Hyderabad: Telangana state recorded a 64.93 per cent voting in the Lok Sabha elections held on Monday, according to the data released by the Election Commission on Tuesday. This marked an improvement of about 2.22 percentage points over the 2019 turnout of 62.77 per cent.
Bhongir recorded the highest turnout at 76.47 per cent and Hyderabad had seen the least with 46.08 per cent. Final figures confirmed that a majority of voters had stayed away in Hyderabad, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad and Chevella.
Ten out of the total 17 Lok Sabha constituencies recorded more than 70 per cent voter turnout.
For the Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly segment bypoll, necessitated by the death of BRS legislator Lasya Nandita, 50.34 per cent voter turnout was recorded.
In terms of Assembly segments, the highest polling of 84.25 per cent was recorded in Narsapur of Medak Constituency and the lowest of 42.76 at Malakpet of the Hyderabad constituency.
A total of 2,20,24,806 voters out of the 3,32,16,348 on the electoral list participated in the voting.
Of these, 2,18,14,035 voters cast their votes at 35,809 polling stations and 2,10,771 exercised their franchise in voter facilitation centres, at postal voting centres or via home voting.
In terms of numbers, the highest number of votes, 3,85,149, was polled at the Medchal Assembly segment of Malkajgiri, while Bhadrachalam polled the fewest, at 1,05,383.
Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj said that all polled material including EVMs were sealed in the presence of observers and contesting candidates or their agents and stored at closely-guarded strong rooms.
Voting pattern
Bhongir: 76.78%
Khammam: 76.09%
Medak: 75.09%
Zahirabad: 74.63%
Adilabad: 74.03%
Nalgonda: 74.02%
Karimnagar: 72.54%
Mahbubnagar: 72.43%
Nizamabad: 71.92%
Mahabubabad: 71.85%
Nagarkurnool: 69.46%
Warangal: 68.86%
Peddapalle: 67.87%
Chevella: 56.50%
Malkajgiri: 50.78%
Secunderabad: 49.04%
Hyderabad: 48.48%
Assembly segment-wise
Highest: Narsapur (Medak): 84.25%
Lowest: Malakpet (Hyderabad): 42.76
How many voted
Electorate: 3,32,16,348
Those who voted: 2,20,24,806
