VOTERS WIN

Jaipur: Voters have broken all previous records in terms of voting in the Assembly polls in Rajasthan. The Election Commission released the final voting figure of 75.45 percent on Sunday. This also includes the figure of 0.83 percent of voting done through postal ballot. In 2018, the voting figure in the state was 74.71 percent. This time there was an increase of 0.73 percent voting. This is the highest turnout so far in the history of democracy in the state. Earlier, the highest turnout was 75.04 percent in 2013. This time 0.41 percent more votes have been cast. Congress is linking the bumper voting and more voting by women with its cheap gas cylinders and mobile scheme, while BJP is calling it anger against Congress regarding women’s safety. Jodhpur, Todabhim and Bamanwas constituencies had the lowest voting percentage of women at 62.97, 63.22 and 63.63 percent respectively.