Agartala: A staggering 85 per cent of the electorate voted in Tripura in the two-phase Lok Sabha election, officials said on Sunday.
This is the highest voter turnout in any state so far in the ongoing parliamentary election.
In 2009, the voter turnout was 84.45 per cent and 67.39 per cent in 2004 in Tripura, which is ruled by the Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
Nagaland recorded 82 per cent polling for its only Lok Sabha seat last week.
Over 86 per cent of the 1.2 million electorate voted in the West Tripura constituency and 84 per cent of the 1.13 million electorate in East Tripura, state Chief Electoral Officer Ashutosh Jindal told IANS.
Tripura created electoral history in the 2013 assembly polls when a record 93.57 per cent ballots were cast. The state recorded 92 percent polling in the 2008 assembly elections.
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