West Bengal Sees 69.89% Voter Turnout in Final Lok Sabha Polls Phase

West Bengal recorded a 69.89% voter turnout in the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Although lower than 2019's 78.51%, polling remained largely peaceful despite some incidents of violence. The Election Commission expects to release the final figures soon and reported multiple complaints of EVM malfunction.

West Bengal saw a voter turnout of 69.89% till 5 pm in the ninth and final phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, according to officials.

In the 2019 general elections, the turnout in these constituencies was 78.51%.

Polling commenced at 7 am across nine seats and continued until 6 pm, with the final turnout figures to be released by the Election Commission on Sunday.

Basirhat reported the highest turnout at 76.56%, followed by Mathurapur (74.13%), Jaynagar (73.44%), Diamond Harbour (72.87%), Barasat (71.80%), Jadavpur (70.41%), Dum Dum (67.60%), Kolkata Dakshin (60.88%), and Kolkata Uttar (59.23%).

Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab stated that the polling was largely peaceful, though there were sporadic incidents of violence and 24 people were injured. According to Aftab, 2,667 complaints of EVM malfunction and obstruction of agents were received by 4 pm.

A total of 1,63,40,345 voters were eligible to cast their ballots across 17,470 polling stations, with 967 companies of central forces and over 33,000 state police personnel ensuring security.

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