The Election Commission revealed the final polling figures of Andhra Pradesh. It was revealed that the total voting percentage in the state stands at 81.86%, the highest in the country in the four phases of General Elections.
Speaking to the media, Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena stated that they had a target of 82% and almost reached that figure.
He said that there were a total of 4,13,33,702 in Andhra Pradesh. Of them, 3,33,40,560 voted for Lok Sabha Elections and 3,33,40,333 voted for Assembly Elections. There is a difference of 227 votes in the polling of assembly and Lok Sabha.
The voting percentage from EVM stands at 80.66%. This is one per cent higher than the EVM votes polled in 2014 (78.41%) and 2019 (79.77%).
A total of 1.64 crore male and 1.69 female voters have cast their votes this year. 1578 voters from other categories have utilised their right to vote.
Darsi constituency registered the highest voting percentage among assembly constituencies (90.91%). Tirupati registered the lowest turnout among assembly segments (63.32%).
Coming to Lok Sabha constituencies, Ongole witnessed the highest voter turnout and Visakhapatnam witnessed the lowest voting turnout. However, there is a 3.8% increase in the voting of Vizag compared to the 2019 elections, which is a good sign.
Around 4,97,000 votes were polled through postal ballots, contributing 1.2%. Combining the EVM and postal ballot votes, the total turnout was 81.86%.
