A total of 1,65,541 voters exercised their franchise in the Nagpur Division Graduates’ Constituency election, recording a turnout of 64.76% till 4 pm on Friday, according to reports received from the election authorities. Of the 2,55,603 registered voters across the six districts of Nagpur Division, 1,01,503 were men and 64,038 were women who cast their votes. The electorate includes 1,47,280 male voters, 1,08,301 female voters and 22 voters belonging to the third gender. Chandrapur district recorded the highest turnout of 72.59%, with 23,419 of its 32,262 registered voters exercising their franchise. Gadchiroli followed with 72.95% polling, though its figures were recorded only till 3 pm. Of the 13,608 registered voters in Gadchiroli, 9,927 cast their votes.

 

Gondia recorded a turnout of 71.53%, with 15,862 voters casting their votes out of 22,176 registered voters. Wardha registered 68.37% polling, with 14,864 of its 21,742 voters exercising their franchise. Bhandara recorded a turnout of 67.07%, with 14,319 votes polled against an electorate of 21,349. Nagpur district, which accounts for the largest share of the electorate, recorded a turnout of 60.33%. Of the 1,44,466 registered voters in the district, 87,150 cast their votes by 4 pm. These included 49,182 men and 37,968 women. The district-wise figures indicate that turnout was comparatively higher in Chandrapur, Gondia,

 

Wardha and Bhandara than in Nagpur district. Overall, male voter turnout stood at 68.92%, while female voter turnout was 59.13%, according to the official data. The polling figures were compiled on the basis of reports submitted by the respective District Collectors and the Election Returning Officer for the Nagpur Graduates’ Constituency. Earlier a total of 99,378 voters exercised their franchise till 2 pm recording a turnout of 38.88% across the six districts of the division. Gadchiroli district registered the highest turnout at 46.51%, while Nagpur district recorded 36.13%. When asked about the reason behind sudden rise in per centage in next two hours, an official on condition of anonymity said at some centres, a large number of voters turned up after 3 pm. The voting per centage suddenly increased due to sudden arrival of voters at the polling centres in the last hour. This led to delay in compiling the voting count.