voter turnout: Lok Sabha Elections: Voting commences in 88 seats; Maharashtra records 7% voter turnout, Tripura 16% as of 9 am

Maharashtra on Friday recorded the lowest polling percentage of 7.45 per cent, while Tripura recorded the highest, 16.65 per cent voter turnout in phase two of Lok Sabha elections as of 9 am.
Polling commenced on Friday in 88 constituencies spread across 13 states and Union Territories in the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections.

Voting began at 7 am and is set to conclude at 6 pm. The Lok Sabha election is being held in seven phases till June 1 and votes will be counted on June 4.

Initially, 89 constituencies were scheduled to go to polls today. However, the EC later announced that the voting in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul would not take place during the second phase due to the death of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate.

  • All
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Maharashtra
  • Tamil Nadu
  • West Bengal
  • Bihar
  • Karnataka
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Telangana
  • Kerala
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Rajasthan
  • Delhi
  • Other States


Kerala has the highest number of constituencies as all 20 seats will poll today, followed by Karnataka with 14 seats. The other states that will go to poll on Friday include Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tripura, and Manipur. The poll for the Jammu parliamentary seat will also be held on Friday.As many as 1202 candidates, including 1098 males and 102 females are in the fray.

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