By Priyanka Deshpande
CNBC-TV18.com
Published June 3, 2024
India set a world record with 64.2 crore voters participating in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on June 3. Here are some key takeaways from the Election Commission of India (ECI) press conference.
64.2 crore voters cast their vote, this is over 1.5 times the voters of all G7 countries and over 2.5 times the voters of 27 countries in the EU.
A record 31.2 crore women voted in the elections, over 1.25 times the voters of 27 countries in the EU.
Most super senior citizens preferred going to the booth instead of voting from home, move will inspire youth.
Jammu and Kashmir recorded its highest turnout in four decades at 58.58% overall and 51.05% in the Valley.
Only 39 repolls took place in the 2024 general elections as against 540 repolls in 2019.
Over 68,000 monitoring teams and 1.5 crore polling and security personnel were involved in the world's largest electoral exercise.
Nearly four lakh vehicles, 135 special trains and 1,692 air sorties were used for conducting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Seizures of ₹10,000 crore, including cash, freebies, drugs and liquor, were made during the 2024 polls as compared to ₹3,500 crore in 2019.
Over 90% of the 495 complaints of Model Code of Conduct violations were disposed during the poll process.
The biggest learning from elections is that the poll process should be completed before summer.