Coochbehar recorded a voter turnout of 92.07 per cent, Alipurduar 88.74 per cent, Jalpaiguri 91.2 per cent, Kalimpong 81.98 per cent, Darjeeling 86.49 per cent, Uttar Dinajpur 89.74 per cent, and Dakshin Dinajpur 93.12 per cent.
Polling for by-elections on five Assembly constituencies across four states -- Gujarat, Kerala, West Bengal, and Punjab -- is underway. Kaliganj in West Bengal saw the maximum voter turnout of 60.32% till 3 pm.
The first phase of the Assam Panchayat Elections 2025 concluded on May 2 with a voter turnout of 70.19 per cent, officials said.
A record 13,522 shooters have qualified to participate in the 67th national shooting championships, set to get underway at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in Faridabad from Wednesday, heralding the beginning of a brand-new season.
Record voter-turnout of 77.73 per cent by 5 pm
Mizoram recorded 12.80 pc voter turnout till 9 am as voting kicked off in the Northeastern state from 7 am, the Election Commission of India stated.
After eight hours of voting, the turnout was more than ten percentage points below the previous Legislative Council elections held five years ago. After at least five years of turmoil, most particularly the Umbrella movement, candidates were screened by the government as “patriots” before being declared eligible to run.
The South Kashmir district of Anantnag and Srinagar registered poor percentage of 1 and 1.8 percent, respectively, till 2 pm. Police said that the polling went smoothly.
Re-polling in 73 booths of Kairana Lok Sabha constituency remained peaceful as voters came out in good numbers beating the heat. Till 5 pm, about 53 per cent voting was reported.
Karnataka, which is witnessing a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the BJP and the JD(S), has never witnessed the same government coming to power a second time since 1989.
