Voter turnout graph going down since past three decades: Data

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PUNE The voter turnout for Pune Lok Sabha constituency has been fluctuating between a low of 40.66 per cent in 2009 and a high of 69.64 per cent votes in 1967, as per data shared by the district administration.C)..

A two-day state-level workshop of sweep nodal officers on voting awareness in view of the Lok Sabha elections was also organised at Yashada on behalf of the Election Commission of India and Chief Electoral Officer Maharashtra recently. ..

. The workshop included a detailed discussion on the innovative activities being implemented in different districts, along with giving information about the activities undertaken by the Election Commission under the sweep initiative to increase voting in the constituencies and to increase the participation of urban citizens in the electoral process..

Indian National Congress candidate Gadgil Narhar Vishnu with 49.53 per cent votes got elected to the Lok Sabha from the central seat while Maydeo Indira Anant, also from the Congress party made it to the Lok Sabha from Pune South with 47.32 % of votes..

According to the data released by the district election office, polling percentage for Pune Lok Sabha seat has fallen down since 2004 during which 47.82 % polling was recorded..

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