Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency recorded the highest polling percentage among the four constituencies that went into polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in the State which was held on May 12.
The final polling percentage for the third phase was released by the State election department on Tuesday which showed that the constituency recorded 69.4 per cent voting.
Of the total 12,68,111 electors in Singhbhum, 8,78,017 exercised their franchise. Of these 4,41,645, 4,36,371 female and one third gender voter. In 2014, the constituency recorded 69.04 per cent polling.
The overall voting percentage recorded in the third phase was 65.41 per cent, which is 0.84 per cent more than 2014.
The four seats which went into polls were Giridih, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur and Singhbhum. Out of the total 66,85,401 electors in these constituencies, 43,73,252 exercised their right to vote. Among these, out of 35,05,565 male electors, 22,90,307 voted while among the 31,79,720 female electors 20,82,919 exercised their franchise.
The phase also witnessed the highest number of third gender electors among all the four phases in the State. However, only 26 out of 116 third gender electors casted their vote.
Girdih Lok Sabha constituency witnessed 66.98 per cent polling which is a rise of 2.72 per cent as compared to 2014. Of the total 16,47,715 electors in the district, 11,03,578 voted among which 5,76,844 were male, 5,26,731 female and three third gender voters.
The polling percentage in Dhanbad was 60.37 percent which was 0.20 percent lesser than that in 2014. In Jamshedpur the polling recorded was 67.19 percent.
Of the 20,68,233 electors in Dhanbad, 12,48,603 stepped out of their homes to cast their vote. Among these were 6,81,400 men, 5,67,196 women and seven third gender voters.
In Jamshedpur, out of the total 17,01,342 electors, 11,43,054 exercised their franchise. Of the total 8,71,103 male electors 5,90,418 voted while of 8,30,183 female voters 5,52,621 casted their vote. The constituency had a total of 56 third gender voters of which 15 exercised their right to vote.
The overall polling percentage on these seats in 2014 was 64.57 percent. The polling percent in Giridih was 64.24 per cent that in Dhanbad was 60.57 per cent, Jamshedpur recorded 66.37 per cent and Singhbhum recorded 69.04 per cent polling in 2014.