Puducherry Assembly election 2026: Voter turnout stands at 91.23%, the highest in the Union Territory’s history

The Union Territory has recorded a historical precocious elector turnout of 91.23% in the polls that concluded connected Thursday (April 9, 2026) to elite a 30-member Legislative Assembly successful Puducherry.

Officials successful the Puducherry Elections Department said the votes polled successful the Electronic Voting Machines connected Thursday was 89.87% of the full 9,50,639 electors who had recovered notation successful the last electoral rotation for the 2026 Assembly polls. The section had received astir 12,000 postal ballots, accounting to 1.36% of the electorate. The full votes polled successful the EVMs on with the postal ballots would instrumentality the elector turnout to 91.23%, the authoritative said.