Andhra Pradesh r♌egistered a total polling percentage of 80.66 per cent in the elections for the 25 Lokღ Sabha seats and 175 Assembly constituencies, according to the latest information available on the Election Commission's app.
The polling percentage rose from 79.83 in 2019 to 80.66 per cent in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls held in the state simultaneousl🧔y on May 13.
Several polling stations allowed voters who were already standing in the q🍰ueue by 6 pm on Monday, scheduled closing time, to exercise their franchise, leading to late night polling.
Incidentally, there was a lot of interest in v𓃲oting but the polling process ꩵwas a bit slow, an official told PTI.
Accordꩲing to the Election Commission, 454 candidates con♉tested for the 25 Lok Sabha seats and 2,387 did so in the Assembly polls.
Meanwhile, YSRCP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy ꧒thanked the voters for turningꦍ up to exercise their franchise despite the soaring temperatures.
"I would like to thank my sisters (women), aged (old people), brothers, farmers, SC, ST, BC, minority and young voters for coming like a tsunami to bless me in the elect𝓰ions," said Reddy in a post on X on Tuesday.
Thanking all the people who toiled foꩲr the ruling party, the CM promised to continue the good 🦩governance.
TDP supremo and former CM N Chandrababu Naidu called the May 13 elections historic and a spec🐲ial day, noting that people exhibited enthusiasm and awareꦺness.
"Every voter clearly displayed the determination to end the atrocious reign and achieve democratic rule... Hundreds of people travelled thousands of kilometres to exerc🅷ise their franchise," said Naidu in a pos😼t on X yesterday.
Counting of votes will be taken up on June 4.
