With a cumulative polling percentage of 81.86, Andhra Pradesh has emerged as the first State to have registered the highest voter turnout during the first four of the seven-phase general elections conducted so far across the country.
People of the State had on May 13 exercised their franchise in the elections conducted to 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly constituencies, and the Election Commission of India (ECI) declared the cumulative details on May 15 (Wednesday).
Addressing the media at the Secretariat at Velagapudi here, State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Kumar Meena said that the cumulative polling percentage included 80.66 through EVMs and 1.2 through postal ballots, essential service and home votes.
