EC releases constituency-wise absolute voter turnout data for five phases of Lok Sabha polls
This comes a day after the Supreme Court declined to pass interim directions to the poll body to publicly release the booth-wise absolute number of voters.
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The Election Commission on Saturday released the absolute number of votes cast in each parliamentary constituency during the first five phases of the Lok Sabha elections.
While the poll regulator had previously released the final voter turnout percentages for all five phases, it had not specified the actual number of electors who cast their ballots in each constituency.
On Saturday, it said that in the first phase of elections held on April 19, over 11 crore (11,00,52,103) citizens in 21 states cast their votes. In the second phase held on April 26 in the 13 states and Union territories, the number was 10.58 crore (10,58,30,572).
A total of 11.32 crore (11,32,34,676) citizens cast their votes in the third phase on May 7 in 11 states and Union territories. In the fourth phase, 12.24 crore (12,24,69,319) votes were cast in ten states and Union territories. In the fifth phase, 5.57 crore (5,57,10,618) voters in eight states and Union territories cast their votes.
The data was released a day after the Supreme Court declined to pass interim directions to the Election Commission to publicly release the booth-wise absolute number of voters amid the general elections. The court had verbally observed that a “hands-off” approach was needed while the election process was underway.
The observations came on a...
