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Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 4 voter turnout dips: 62.84 per cent recorded
Updated On: 14 May, 2024 07:30 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Election Commission anticipates increase in number as polling completes in 96 seats; scrutiny and repoll decisions await
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Voters show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting votes. Pic/PTI
The voter turnout in phase four of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections stood at 62.84 per cent at 8 pm on Monday against 65.51 per cent in 2019, a dip of over 2.5 percentage points. However, the Election Commission said a large number of voters were still in the queue at polling stations even after 6 pm, indicating the turnout would go up.
As many as 96 seats went for polls in the fourth phase. After the latest phase, polling has completed in 379 seats across 23 states and Union territories. Polling also completed in state assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. In 2019 elections, turnout recorded in phase four stood at 65.51 per cent. Then, polling was held in 71 seats across nine states in phase four.
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