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Assembly Polls In Haryana, Maharashtra Show Lower Voter Turnout Compared To 2014
While Maharashtra registered a provisional voter turnout of 60.05% until 6 pm, down from 63.08% in 2014, Haryana scored 65%, down from 76.54% in the previous election.
2019 19:37 IST
Fewer voters emerged for this year's assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana.
NEW DELHI:
The voter turnout in both Maharashtra and Haryana showed a slump in today's assembly polls as compared to the figures in 2014, indicating that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could hold on to power in both the states.
While Maharashtra registered a provisional voter turnout of 60.05% until 6 pm, down from 63.08% in 2014, Haryana scored 65%, down from 76.54% in the previous election. Traditional logic dictates that the incumbent government is likely to continue in power if fewer voters turn out for the elections.
The Election Commission released these figures even as exit polls showed BJP-led alliances returning to power in both the states, in some instances registering wide-margin victories over their electoral rivals. In Maharashtra, an aggregate of various exit polls gave the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance 211 of the state's 288 seats and the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) just 64 constituencies. In Haryana, it predicted that the BJP is likely to win 66 of 90 seats while the Congress scores 14.
Haryana's Gurugram, which figures in the national capital region, registered just 50.43% voter turnout as compared to 64.11% in the 2014 assembly elections. Maharashtra capital Mumbai, which has traditionally scrimped on voting, performed even worse at 44.78%. Mumbai Suburban did slightly better, with a voter turnout of 47.19%.
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