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5th-phase Indian Lok Sabha polls witness 57.51% turnout
West Bengal leads with 73%
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Published: 21 May 2024
oters queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station during the fifth phase of voting in India’s general election in Uluberia of Howrah district on May 20, 2024. India's election is conducted in seven phases over six weeks to ease the immense logistical burden of staging the democratic exercise in the world's most populous country. Photo: AFP
An overall voter turnout of 57.51% was recorded in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections held in 49 parliamentary constituencies across eight states and union territories in India on Monday.
West Bengal led with 73% turnout, followed by Ladakh at 67.15%, Jharkhand at 63%, and Odisha at 60.72%. Uttar Pradesh saw 57.79%, Jammu and Kashmir 54.67%, Bihar 52.60%, and Maharashtra 49.01%.
There are provisional figures and the turnout could go up marginally in the final data.
West Bengal saw a voter turnout of 73% across seven constituencies, according to the Election Commission data. The highest turnout was in Arambag at 76.90%, followed by Bangaon (75.73%), Uluberia (74.50%), Hooghly (74.17%), Sreerampur (71.18%), and Howrah and Barrackpore (68.84%).
Maharashtra recorded the lowest voter turnout at 49.01 per cent, with less than 45 per cent polling in Mumbai South. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray claimed there were a lot of complaints from electors about facilities outside polling booths.
"A lot of complaints from voters about the facilities outside the booths @ECISVEEP At least having the voter lines in shade/ fans could help. They don't want much, just basics to stay cool. Please look into it," Thackeray said in a post on X.