Over 64% of voters cast their ballot in the second and final phase of Lok Sabha election in 13 of the 25 constituencies in Rajasthan on Friday. As many as 152 candidates are in the fray in the second phase in the State. The highest voter turnout of 73.68% was recorded in the Barmer seat, followed by 72.24% in Banswara, while the average turnout in the State was registered at 64.02%.
The desert State polled 58.28% votes in the first phase of election on April 19, while the overall turnout was 63.71% in 2019. The polling on Friday was brisk in most of the constituencies, where long queues of voters were seen outside the booths since early morning. The Lok Sabha seats which went to polls were situated in western, south-eastern and southern parts of the State.
The candidates in the second phase polling included Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Kailash Choudhary, BJP State president C.P. Joshi and former Assembly Speaker C.P. Joshi. Former Chief Ministers Ashok Gehlot and Vasundhara Raje campaigned for their sons in Jalore and Jhalawar-Baran, respectively.
