The number of voters in the state is 2,77,49,159, which includes 1,43,33,499 women, 1,34,15,29 men and 367 transgenders. They are eligible to elect 20 Lok Sabha members.

The sun has been scorching for the last one week and the mercury reached 40 degrees on Friday, but people have come out in good numbers. Due to the explosive election campaign launched by three political fronts including the ruling CPI(M)-led Left, Congress-led UDF and BJP-led ND along with several independent candidates and some other parties, the voting percentage There has been a decline. The number has increased. opportunity. Now it remains to be seen whether the trend of 77.67 percent turnover will be broken in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections or not.

The special thing on Friday was that even before the voting started at seven in the morning, voters stood in queues across the state. In total, there are 25,177 polling stations and 18 auxiliary booths. Of these, 2,776 are model polling stations and 555 polling stations are manned entirely by women teams.

Meanwhile reports indicate that there are long queues of voters to cast their votes at many polling stations across the state. In the 2019 elections, the Congress-led UDF won 19 seats, while the Left won one seat.