Kerala Assembly polls | Ernakulam district records over 74.14% polling

Ernakulam recorded 74.14% polling, as per information made out there at 8.45 p.m.

The calculation just isn’t inclusive of postal votes.

About 76.53% of male voters (9,91,308) and 71.85% of girls voters (9,73,040), and 10 of the 27 transgender voters solid their votes throughout the 14 constituencies within the district in an election that was peaceable and freed from any main incidents.

Kunnathunad constituency witnessed brisk polling and recorded 80.99% of voter turnout. The lowest voter turnout was in Ernakulam (65.91%). Most variety of ladies (79.45%) voted in Kunnathunad.

After a mock polling at 5.30 a.m., polling started at 7 a.m. in all 3,899 cubicles within the district. Even earlier than the mock polling was held, 12 defective poll items, 22 management items, and 24 VVPATs had been changed. During mock polling, 24 poll items, 29 management items and 43 VVPATS developed snags and had to get replaced.

During the precise polling of votes, 11 poll items, 11 management items, and 46 VVPATS had been changed following technical points. A complete of 5,062 votes had been solid by folks underneath the ASD class (Absentee, Shifted and Dead Electors) within the district. The highest variety of votes within the class was recorded in Thripunithura (700 votes), whereas Kothamangalam recorded the least variety of votes within the class (56 votes).

In distant polling stations, Thalumkandam in Kothamangalam recorded a turnout of 89.12%.