An estimated 69.91 per cent of total 22,26, 567 registered voters exercised their franchise by 4 pm today in the first phase of Lok Sabha election in Meghalaya, Chief Electoral Officer BDR Tiwari said.
The voters’ turnout in Shillong constituency was 70.26 per cent while Tura constituency recorded 69.39 per cent turnout.
The state witnessed an incident-free polling. Voting began at 7 am in 3512 polling stations spread across 60 Assembly constituencies of the State, he said.
The voting percentage will go up, with officials saying that compiling data from some polling stations takes time.
Incumbent Shillong MP Vincent H Pala of the Congress is pitted against Ampareen Lyngdoh of NPP, Ricky A J Syngkon of VPP, Robertjune Kharjahrin of UDP and two independent candidates – Lakhon Kma and Peter Shallam.
For Tura seat, incumbent MP Agatha Sangma of the NPP is locked in a four-corner contest against Saleng Sangma of Congress, Zenith Sangma of Trinamool Congress and independent candidate Laben Marak.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls the overall voter turnout was 71.42 per cent. In Shillong seat the turnout was 65.48 per cent whereas in Tura seat it was 81.38 per cent.
