LS Polls: Delhi Beats Mumbai With a Voter Turnout of 60.51%

Mumbai, which voted in the fourth phase of elections, saw a 55.1 percent voter turnout.

With the conclusion of the sixth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections on Sunday, 12 May, Delhi remained ahead of Mumbai in terms of the voter turnout, but saw a marginal fall when compared to its own 2014 statistics.

According to the figures by the Election Commission, the seven parliamentary seats in the capital, which went to polls in the penultimate phase, saw an overall turnout of 60.51 percent, compared to its 2014 haul of 65 percent.

Meanwhile, Mumbai, which voted in the fourth phase of this year’s parliamentary elections, saw the highest turnout since 1989, but stood behind Delhi at 55.1 percent.

Moreover, when compared to the other metropolitan cities, Delhi stood neck-and-neck with Gurugram.