A voter turnout of 61.50% was recorded in Uttarakhand which went to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha election on April 11.
According to the final polling percentage released by the Election Commission after collating data received from remote corners of the hill State late on Friday night, a total of 61.50% of the 78.56 lakh voters exercised their franchise on the polling day. The final polling percentage in Uttarakhand released by the EC is only slightly lower than 61.67% recorded in the 2014 Lok Sabha poll.
Giving the break-up of the final percentage on all the five seats of the State, the EC said Haridwar recorded the highest turnout of 68.92% followed by Nainital which recorded a turnout 68.69%. Tehri recorded 58.30%, Pauri 54.47% and Almora (a reserved seat) 51.82%.
There were 52 candidates in the fray for the five seats of Uttarakhand where the contest was mainly between the BJP and the Congress.
Keen contest
The outcome of the seats keenly awaited are Nainital where former Chief Minister Harish Rawat battled State BJP president Ajay Bhatt, Tehri where sitting BJP MP Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah was challenged by PCC president Pritam Singh and Pauri where former BJP MLA Tirath Singh Rawat took on sitting party MP B.C. Khanduri’s son Manish who debuts as a Congress candidate.