Nagpur: Highest rise in polling, lowest turn-out of voters in Vid
11-04-14 For the first time, number of voters who exercised their franchise in Lok Sabha poll in Vidarbha has crossed the mark of one crore By Kartik Lokhande There is one good news and one bad news for Nagpur constituency of Lok Sabha. The percentage of polling for this constituency has increased by 13.52 per cent in 2014 over the previous election held in 2009. This rise is the highest among all 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in Vidarbha region. Now, the bad news. Nagpur is also the constituency that has witnessed voter turn-out of 57.12 per cent, which is the lowest in all 10 constituencies of the region. As the final figures for polling in all 10 constituencies of Lok Sabha in Vidarbha region came out on Friday, the overall picture of voter turn-out became clear. The region as a whole has seen an impressive rise of 7.14 per cent in polling, over the previous Lok Sabha election held in 2009. As against 55.74 per cent polling in 2009, the region has seen 62.88 per...