Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah, in an exclusive interview with Network18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, said the revision of electoral rolls and no contest from the other side are among the reasons for the low voter turnout in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections.
When asked given the voter turnout, is the BJP on track for its 370-seat target and ‘400 paar’ for the NDA, Shah said, “It is absolutely on track. You will see on counting day, before 12.30 pm, the NDA will cross 400, Modi ji will again become Prime Minister. There are many reasons for the lower turnout. After 12 years, the electoral rolls have been revised. The second reason is that there is no contest from the other side, which affects the turnout in a way. My party’s team and I have done a detailed analysis. We are moving towards the third phase with well over 100 seats from the first two. I don’t see any problem in crossing the target of 400.”
In phase one, 102 seats went to polls, while in phase two elections were held in 88 constituencies. A voter turnout of 66.14 per cent was recorded in phase one and 66.71 per cent in phase two of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission said on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Congress, CPI-M and TMC questioned the EC over the delay in announcing the final voter turnout figures for the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, 11 days after the first round of polling on April 19.
Officially sharing the turnout figure, the poll panel said in phase one of the elections, 66.22 per cent of male and 66.07 female electors turned up to vote. The turnout for registered third-gender voters stood at 31.32 per cent. In the 2019 polls, the turnout in the first phase stood at 69.43 per cent.
In the second phase of elections held on April 26, the male voter turnout was recorded at 66.99 per cent, while the female turnout stood at 66.42 per cent. As many as 23.86 per cent of the registered third-gender voters came out to vote. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in phase two, the turnout was 69.64 per cent.
Watch the full interview on CNN-News18 at 9pm on Thursday.
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