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Turnout revised upwards to 62%

Hindustan Times | By, Lucknow
Mar 02, 2012 04:40 PM IST

The Election Commission on Thursday revised the polling percentage for the sixth phase of the assembly election from 60% to 62%.

The Election Commission on Thursday revised the polling percentage for the sixth phase of the assembly election from 60% to 62%.

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The penultimate round of polling was held in 68 constituencies on February 28.

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“After collecting updated data from the district election officers, the polling percentage was revised,” joint chief electoral officer Anita C Meshram said here. Saharanpur recorded the highest turnout among the districts at 70.89%. Nakur (in Saharanpur) polled the most votes among the assembly segments at 76.7%.

After the sixth phase, the average turnout across all the rounds held so far is 58.73%. With a polling percentage of 59.85%, the women have surpassed the men (57.82%) overall. But men fared better in the sixth phase. Their turnout was 62.97% against 60.78% for women.

Meshram also said, “64.73% votes were polled in Pancsheel Nagar district, 64.62% in Mathura, 61% in Agra, 62.38% in Aligarh, 57.94% in Baghpat, 61.33% in Bulandshahr, 55.36% in Gautam Buddha Nagar, 56.7% in Ghaziabad, 61.32 % in Mahamaya Nagar, 64.24% in Meerut, 59.54 % in Muzaffarnagar and 62.82% in Prabudhnagar district”.

“Repolling has been ordered at a booth in Modinagar (Ghaziabad) assembly segment and a booth in Rasra (Ballia) on March 3.”

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