Andhra Pradesh - Visakhapatnam   

Highest voter turnout in Vizag district

VISAKHAPATNAM: Voter turnout for the 2009 elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assembly in the district is probably the highest. During the polling held on April 16, 72.54 per cent of the 29,21,482 voters have exercised their franchise.

This was slightly 6 per cent more than the 66.04 per cent recorded during the 2004 elections. The percentage of male voters who exercised their franchise was 71.85 (out of 14,35,548) but less than the women’s turnout of 73.22 per cent (out of total of 14,85,934).

Percentage of voting in Visakhapatnam and Anakapalle Parliamentary constituencies was 72.92 and 79.26 respectively. It was 66.71 per cent in Araku (ST) Parliamentary constituency.

Delimitation of constituencies has resulted in the number of Assembly segments going up from 13 in 2004 to 15. . In the Anakapalle Lok Sabha constituency, Parawada ceased to exist due to delimitation and the shrunken Pendurthi has been shifted from Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency to the Anakapalle constituency.

Elamanchili Assembly segment recorded the highest turnout of 83.18 per cent with 1,45,073 out of 1,74,408 voters casting their vote. Paderu in the Agency area has the lowest turnout, 60.66 (1,09,344 out of 1,95,431).

Following are the percentages of polling recorded in the 15 Assembly segments of the district (with total number of votes in the segment in brackets): Bheemunipatnam 78.97 (2,23,147); Visakhapatnam East 67.80 (2,02,447); Visakhapatnam South 73.67 (1,74,577); Visakhapatnam North 67 (2,10,362); Visakhapatnam West 69.48 (1,65,949); Gajuwaka 68.63 (2,20,954); Chodavaram 80.78 (1,89,776); Madugula 81.41 (1,70,487); Araku Valley-ST 60.66 (1,96,864); Paderu-ST 55.95 (1,95,431); Anakapalle 76.67 (1,82,830); Pendurthi 74.98 (2,07,616); Elamanchili 83.18 (1,74,408); Payakaraopeta-SC 74.40 (2,10,830) and Narsipatnam 76.99 (1,95,804).

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