Uttar Pradesh recorded 56.92 per cent voting in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, two percentage points less than the 2019 turnout, a senior election official said on Sunday.
The turnout was 59.11 per cent in 2019 for the state, which sends 80 members to the Lower House of Parliament, the highest in the country.
Out of the 15,41,03,670 electors in the state, where polling was held in all seven-phases of this general elections, 8,77,23,028 exercised their franchise, according to Election Commission (EC) data.
The data stated that of those who voted, 4,64,84,215 were men and 4,12,38,003 women.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa said the total polling percentage for the state was 56.92 per cent, 2.19 percentage points less than that of 59.11 per cent in 2019.
The polling percentage for men (56.65) saw a drop by 2.08 percentage points in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as compared to that in 2019 (58.73), according to data shared by election officials.
The data showed that the polling percentage for women (57.24) saw a decline of 2.73 percentage points this year as compared to 2019 (59.97).