The overall voter turnout in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections, which was held on May 7, stood at 65.68 per cent, the Election Commission of India said on Saturday.
While the male voter turnout stood at 66.89 per cent, female voter turnout stood at 64.41 per cent. A total of 25.2 per cent voters were third-gender.
Assam recorded the highest voter turnout at 85.45 per cent, followed by Goa with 76.06 per cent in the third phase. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar recorded the lowest turnout at 57.55 and 59.15 per cent respectively.
The overall voting percentage in the first and second phases was 66.14 per cent and 66.71 per cent respectively.
Voting for the third phase was held on Tuesday in 93 constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories with stray incidents of violence.
As many as 17.24 crore people, including 8.39 crore females, were eligible to vote in the third phase and 1.85 lakh polling stations were set up. With this, voting has been completed in 20 states/UTs and 282 Lok Sabha seats out of 543. Over 1,331 candidates, including around 120 women, were in the fray in the third phase polls.
Among those who exercised their franchise in the third phase were Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who voted at polling booths in Gujarat, where 25 seats were up for grabs in the third phase.
With the BJP bagging Surat unopposed, 25 seats in Gujarat went to polls on Tuesday, besides 11 seats in Maharashtra, 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, the remaining 14 of the 28 in Karnataka, seven in Chhattisgarh, five in Bihar, four each in Assam and West Bengal, and all two in Goa. Voting was held in two seats in Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and nine seats in Madhya Pradesh, including Betul where elections were earlier deferred.
The next four phases will be on May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. Counting of votes will be on June 4.