LS polls: Voting for 2nd phase concludes, WB registers highest turnout at 75.27%

Apr 18, 2019

Silchar (Assam)/Bhagalpur (Bihar)/Fatehpur Sikri (UP), Apr 18 (ANI): Polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on 95 seats, spread over 11 states, one UT concluded. West Bengal which saw polling on three MP seats registered the highest voter turnout at an estimated 75.27%. Manipur was close second with estimated 74.69% voter turnout. J&K registered the lowest turnout among the polling states with only 43.37% registered voters exercising their franchise. Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh saw 73.32%, 58.14%, 68.70%, 61.80%, 55.37%, 57.41%, 72.40%, 61.52% and 58.12 % respectively.