Heavy voter turnout recorded in high-stakes state assembly elections in India’s Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, with historic polling percentages.
HYDERABAD: Heavy voter turnout was recorded in the high-stakes state assembly elections in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal on Thursday.
The polling percentage was the highest seen in India’s post-independence history in the two states, according to the Election Commission.
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West Bengal’s voter turnout exceeded 91.7 per cent and Tamil Nadu recorded 84.6 per cent polling. About 36 million voters were eligible to cast their votes in the polling held for 152 of West Bengal’s 294 assembly seats in the first phase.
The state will vote in the second phase on April 29 for the remaining seats.
Tamil Nadu held the election for all its 234 constituencies on Thursday, with 57 million voters eligible to vote.
The counting of votes will be done on May 4.
