The cumulative turnout in the first four phases of the Lok Sabha elections has been recorded at 66.95%, the Election Commission said on May 16, adding that 45.10 crore of the nearly 97 crore electors have voted so far in the ongoing electoral exercise.
According to the poll authority, the updated voter turnout in the fourth phase of polling held on May 13 was 69.16%, 3.65 percentage points higher than the corresponding phase in the 2019 Parliamentary polls.
The updated voter turnout figures for the third phase of polling in the Lok Sabha election stood at 65.68%. In the third phase of the 2019 general election, the turnout was 68.4%. In the second phase of the election held on April 26, the turnout was recorded at 66.71% as against the 69.64% in the second phase of the 2019 polls.
In the first phase of the ongoing general elections, a 66.14% turnout was recorded. In the 2019 polls, the turnout in the first phase was 69.43%. A total of 379 seats across 23 States and Union Territories have voted in the first four phases of elections. – PTI
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