The approximate voter turnout is 39.13 per cent as of 1 pm, as per the Election Commission’s Voter Turnout App. West Bengal recorded the highest turnout at 54.8 per cent, while Delhi was the lowest at 34.37 per cent. Uttar Pradesh’s polling percentage is at 37.23 per cent, Bihar at 36.48 per cent, Jharkhand at 42.54 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir 35.22 per cent, Odisha at 35.69 per cent and Haryana 36.48 per cent, the EC data showed.
After a largely peaceful first half of polling across 58 constituencies in six states and two Union Territories, West Bengal is witnessing slight unrest with ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers protesting against BJP candidates including Abhijit Gangopadhyay from Tamluk and Hiran Chattopadhyay from Ghatal. Meanwhile, PDP chief Mehboob Mufti is also on a sit-in protest in Kashmir after alleging EVM tampering and that her party’s polling agents have been locked up in police stations.
All the seven seats in Delhi are up for the polls today, followed by 10 seats in Haryana, eight in Bihar, eight in West Bengal, six in Odisha, four in Jharkhand, and 14 in Uttar Pradesh. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will also wrap up its election schedule with the final five (voting in Anantnag-Rajouri was moved from the third to the sixth phase) voting today. With the end of Phase 6 polling, only 57 seats will be left to vote in the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Voter turn out as of 1pm: 39.13%
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