<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/voter-turnout">voter turnout</a> in the first phase of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/elections">Lok Sabha polls</a> is set to reach 65.5 per cent.</p>.<p>Polling took place in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union territories in the first phase of the seven-phase election on Friday.</p>.<p>The highest number of constituencies went to polls in the first phase.</p>.<p>The Election Commission (EC) described the turnout as 'high', noting that the voting remained 'largely peaceful'.</p>.<p>More than 16.63 crore people -- 8.4 crore men, 8.23 crore women and 11,371 third-gender voters -- were eligible to exercise their franchise in this phase.</p>.Lok Sabha elections 2024: Nearly 82% voter turnout in first phase of polling for 3 seats in West Bengal.<p>There were as many as 35.67 lakh first-time voters, besides 3.51 crore voters in the age group of 20-29 years.</p>.<p>In the first phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the voter turnout was recorded at 69.43 per cent. The total number of seats that went to polls were 91.</p>.<p>The EC may formally come out with the final figures on Sunday.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/voter-turnout">voter turnout</a> in the first phase of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/elections">Lok Sabha polls</a> is set to reach 65.5 per cent.</p>.<p>Polling took place in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union territories in the first phase of the seven-phase election on Friday.</p>.<p>The highest number of constituencies went to polls in the first phase.</p>.<p>The Election Commission (EC) described the turnout as 'high', noting that the voting remained 'largely peaceful'.</p>.<p>More than 16.63 crore people -- 8.4 crore men, 8.23 crore women and 11,371 third-gender voters -- were eligible to exercise their franchise in this phase.</p>.Lok Sabha elections 2024: Nearly 82% voter turnout in first phase of polling for 3 seats in West Bengal.<p>There were as many as 35.67 lakh first-time voters, besides 3.51 crore voters in the age group of 20-29 years.</p>.<p>In the first phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the voter turnout was recorded at 69.43 per cent. The total number of seats that went to polls were 91.</p>.<p>The EC may formally come out with the final figures on Sunday.</p>