Around 72.45 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Friday’s elections in the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) while around 82.73 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise in the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) polls which were by and large peaceful except for sporadic incidents of attacks on polling stations and damages to EVMs in two constituencies of JHADC.
The polls will decide the fate of 272 candidates – 158, including 12, in the KHADC and 114, including 7, in the JHADC. Nongspung-Sohiong saw the highest turnout of 86.07 per cent while Jirang constituency saw the lowest turnout with a mere 51.46 per cent voters exercising their franchise for the KHDC polls.
For the JHADC polls, Moodymmai-Nongkroh constituency in West Jaintia Hills recorded the highest voting percentage at 90.8 per cent while the lowest figure of 75.21 per cent was recorded in Jowai-North constituency.
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