SHILLONG: Meghalaya has registered the highest percentage increase in voters turnout amongst the North Eastern states compared the previous Lok Sbaha polls 2014 as the state registered an increase of 2.57 percent on turnout.
This was informed by the Chief Electoral Officer, FR Kharkongor here on Saturday.
It may be mentioned that elections for the two seats of Shillong and Tura in Meghalaya were held in the first phase on April 11 last. In the year 2014, the overall turnout in the state was 68.84 percent while in this year’s election, the turnout was 71.41 percent
After Meghalaya, Mizoram showed an increase of 1.96 per cent as far as voters turnout in comparison to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
On the other hand, all other North Eastern states showed a decrease as far as voters turnout in this year’s election
Arunachal Pradesh showed a decrease of 9.89 percent while Assam showed a decrease of 0.59 percent.
Similarly, Nagaland showed a decrease of 5.41 per cent in turnout while in Manipur the decline was by 1.95 percent.
