CEO Navdeep Rinwa inspects a booth in Lucknow during a special voter enrolment drive on Saturday
Lucknow: The Gorakhpur-Faizabad teachers’ constituency recorded the highest voter turnout of 79.32%, while the Meerut graduates’ constituency registered the lowest at 35.81% in the biennial elections to 11 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats held on Friday.
Among the five graduates’ constituencies, Agra recorded the highest turnout at 49.75%, followed by Allahabad-Jhansi at 41.4%, Varanasi at 41.11%, Lucknow at 39.83% and Meerut at 35.81%. Gorakhpur-Faizabad topped the list with 79.32%, followed by Bareilly-Moradabad at 73.69% and Varanasi at 69.87%. Agra teachers’ constituency recorded 59.82% polling, Meerut 57.64% and Lucknow 52.19%. The three polling stations identified for repolling are booth number 20 at Tehsil premises, Kheragarh, Room No. 1; booth number 21 at Kshetra panchayat office, Saiyan, Room No. 1; and booth number 26 at Kshetra panchayat office, Fatehabad, Room No. 1.
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According to the final polling figures released by the office of chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa on Saturday morning, voting was completed in five graduates’ and six teachers’ constituencies across the state.