LS Phase 1 polls: Voter turnout crosses 60 per cent, Bengal clocks 77 pc

As the country began voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday (April 19) at 7 am, an aggregate of 60.03 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 7 pm, the Election Commission said. The figure is tentative and is likely to change, a spokesperson said. The polling officially ended at 6 pm, but voters who were in the queue by that time were allowed to exercise their franchise. The voting was done in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union



Territories. 

In the first phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the voter turnout was recorded at 69.43 per cent. Some of the constituencies were different then and the total number of seats which went to polls were 91.

Earlier, the ECI had said that 49.78 per cent polling was recorded till 3 pm.

Tripura recorded 80.17 per cent voter turnout till 9 pm while Bihar witnessed the lowest turnout with 47.49 per cent till 7 pm.