Over 70 per cent polling percentage has been registered in 9 districts during recently held lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh.
These include Chhhindwara 79.05 percent, Burhanpur 72.89 per cent, Neemuch 71.58 per cent, Mandsaur 71.21 per cent, Dewas 70.96 per cent, Ratlam 70.82 per cent, Sehore 70.59 per cent, Dindori 70.22 per cent Agar-Malwa 70.22 per cent.
In 22 out of 51 districts of the State, polling percentage was between 60 and 70 per cent. These include Shajapur, Barwani, Khandwa, Balaghat , Shahdol, Betul , Hoshangabad, Seoni , Rajgarh , Khargone, Ujjain, Narsinghpur, Mandla, Harda, Dhar, Jhabua, Satna, Vidisha, Ashok Nagar, Anuppur, Indore and Raisen.
Chhindwara district registered maximum polling by males 81.08 per cent, in these elections followed by Agar-Malwa 77.17, Shajapur 76.93, Sehore 76.90, Mandsaur 76.83, Dewas 75.98, Neemuch 75.98, Burhanpur 75.30, Rajgarh 75.10, Ratlam 74.74, Dindori 72.78, Hoshangabad 71.85, Barwani 71.73, Ujjain 71.65, Narsinghpur 71.49, Khandwa 71.34, Ashok Nagar 70.39 and Vidisha 70.10. In 23 districts, polling percentage was 60 to 70.
Chhindwara and Burhanpur districts topped in female polling percentage of 76.89 and 70.86 per cent, respectively. Among the districts with between 60-70 percent polling, Dindori registered 67.65 percent voting, Neemuch 66.89 per cent, Balaghat 66.88, Ratlam 66.78, Shahdol 66.67, Barwani 66.36, Seoni 65.85, Mandsaur 65.63, Dewas 65.44, Khandwa 65.11, Sehore 63.69, Khargone 63.07, Mandla 62.74, Agar-Malwa 62.64, Hoshangabad 62.62, Betul 62.57, Jhabua 62.28, Shajapur 61.96, Dhar 60.54, Satna 60.28 and Ujjain 60.10 per cent. In all, 15 districts registered between 50 and 60 per cent polling.