While it may have looked like the enthusiasm and the crowd at polling booths across Puthuppally on the polling day was far higher than the Assembly elections in 2021, the official figures tell a different story.
The final estimates provided by the election authority put the overall polling percentage at 72.86%, mush less than 74.9% recorded in 2021. As many as 1,28,535 voters of the 1,76, 412 on the enrolment list cast their votes.
This drop, which follows a three-week long campaign blitzkrieg, was unexpected and the major contenders appear unsure as to what impact it will have on the final outcome.
