Record turnout of 88% for Sagar bypoll
The Hindu
Voter turnout surpasses previous best of 80% in 2014
Amid COVID surge, a record voter turnout of approximately 88% was recorded for the Nagarjunasagar Assembly bypoll on Saturday. The voter turnout of about 88%, as declared by official sources, tops the polling percentage of the past 13 terms in constituency. Polling began at 7 a.m., after mock poll before polling agents, and the process continued till 7 p.m. Starting as early as 6.30 a.m. voters queued up outside polling stations. By 9 a.m., the turnout was 12.9% and within the next two hours the figure touched 31% All the major contestants, Nomula Bhagat of ruling TRS, BJP’s Ravi Kumar Naik and Kunduru Jana Reddy of the , Congress cast their votes along with family members in their respective polling stations at Ibrahimpet, Palugu Thanda and Nagarjunasagar.
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