Lok Sabha elections 2024: Phase 6 polling for 58 seats today
Voting for the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 is being held in 58 constituencies across six states and two union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi, on Saturday, May 25.
A voter turnout of 10.82 per cent was recorded till 9 am on Saturday in 58 constituencies in six States and two Union Territories where polling is underway in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout in the first two hours of polling at 16.54 per cent while Odisha recorded the lowest at 7.43 per cent, according to the Election Commission (EC).
Uttar Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 12.33 per cent, Jharkhand 11.74 per cent, Bihar 9.66 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir 8.89 per cent, Delhi 8.94 per cent and Haryana 8.31 per cent, the EC data showed.
In the national capital, President Droupadi Murmu, Union ministers S Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi minister Atishi, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and outgoing East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir were among the early voters.
The voting under phase 6 of the Lok Sabha polls will also be held in the Jangal Mahal region in West Bengal.
The polling began at 7am and will conclude at 6pm.
Polling has already been completed on 428 parliamentary constituencies for 25 states and UTs in the first five phases of general elections 2024.