Lok Sabha polls: Overall voter turnout reduces to 65.79 per cent in 2024 from record high of 67.40 per cent in 2019

A voter turnout of 65.79 per cent was recorded in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, but the final figures may change as it does not include postal ballots, the Election Commission said on Thursday.

Notably, in the 2019 parliamentary polls, the turnout was 67.40 per cent.

"Assam recorded the highest voter turnout of 81.56 percent among states. Bihar recorded the lowest voter turnout out of 56.19 percent among states," ECI said.


The commission said detailed statistical reports having number of postal votes and gross voter turnout will be made available after finalisation of details, as received from states and Union Territories in due course according to standard practice.

Here are the state-wise voter turnout figures:



Earlier this week, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar asserted that India made history with a remarkable turnout of 64.2 crore voters in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. He furtehr highlighted that this figure surpasses the combined total voters of the G7 nations by 1.5 times, with an impressive 31.2 crore women participating, setting a global benchmark. Notably, only 39 re-polls were necessary this year, a significant drop from the 540 re-polls conducted during the 2019 elections.