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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicVoter turnout

Topic: Voter turnout

UP’s 1.3 lakh polling booths: What affects voter turnout on election day

Rahul Verma -
EC’s voter education programme has exhausted its limit as data shows two booth-level factors can affect participation on polling day.

Times and HT say Bengal voter turnout highest in Phase 4, Hindu and ET say lower than 2014

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
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Phase 4 records 64% voter turnout in 72 constituencies across 9 states

PTI -
Among the heartland states, 62% turnout was recorded in Rajasthan, 53.12% in UP and 65.86% Madhya Pradesh.

Phase 3 of Lok Sabha polls records 64% voter turnout in 116 constituencies

PTI -
The voter turnout in Gujarat was 58% this year as compared to 63% in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Forget turnout, just holding elections in Srinagar is a big deal: J&K chief poll officer

Azaan Javaid -
J&K CEO says that given the current scenario, even holding elections, that too peacefully, were a task. 

Phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls records moderate to high voter turnout

PTI -
Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo said no reports of booth capturing or any other untoward incident regarding law and order has been received so far.
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