EC Appeals Gujarat Voters to Come Out in Large Numbers in 2nd Phase to Compensate for Low Voting in 1st Phase
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 4th Dec. Surat, Rajkot and Jamnagar have recorded lower than State average voter turnout of 63.3% in the first phase of Gujarat elections.
While voting percentage increased in many constituencies, the average voter turnout figure is dampened by urban apathy of these important districts just as during recently concluded general election to the legislative assembly of Himachal Pradesh, urban Assembly Constituency of Shimla recorded the lowest at 62.53% (less by 13 percentage point) as against the State average of 75.6%.
Gujarat cities have shown the similar urban apathy trend during voting on 1st December 2022 in Assembly elections thus pulling down the percentage of voting in the first phase.
Noting the voter turnout figures with concern, CEC Sh Rajiv Kumar, on behalf of ECI, appeals to the voters of Gujrat to come out in large numbers during the second phase so as to compensate for low voting in 1st phase.
The possibility of surpassing 2017 voting percentage now lies in their increased participation only.
The Gandhidham AC in Kuchchh district, which has industrial establishments recorded the lowest polling percentage of 47.86%,a sharp decline of 6.34% from the last election in 2017, recording a new low.
The second lowest voting was in Karanj constituency of Surat, which is also 5.37 % lower than its own low of 55.91% in 2017.
Major cities/ urban areas of Gujrat have not only recorded a decline in voting percentage as compared to 2017 elections, but have also voted much less than the State average of 63.3%. Decline in Rajkot west is very sharp at 10.56%.
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