BJP does not think that a lower voter turnout in the first two phases of Lok Sabha elections 2024 would affect the party’s vision of ‘Abki Baar 400 paar.’ While less number of people exercising their right to vote so far in the ongoing election is worrying psephologist, Union Minister Amit Shah lists out two reason for the situation.

In an interview to Network18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, Shah was asked that despite low voter turnout in the first two phases of Lok Sabha poll, is BJP still on track of winning 370 seats and NDA alliance crossing 400 mark?

“It is absolutely on track. You will see on counting day (June 4), before 12:30 pm, NDA will cross 400, Modi ji will again become Prime Minister,” Shah said.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Amit Shah shares 2 reasons for low voter turnout

Shah said “there are many reasons for the lower turnout” but specified on two. They are:

1 – “After 12 years, the electoral rolls have been revised.”

2 – “The second reason is that there is no contest from the other side, which affects the turnout in a way.”

The senior BJP minister further said: “My party’s team and I have done a detailed analysis. We are moving towards the third phase with well over 100 seats from the first two. I don’t see any problem in crossing the target of 400.”

The third phase of polling will be conducted on May 7.

Lok Sabha election 2024 final voter turnout

The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Tuesday, released the final voter turnout of the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls.

Phase 1: 66.14 per cent

Phase 2: 66.71 per cent

The turnout was, however, lower than the initial figures the poll body shared after the voting ended on each phase.

After the first phase ended on April 19, when polling was held on 102 seats, the EC said the voter turnout for the phase was around 60 per cent as of 7 pm.

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Following the second phase of voting on April 26, the poll body gave the tentative figure as 60.96 per cent.

The final voter turnout data was released ECI 11 days after the first phase polling and four days after the second phase.

For the unversed, in 2019, voter turnout in the first phase was recorded at 69.4 per cent and 69.2 per cent in the second phase.

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Network 18 Exclusive: Amit Shah shares two reasons for the low turnout in Lok Sabha polls