April 25 – The sixth phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections ended in 117 seats in 11 states and a Union Territory on Thursday with more than average polling in Tamil Nadu (39 seats) and low turnouts in Maharashtra (19 seats), Uttar Pradesh (12 seats), Madhya Pradesh (10 seats) and Rajasthan (five seats).
The highest polling however was recorded on the six seats in West Bengal at 82 and the lowest was in one seat in Jammu and Kashmir – 28 per cent.
In Jharkhand, there was 63 per cent polling on four seats while poll percentage in MP was 64.04. The voter turnout in Rajasthan was 59.2 per cent
Poll percentage recorded in J&K today is 28 per cent.
Tamil Nadu recorded a polling percentage of 73, same as in 2009.
-India Today
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