Jammu and Kashmir registered its highest voter turn-out in assembly elections in the 25 years with an estimated 65 per cent of voters giving their votes, as the fifth and final phase of polling ended today.
Jharkhand, which also went to the polls along with Jammu and Kashmir, broke all previous polling records to witness over 66 per cent of turn-out in the five phases, bettering the previous bench mark of 54.2 per cent in the 2004 assembly poll.
Terming the overall polling percentage in Jammu and Kashmir as "historic and unprecedented", Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi said the fifth and final phase of polling in the assembly elections today have 76 per cent of polling.
Similarly, the last phase recorded over 71 per cent of polling in Jharkhand, he said.
Jharkhand, which also went to the polls along with Jammu and Kashmir, broke all previous polling records to witness over 66 per cent of turn-out in the five phases, bettering the previous bench mark of 54.2 per cent in the 2004 assembly poll.
Terming the overall polling percentage in Jammu and Kashmir as "historic and unprecedented", Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi said the fifth and final phase of polling in the assembly elections today have 76 per cent of polling.
Similarly, the last phase recorded over 71 per cent of polling in Jharkhand, he said.
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