Dynamite News LS polls: Voting for first phase ends, 64% voting turnout to be expected
First phase polling for 91 Lok Sabha constituencies, spread across 18 states and two Union Territories ended on Thursday.
New Delhi: First phase polling for 91 Lok Sabha constituencies, spread across 18 states and two Union Territories ended on Thursday, 64% voting turnout to be expected.
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#IndiaElections2019 voter turnout: Andaman & Nicobar Islands (1 seat) - 70.67%, Andhra Pradesh (25 seats) - 66%, Chhattisgarh (1 seat) - 56%, Telangana (17 seats) - 60%, Uttarakhand (5 seats) - 57.85%, Jammu & Kashmir (2 seats) - 54.49%. Final turnout is expected to rise. pic.twitter.com/8aLkMczfZ8
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Among the constituencies going for polls in the first phase are - eight in Uttar Pradesh, five in Uttarakhand, four in Bihar, seven in Maharashtra, five in Assam, four in Odisha, two each in Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and West Bengal, and one each in Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.
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#IndiaElections2019 voter turnout: Sikkim (1 seat) - 69%, Mizoram (1 seat) - 60%, Nagaland (1 seat) - 78%, Manipur (1 seat) - 78.2%, Tripura (1 seat) - 81.8%, Assam (5 seats) - 68%, West Bengal (2 seats) - 81%. Final turnout is expected to rise. pic.twitter.com/ilzLX6Hg5M
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Over 14 crore voters decided the fate of 1279 candidates who are in the fray. More than 1 lakh polling booths were set up across the country. It also mentioned that 7764 third gender voters will exercise their franchise in the first phase.