Kerala votes with a vengeance, logs 59.91 per cent polling by 3.40 pm
April 06, 2021
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Kerala seemed to vote with a vengeance with polling for the state as a whole sailing past the 50 per cent mark shortly after noon and clocking in at 59.91 per cent at 3.40 pm in a trend, if sustained, could lead to a record number (77.35 per cent in 2016 and 77.68 per cent in 2019 Lok Sabha elections) by the time voting ends.
The intensity of polling witnessed in the morning was only fractionally dented by noon, with voters milling around at many places defying the hot sun. With the process expected to draw in more voters into the evening, especially along the coastal belt, the numbers could go up sharply, experienced polling agents aver.