Bengal tops Phase 5 with 78.5% turnout but it’s still less than in ’19, Bihar at bottom | India News – Times of India

In terms of the overall percentage, Bengal registered highest turnout of 78.5%, but lower than the last general election when voting was 80.1%. Bihar reported the lowest voting, where five seats went to polls on Monday. Voting was higher in 21 parliamentary constituencies. Eight seats in Maharashtra, of 13, saw higher polling. Among the six seats in Mumbai, only Mumbai North West saw a higher turnout, 58.4% against 54.4% in 2019, while Mumbai South recorded the lowest voting among all 49 constituencies at 50.1%.Six of the 14 LS constituencies in UP and four of the five seats in Odisha also saw higher voting.