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This time in the Lok Sabha elections, the number of voters in the state increased, the number of people who cast their votes also increased, but even after this the voting percentage remained low. The reason for this was that voting did not take place in proportion to the increase in voters.
According to the data released by the Election Commission on Sunday, there were 14,58,58,557 voters in the state in 2019. Whereas in 2024 this number increased by 82,45,113 to 15,41,03,670. At the same time, 15,02,385 voters voted more in 2024 as compared to 2019. Despite this, 2.19 percent fewer votes were cast in this election as compared to the last election. That is, the number of voters increased by 82,45,113, but only 15,02,385 more voters exercised their franchise as compared to last time. In 2019, 8,62,20,643 voters exercised their vote, while in 2024, 8,77,23,028 voters cast their votes.
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Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa released these figures in a press conference. He said that compared to 2019, there was an increase of 463 in transgender voting in 2024. In UP, there were 7775 transgender voters registered in 2019, which decreased to 6628 this time. That is, despite the number of transgender voters decreasing by 1147, their voting percentage increased this time.
1,59,640 people voted by postal ballot
Rinwa told that 1,59,640 voters voted through postal ballot in the Lok Sabha elections in UP. Out of these, 30,647 voters were above 85 years of age, handicapped and were in the absentee category created for essential services. While 1,28,993 were employees engaged in election duty. Apart from this, there are 2,99,471 service voters, who belong to the armed forces. Out of these, 1,14,549 postal ballots (ETPBS) have been returned. All the ballots of this category that will be returned by 8 am on June 4 will be accepted.
