Himachal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Devesh Kumar on Monday said that 38,01,793 voters cast their vote in all the four Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) out of total 52,62,126 voters of the state. This time, the overall turnout percentage for the state stood at 72.25 which is 07.80 percent higher as compared to 64.45 percent in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
He said in Kangra, total 9,90,758 voters cast their vote which includes 4,70,156 male, 5,20,599 female, three third gender voters with total turn out percentage of 70.49
In Mandi, total 9,30,562 voters cast their vote which includes 4,60,850 male, 4,69,710 female and two third gender voters with total turn out percentage of 73.39
In Hamirpur, total 9,71,961 voters cast the vote which includes 4,58,029 male, 5,13,929 female and three third gender voters, with total turn out percentage of 72.64.
Similarly, in Shimla, total 9,08,512 voters cast the vote which includes 4,75,351 male, 4,33,154 female and seven third gender voters, with total turn out percentage of 72.65
Kumar said during the Lok Sabha elections 2019, ECI took services of 1096 Micro Observers (MO) at 7730, which includes 7 auxiliary and two snow bound polling stations. He said that this time, 186 model polling and 136 women managed polling stations were also set up in the state.