Malihabad records highest turnout
Officials say 58.5% votes cast in the state capital, 2.8% more than the 2012 assembly elections
LUCKNOW : According to the official figures released by the district administration on Monday, in the third phase of assembly elections, the state capital witnessed 58.45% polling, 2.8% more than in the 2012 assembly elections.
On Sunday (polling day ), the administration had announced the total poll percentage as 60.01%.
On Monday, the administration released the fresh figures and officials cited ‘calculation error’ behind the mismatch in the figures. “It’s official that the district (Lucknow) witnessed 58.45% polling in the third phase of assembly polls,” said Abhay Kishore Srivastav Kumar, additional district election official (ADEO).
Of the 35,21,094 total electors, 20,58,125 turned up the exercise their franchise that suggests that 14,62,969 electors did not cast their votes on the polling day. “A big chunk did not exercise their voting rights in the state capital, despite a series of awareness campaigns and drives,” another administrative official said.
Those who turned up to vote included 9,15,783 females and 11,42,342 males, constituting 56.49% and 60.13% respectively. Of the nine constituencies, Lucknow Cantt witnessed the lowest turnout, 49.67% and Malihabad constituency witnessed the highest female turnout—64.97%. Overall, Maliha- bad constituency witnessed the maximum turnout of 66.82% voters this time. It had also recorded the highest overall turnout in 2012 assembly polls that was 65.34%.
In this election, the polling percentage of female voters rose by 4.31% and of male voters by 0.7%.
In the 2012 assembly elections, of the total turnout of 56.37%, the total female participation was 52.18% and male participation was 59.43%.
Lucknow West constituency witnessed 45.13% female voter turnout that was the lowest in all constituencies while Malihabad recorded the highest female voter turnout of 62.47%.
It’s official that the district (Lucknow) witnessed 58.45% polling in the third phase of assembly polls ABHAY KISHORE SRIVASTAV KUMAR , additional district election official