Despite summer heat, approximate voter turnout is 49.20 per cent as of 3 pm, as per the Election Commission’s Voter Turnout App. 

In Jharkhand,54.34 percent voters cast their vote in four constituencies - Giridih, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur and Ranchi. Similarly West Bengal recorded the highest turnout at 70.19 per cent, while Uttar Pradesh was the lowest at 43.95 per cent.

Delhi’s polling percentage is at 44.58 per cent, Bihar at 45.21 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir 44.41 per cent, Odisha at 48.44 per cent and Haryana 46.26 per cent, the EC data showed.

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