Puducherry records 84.08% voting in Assembly polls
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Out of the 9,41,398 voters, a total of 7,91,511 exercised their franchise in the polling held to the 30-member assembly yesterday, Puducherry Chief Electoral Officer V Candavelou told reporters.
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The 2011 Assembly polls registered 86.19% polling, he said adding a survey would be conducted shortly to identify the reason for the decline.
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Women voters constituted 53.52% of total voters who exercised their franchise while men voters accounted for 46.48% of the votes polled in the elections, hotly contested by ruling AINRC, Congress-DMK combine, AIADMK, People's Welfare Alliance and BJP.
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Yanam, an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh with one constituency, recorded the highest polling percentage of 92.67. Two booths in Yanam recorded cent per cent polling.
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He said out of 35,812 first time voters, only 24,923 voters exercised their franchise yesterday.
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As many as 11,236 of the total 15,636 voters with physical disability exercised their franchise and student volunteers helped them reach the booths and to return homes.
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Giving details of region wise polling, the CEO said Puducherry with 23 seats recorded 84.6%, Karaikal (five) recorded 80.98%, Mahe and Yanam with one seat each clocked a polling percentage of 77.16% and 92.67%.