Lok Sabha elections 2024: Low voter turnout marks second phase polls in Western UP

Voters queue up during the second phase

The second phase of voting for the 2024 general election took place in Western Uttar Pradesh on Friday. The voter turnout was 52.74 per cent till 5 pm, as per a report put out by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

In the first phase, a voter turnout of 60.25 per cent was recorded, after which the local authorities, ruling party and the Opposition created awareness among the masses about the importance of coming out to vote. However, going by the new figures, it appears that even fewer citizens came out to exercise their franchise on Friday.

As per the ECI report, of the eight constituencies that went to the polls, Amroha and Meerut registered the highest voter turnout at 61.89 and 55.49 per cent respectively.

The figures for Aligarh, Bulandshahr and Baghpat are 54.36, 54.34 and 52.74 per cent respectively. In all, 91 candidates are in the fray for eight Lok Sabha constituencies in the second phase - 81 of which are male while the rest are women. There were 1,67,77,198 voters in the second phase, of which 90,26,051
are male, 77,50,356 are female and 791 belong to the third gender.