Lakshadweep islands recorded a marginal decrease in polling percentage from 85.21% in the 2019 Parliament election to 83.88% in the voting held across 10 islands to the lone Lok Sabha seat held on April 19 (Friday).
However, it was still the highest turnout among the States and the Union Territories that went into polls on Friday. As per the Election Commission’s data, 48,468 out of the total electorate of 57,784 turned up to vote in 55 polling booths across the islands. Female voters surpassed the male voters by 24,278 against 24,190.
Polling was held across Bitra, Chetlat, Kiltan, Amini, Androth, Kalpeni, Minicoy, Kavaratti, and Agatti islands. The lowest voting percentage of 63.70% was recorded in Minicoy Island compared to the rest of the islands all of which recording a polling percentage in excess of 80%. Only 5,479 out of the 8,602 voters turned up at the eight polling booths in the island.
