The overall voter turnout in the just-concluded elections, at 72.45 per cent, is the highest in the 58-year electoral history of Andhra Pradesh.
Over 4.10 crore out of 5.78 crore voters exercised their franchise during the two phases of polling in 42 Parliamentary and 294 Assembly constituencies.
The figure is likely to go up to 73 to 75 per cent as voting under the re-poll at 63 polling stations on Sunday crossed 80 per cent on an average.
The State’s next best percentage of 70.43 was recorded during 1989 Lok Sabha elections when Congress suffered a crushing defeat and a new government was formed at the Centre with V. P. Singh as Prime Minister.
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