Stage set for polling in crucial UP by-elections tomorrow
A total of 34 lakh voters will decide the fate of 90 candidates contesting the bypolls from nine assembly constituencies.
A total of 34 lakh voters will decide the fate of 90 candidates contesting the bypolls from nine assembly constituencies.
In the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, where Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made her electoral debut, the polling percentage dropped significantly this time. The constituency recorded a lower voter turnout, with the figure at 64.53 per cent as of 6:40 pm on Wednesday.
A total of 683 candidates are in the fray in the first phase of the assembly election whose fates would be decided by 1.37 crore voters. Of the 683 candidates, the total number of women candidates is 73.
According to the ECI, among all districts, Yamunanagar is leading with the highest voting percentage of 56.79 percent followed by Mewat with 56.59 percent, Palwal with 56.02 percent and Jind with 53.94 percent while the lowest voter turnout is recorded in Gurugram with 38.61 percent.
With a 70.02% turnout, women voters in the third phase of the J&K Assembly polls on 1 October outnumbered men, whose turnout was 69.37%, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Thursday.
The assembly elections in J&K held after a gap of ten years witnessed polling in three phases. The first phase recorded 57.31% polling, while 61.38% of votes were cast in the second phase.
The first phase recorded 57.31 per cent polling, while 61.38 per cent votes were cast in the second phase.
The polling started at 7 AM in all 5,060 polling stations across 40 Assembly Constituencies of seven districts namely Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipora in Kashmir Division; and Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua and Samba in Jammu Division.
According to the latest data issued by ECI, Udhampur district recorded the highest voter turnout of 51.66 per cent as of 1 pm, followed by Kathua at 50.09 per cent of voter turnout, with Samba slightly behind at 49.73 per cent.
Amidst speculations and uncertainty, the voters are geared up for the third and a decisive bout of polling on Tuesday for the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly that will have a truncated five years term for the first time after a gap of 49 years.
