Assembly polls: Maharashtra records 62.05% voter turnout; 68.01% polling in Jharkhand
Hindustan TimesAs the high-stakes Assembly elections came to an end, Maharashtra recorded a 62.05 per cent voter turnout, while Jharkhand saw 68.01 per cent, surpassing the 67.04 per cent turnout in the 2019 assembly elections, the Election Commission of India said on Wednesday. "More than 1185 polling stations were set up in high rise buildings/societies and as per directions from CEC Rajiv Kumar all basic facilities were provided at polling stations including benches for voters in queue, volunteers and wheelchairs," it stated. Long queues of voters comprising people from different sections of society including first-time voters, elderly voters, tribal voters, PwD voters, women voters some bearing children in their arms, voters identifying as third gender, entire families of voters and celebrity voters characterised the atmosphere at polling stations. As of 5 pm, a voter turnout of 58.22 per cent was recorded at the polling stations in Maharashtra and 67.59 per cent in Jharkhand.