Kottayam reports fall in polling percentage

Kottayam connected Tuesday recorded a diminution successful elector turnout successful the section assemblage elections compared to the erstwhile 2 elections.

According to the provisional information disposable from the State Election Commission, 70.76% of the voters exercised their franchise successful the territory astatine the adjacent of voting astatine 6 p.m. Of the 16,41,176 voters successful the district, 11,61,255 formed their votes. However, the territory recorded the lowest polling compared to erstwhile 2 section assemblage elections held successful 2020 and 2015, which saw polling percentages of 73.92% and 78.30% respectively. Despite vigorous campaigning by governmental parties, elector information decreased importantly crossed each municipalities but Erattupetta, which saw a flimsy increase.

The Erattupetta civic assemblage recorded a polling percent of 85.71%, up from 85.35% successful 2020. Meanwhile, the Changanassery municipality reported the lowest elector turnout astatine 68.05%. In the Kottayam municipality, wherever the United Democratic Front (UDF) antecedently gained powerfulness done a gully of lots, the polling percent was 68.17%.

Among the artifact panchayats, Vaikom achieved the highest elector turnout astatine 78.80% and Madappally recorded the lowest astatine 67.01%.

Polling remained mostly peaceful successful the district, though the procedures were disrupted for immoderate clip successful a fewer polling booths aft physics voting machines (EVMs) developed method snags. Slight hostility was reported successful Ward 19 of the Pala municipality erstwhile Congress rebel campaigner Maya Rahul and her husband, Rahul P R, engaged successful a heated statement with immoderate Congress workers. The constabulary intervened promptly to defuse the situation.