Lok Sabha polls: 64% voting in phase one; here's the state-wise breakup

The Election Commission (EC) said an aggregate 63.89 percent voter turnout was recorded in phase one of the Lok Sabha polls on Friday. While the figures were issued after the conclusion of polls, the commission said people who were in the queue when voting ended at 6 p.m. were allowed to exercise their franchise.

"The voting percentage is likely to go upwards when reports from all polling stations are obtained as polling is scheduled till 6 pm in many constituencies. Final figures will be known on Saturday after the scrutiny of form 17A," the EC said.

Polling took place in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories in the first of the seven-phase elections.

The commission described the turnout as "high", noting that voting remained "largely peaceful".

In the first phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the voter turnout was recorded at 69.43 per cent. Some of the constituencies were different then and the total number of seats which went to polls were 91.

States, including Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territories of Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep completed their voting process on Friday in single-phase election.

Voters braved the heat in most parts of the country while, at others, they waited patiently in pouring rain.\

STATE-WISE BREAKUP

Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 56.87

Arunachal Pradesh:  67.7

Assam: 72.12

Bihar: 48.88

Chhattisgarh: 63.41

Jammu and Kashmir: 68.27

Lakshadweep: 83.88

Madhya Pradesh: 67.08

Maharashtra:  61.87

Manipur: 69.13

Meghalaya: 74.51

Mizoram: 54.18

Nagaland: 56.91

Puducherry: 78.8 

Rajasthan: 57.26

Sikkim: 80.03

Tamil Nadu: 69.46

Tripura: 81.62

Uttar Pradesh: 60.25

Uttarakhand: 55.89

West Bengal: 80.55

(The figures might vary as per the final tally; the copy will be updated)