This state has recorded the highest percentage increase in voter turnout among all Northeast Indian states!
TNT News | Shillong | April 13, 2019
Among all the Northeast Indian states who exercised their franchise in phase 1 of Lok Sabha polls on April 11, Meghalaya has registered the highest percentage increase in voter turnout over previous Lok Sabha 2014 polls registering an increase of voter turnout by 2.57 per cent.
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It may be mentioned that the state witnessed an improved voter turnout with 71.41% final turn out in Meghalaya bettering 68% in 2014 and 63% in 2009.
It may be mentioned that as per the information provided by the CEO FR Kharkongor, Meghalaya saw the highest percentage of voter turnout in the 1998 Lok Sabha Assembly Polls with 74.38% and then the second highest voter turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha Polls with 71.37%.
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According to the State Chief Electoral Officer, FR Kharkongor, the Shillong Parliamentary constituency recorded a voting percentage of 65.49 percent while Tura Parliamentary constituency recorded a healthy 81.20 percent.
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The CEO further informed that the Lok Sabha polls between 2014 and 2018 witnessed an overall increase of 2.53 percent in the voter turn-out.
Out of the total 19, 14, 795 registered voters in Meghalaya, he said that a total number of 13, 64, 259 electorates came out to vote adding that the turn out of female electorates is higher compared to male electorates.
In both the seatsm women voters came out in large number and their voting percentage was 68.71 as compared to 62.13 percent in 2014 for the Shillong seat. Similarly, in Tura, women voters outnumbered their male counterpart and their overall percentage was 82.42 and the male voters was 80.21.
Out of the 13, 64, 259 who voted, 6, 53, 178 were males and 7, 11, 081 were females. The state has 9, 65, 174 female and 9, 49, 621 male registered electorates.
