70.31 pc voter turnout in Hry, compilation of figures still on

Chandigarh: Over 70 per cent of Haryana's 1.80 crore electorate exercised their franchise in the polling for 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state on Sunday according to the data compiled till Monday morning, officials said.

The highest polling percentage was recorded in Sirsa parliamentary constituency (75.97 per cent), followed by Kurukshetra (74.36 per cent) and Hisar (72.16 per cent), while Faridabad (64.34 per cent) and Karnal (68.54 per cent) recorded comparatively less voter turnout.

"We are still in the process of compiling of figures. As per data available till Monday morning, the poll percentage recorded in Haryana was 70.31 per cent. However, this is likely to rise slightly when all the data is compiled," Haryana's Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Inder Jeet said on Monday.

In the 2014 general elections, the overall polling percentage was at 71.86, while in 1977, the voter turnout was 73.26 per cent.