Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Phase sixth voter turnout recorded at 61.20pc

The sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections held on Saturday (May 25) saw a voter turnout of 61.20 per cent, the lowest among all phases so far, according to data till 11:45 pm.In the 2019 general elections, the corresponding phase had a turnout of 64.4 per cent.

Uttar Pradesh reported a 54.03 per cent voter turnout in the sixth phase.Other states' turnouts were as follows - Jharkhand at 63.76 per cent, Uttar Pradesh at 54.03 per cent, Bihar at 55.24 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir at 54.3 per cent, Haryana at 60.4 per cent, Odisha at 69.56 per cent, and Delhi at 57.67 per cent, based on the EC's voter turnout app updated at 11:45 pm.

The sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections for 58 parliamentary constituencies witnessed a cumulative voter turnout of 59.06 per cent as of 7:45 pm.

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By that time, West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout of 78.19 per cent, followed by Jharkhand 62.74 per cent, Odisha 60.07 per cent, Haryana 58.37 per cent, Delhi 54.48 per cent, Uttar Pradesh 54.03 per cent, Bihar 53.30 per cent, and Jammu and Kashmir 52.28 per cent.

The sixth phase of the general elections included eight seats in Bihar, all 10 seats in Haryana, one seat in Jammu and Kashmir, four in Jharkhand, all seven seats in Delhi, six in Odisha, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, and eight in West Bengal.

This phase includes some of the key seats which are, New Delhi, North-East Delhi, North-West Delhi and Chandni Chowk in the national capital, and Sultanpur and Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.

Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag-Rajouri, West Bengal's Tamluk, Medinipur, Haryana's Karnal, Kurukshetra, Gurgaon, Rohtak, and Odisha's Bhubaneswar, Puri and Sambalpur are some of the other key seats.

Polling marred by violence

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that its candidate from West Bengal's Jhargram, Pranat Tudu, was attacked by miscreants in Garbeta while he was visiting the polling booth in Monglapota.

"We got information yesterday that BJP voters in Monglapota are not being allowed to vote. Due to this, we came to this area to check what was the problem. Here around 200 people attacked us with lathis, stones and some weapons. We could have been murdered if Central forces would not have been there...We did not get any protection from the local police...Didi doesn't want to impose CAA and make the country into Pakistan," said Tudu.

Several others were also wounded in the incident.

Tudu further said that because TMC was afraid of its impending defeat, it was resorting to such moves to keep the BJP supporters away from the polling booth.

"We informed the DM, but no security arrangements were made. CISF jawans have received severe injuries on the head and I have been hit on the head. The window panes of our vehicle have been damaged. We have come to file FIR and reported to EC. If TMC feels we are frightened then they are wrong. They know that they will get defeated so they are trying to keep BJP supporters away from the booth. They are doing the same in many booths," he added.

(With inputs from agencies)