NEW DELHI: Elections 2019 have begun to wind down with polling completed in 424 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats after Monday’s fifth phase, which saw voting in 51 seats across seven states. As many as 80% of these seats are categorised as rural. The voter turnout, at 62.56% until 6 pm, was slightly higher than that recorded in 2014.Polling in Bihar and Rajasthan went up by 2 percentage points. West Bengal again recorded the highest polling at 74.06%. Lucknow recorded 43.07% turnout till 3 PM while Rae Bareli and Amethi recorded 42.68% and 41.

Source: Economic Times May 07, 2019 02:03 UTC