Report turnout in Assam (85%), Puducherry (90%); Kerala sees 78%, greater than 2021 elections | India Information
4 min learnGuwahati, New Delhi, ThiruvananthapuramUp to date: Apr 10, 2026 05:06 AM IST
Assam and Puducherry recorded their highest-ever turnout within the Meeting elections on Thursday, at 85.38% and 89.83% respectively, in line with provisional information launched by the Election Fee (EC). Kerala, too, noticed a rise from final time at 78.03%.
For Kerala and Puducherry, it was their first election after the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was accomplished in February this 12 months. For Assam, it was the primary Meeting elections after the 2023 delimitation.
In accordance with an EC assertion, the best turnout in Assam to date was 84.67% within the 2016 Meeting elections; it was 82.4% in 2021. Whereas 85.96% of the state’s ladies voters solid their votes on Thursday, the turnout of males voters was barely decrease at 84.80%.
In Kerala, the place the SIR noticed a 8.63% drop within the citizens, the EC stated the turnout of girls voters was 80.86%, greater than the turnout of males voters at 75.01%. The whole turnout in 2021 was 76%.
In Puducherry, the best turnout to date was 86.19% within the 2011 Meeting elections; it was 83.4% in 2021. The SIR led to a ten.12% lower in electors within the Union Territory. Right here too, the turnout of girls (91.33%) was greater as in comparison with males (88.09%).
Whereas Kerala and Puducherry are among the many 13 states/ UTs the place the EC has carried out the SIR to date, the ballot panel had determined not to take action in Assam, citing the pending publication of the Nationwide Register of Residents (NRC). The SIR, in contrast to the same old revisions, concerned a document-based verification of every registered elector.
The EC stated information from 3,469 polling stations was but to be up to date. Polling was “by and huge peaceable barring a number of incidents,” it stated.
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“The Meeting Elections 2026 in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry are a historic testimony not just for India however for the whole democratic world. On behalf of ECI, I congratulate every elector of Assam, Puducherry and Kerala for this historic achievement,” Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stated.
In Assam, regardless of overcast climate and rainfall in varied elements of the state, polling for the 126 Meeting seats noticed lengthy queues at a number of polling stations, in line with the workplace of the Chief Election Officer.
The turnout was as excessive as 94.57% in Dalgaon constituency in Central Assam, which can be the state’s most densely populated constituency with 3.15 lakh voters registered within the ultimate electoral checklist printed in February, after the Particular Revision of the voters’ checklist.
A number of different constituencies recorded voter turnouts above 94%, together with Srinjangram, Jaleshwar and Mankachar. These are principally constituencies with a excessive inhabitants of Bengali-origin Muslims.
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However, the city constituencies in Guwahati metropolis recorded decrease turnouts — 71.27% in New Guwahati, 73.98% in Dispur and 75.23% in Guwahati. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s dwelling constituency of Jalukbari in Guwahati, the place he’s being challenged by Congress’s Bidisha Neog, recorded a comparatively greater turnout at 80.83%.
In Kerala, voting for the 140 Meeting seats noticed above 75% polling in all of the 14 districts. A number of constituencies recorded over 80% turnout even earlier than the ultimate figures had been out.
Whereas Kerala had a complete of two.78 crore electors earlier, the checklist was pruned to 2.71 crore after the SIR.
The three Meeting polls had been introduced by the EC on March 15, together with Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Tamil Nadu votes on April 23 and West Bengal on April 23 and April 29. Counting of votes for all 5 polls is scheduled for Could 4.
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On Thursday, bypolls had been additionally held in 4 Meeting constituencies throughout three states of Karnataka, Nagaland and Tripura.
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