New Delhi: urban apathy Voting was low in many parts of Haryana, with assembly constituencies like Gurgaon and Faridabad seeing turnout around 16 and 14 percentage points lower respectively compared to the state’s overall turnout of 67.9%. In fact, turnout in 34 out of total 90 assembly constituencies was less than the state average.
The Election Commission said in a statement on Monday that the trend of low urban voter participation in Haryana reflects the pattern seen in the previous assembly elections in Karnataka, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
The Election Commission said it has taken several initiatives to motivate and engage urban voters 2024 Lok Sabha electionsThe Election Commission had held special consultations with municipal commissioners and select district election officers and came up with a poll implementation plan. “However, despite intensive efforts by the Commission, participation remains low,” the EC acknowledged.
Concerned, the Election Commission on Monday resolved to “further strengthen measures and run innovative outreach campaigns to tackle urban apathy in the upcoming elections in predominantly urban states like Maharashtra.”
Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand are likely to be announced any day after counting of votes in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana ends on Tuesday. urban constituency Voter apathy in cities like Mumbai and Pune has resulted in low turnout in previous elections.
The 67.9% turnout this time in Haryana exceeded the 64.8% recorded in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the state, but was lower than the 68.3% turnout in the 2019 assembly elections. The voting percentage of male voters in Haryana was 68.9%, which is 2.2 percentage points higher than the 66.7% voting percentage of women.
The 51.8% turnout in Gurgaon was not only lower than the 52.4% in the 2019 assembly elections, but the voting margin in the state this time was higher than the corresponding figure for the 2019 assembly elections.
However, Faridabad fared better, recording 53.7% voter turnout compared to 49.6% in 2019. The gap between Faridabad AC turnout and state turnout in 2024 (14.2 percentage points) also reduced compared to that recorded in 2019 (18.7 percentage points).
According to the final EVM turnout data shared by the Election Commission on Monday, the gap between AC turnout and overall Haryana turnout in these elections was higher than the corresponding difference in 2019 for some other urban ACs like Panchkula, Sonipat and Badshahpur. However, the trend was reversed for ACs like Ballabhgarh and Karnal.
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New Delhi: Urban apathy led to low turnout in many parts of Haryana, with assembly constituencies like Gurgaon and Faridabad seeing turnout nearly 16 and 14 percentage points lower respectively compared to the state’s overall turnout of 67.9%. In fact, turnout in 34 out of total 90 assembly constituencies was less than the state average.
The Election Commission said in a statement on Monday that the trend of low urban voter participation in Haryana reflects the pattern seen in the previous assembly elections in Karnataka, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
The Election Commission said it has taken several initiatives to motivate and engage urban voters – ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission had conducted special consultations with municipal commissioners and select district election officers and prepared a poll implementation plan. Was presented. “However, despite intensive efforts by the Commission, participation remains low,” the EC acknowledged.
Concerned, the Election Commission on Monday resolved to “further strengthen measures and run innovative outreach campaigns to tackle urban apathy in the upcoming elections in predominantly urban states like Maharashtra.”
Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand are likely to be announced any day after counting of votes in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana ends on Tuesday. Voter apathy in urban constituencies in cities like Mumbai and Pune has resulted in low turnout in previous elections.
The 67.9% turnout this time in Haryana exceeded the 64.8% recorded in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the state, but was lower than the 68.3% turnout in the 2019 assembly elections. The voting percentage of male voters in Haryana was 68.9%, which is 2.2 percentage points more than the 66.7% voting percentage of women.
The 51.8% turnout in Gurgaon was not only lower than the 52.4% in the 2019 assembly elections, but the voting margin in the state this time was higher than the corresponding figure for the 2019 assembly elections.
However, Faridabad fared better, recording 53.7% voter turnout compared to 49.6% in 2019. The gap between Faridabad AC turnout and state turnout in 2024 (14.2 percentage points) also reduced compared to that recorded in 2019 (18.7 percentage points).
According to the final EVM turnout data shared by the Election Commission on Monday, the gap between AC turnout and overall Haryana turnout in these elections was higher than the corresponding difference in 2019 for some other urban ACs like Panchkula, Sonipat and Badshahpur. However, the trend was reversed for ACs like Ballabhgarh and Karnal.
