In the electoral history of Uttar Pradesh, a record 61 per cent voter turnout was registered in the seven-phase assembly polls concluded on Wednesday. This is the first time in 66 years that over 60 per cent voters came out to exercise their right to franchise in the state.
The lowest ever poll percentage was recorded in the first assembly polls in 1951, when the voter turnout was a mere 38.01 per cent. The state has so far witnessed 16 assembly elections.
In the six phases in which 362 assembly seats went to polls, an average 61.18 per cent polling was recorded, while in the seventh phase, 60.03 per cent voters turned up to cast their votes. Final figure for the seventh phase, which would push up the voting percentage slightly more, is yet to come out.
The assembly constituency of Aalapur in Ambedkarnagar is going to polls on Thursday.
According to official figures, so far the state recorded average 61 per cent polling. The corresponding figure in 2012 assembly poll was 59.40 per cent.
Polling percentage since 1951 is as follows—1951 (38.01 per cent), 1957 (44.77 per cent), 1962 (51.44 per cent),1967 (54.55 per cent), 1969 (54.06 per cent). 1974 (56.91 per cent), 1977 (46.14 per cent), 1980 (44.92 per cent), 1985 (45.64 per cent), 1989, (51.43 per cent), 1991 (48.51 per cent), 1993(57.13 per cent), 1996 (55.73), 2002 (53.80 per cent), 2007 (45.96), 2012 (59.40 per cent).
