THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, June 1: The seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections saw a voter turnout of 40.09 per cent until 1 pm on Saturday, according to the Election Commission (EC).
Jharkhand witnessed a voter turnout of approximately 46.80 per cent by 1 p.m. In Uttar Pradesh, the polling percentage stood at 39.31, while West Bengal recorded 45.07 per cent, Bihar 35.65 per cent, and Himachal Pradesh saw 48.63 per cent voting till 1 pm.
In the initial six hours of polling, Punjab saw a voter turnout of 37.8 per cent, while Chandigarh registered a voting percentage of 40.14. Odisha recorded approximately 37.64 per cent voting by 1 pm
In Jharkhand, the Rajmahal constituency recorded the highest polling percentage at 47.76 per cent, with Dumka following closely at 46.90 per cent and Godda at 45.91 per cent.
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Voting underway on 57 seats in 7 states and 1 UT
In the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, voting has been going on since 7 am amid tight security in 57 Lok Sabha seats of seven states and one union territory.
The 57 Lok Sabha seats include one seat from the union territory of Chandigarh, all 13 seats from Punjab, four from Himachal Pradesh, 13 from Uttar Pradesh, nine from West Bengal, eight from Bihar, six from Odisha and three from Jharkhand.
Three seats of Jharkhand, namely Dumka, Rajmahal, and Godda are voting today.
904 candidates in fray, 10.06 crore eligible voters
A total of 904 candidates are in the fray for 57 Lok Sabha seats in the final phase. These include PM Modi from Varanasi seat, Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Mamta Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti and actress Kangana Ranaut.
The fate of these candidates will be decided by 10.06 crore voters. These include 5.24 crore men, 4.82 crore women and 3,574 transgenders.
