Delhi/Hyderabad, April 24 (Maxim News): The Supreme Court has praised the peaceful conclusion of the first phase of polling in West Bengal elections on Thursday. It said it was happy that the Election Commission conducted the polling peacefully without any violent incidents and that people turned up to vote in large numbers at polling stations. It made these comments while speaking on the polling percentage during the hearing of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) case on Friday.
Chief Justice Suryakant said that as an Indian citizen, he was very happy to see the voter turnout in Bengal. he said that the democratic system is strengthened only when people exercise their right to vote. He said that if people know the power of their vote, they will not indulge in any violent incidents.
In the first phase of polling in Bengal, women voters outnumbered men. The male voter turnout was 90.92, while the female voter turnout was 92.69. The total voter turnout across the state was over 92.88 percent. This is the highest in the state since independence. The highest voter turnout was 84.72 percent in the 2011 assembly elections.
The Election Commission said that the increase in voter turnout was due to arrangements like better voter information slips, adjustment of fewer voters in each polling booth, and better facilities for the disabled. (Maxim News)
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