapproval of the Election Commission‘s delayed release of the final voter turnout numbers for the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections. She also voiced her worries about the abrupt rise in polling percentages during those phases. The commission only disclosed the…
NEW DELHI: Hours after the Election Commission released the final voter turnout of first two phases of Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday, the opposition leaders questioned the dealy in the publishing of final figures.The leaders further raised suspicion over non-disclosure of actual number of votes polled in each constituency.According to ECI, voter turnout for the…
NEW DELHI: A turnout of 64.7% was recorded in 88 Lok Sabha constituencies across 12 states and the Union territory of J&K in the second phase of elections on Friday which was largely peaceful even as several states saw punishing heat conditions with temperature crossing 40 degrees Celsius at many places.The turnout was lower than…
NEW DELHI: Phase one of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls ended on Friday, with 62.37 per cent being the total voter turnout. The voters turned up to exercise their franchise in sweltering heat in 21 states and Union territories, including the big ones like Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Tamil Nadu.The election, which kicked…
NEW DELHI: Determined to address voter apathy, particularly in urban areas, the Election Commission on Friday exhorted the municipal commissioners and district election officers of cities and rural areas with a history of low voter participation, to shun the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach and make booth-specific, targeted interventions to instil a sense of self-motivation among voters to…
