
District records over 74.14% polling
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Ernakulam constituency registers lowest voting percentage at 65
Ernakulam recorded 74.14% polling, as per data made available at 8.45 p.m. The calculation is not inclusive of postal votes. About 76.53% of male voters (9,91,308) and 71.85% of women voters (9,73,040), and 10 of the 27 transgender voters cast their votes across the 14 constituencies in the district in an election that was peaceful and free of any major incidents.
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