Kohima, the only Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland, recorded more than five per cent voting till 4 pm when polling closed on Friday. The officers provided this information.
Voting started at 7 am.
Sources in the Chief Electoral Officer's office said the voting figures are approximate as it takes time to collect data from polling stations in remote areas.
Officials said that out of 13.25 lakh voters in Nagaland, 50.41 percent have exercised their franchise.
Voting took place amid a call by the Eastern Nagaland People's Organization (ENPO) to abstain from voting in six districts of the region demanding a separate state.
People from six districts, which have more than four lakh votes across 73 polling stations, remained indoors in solidarity with the ENPO.
Polling personnel waited for nine hours at booths in six eastern districts of Nagaland, but not a single voter of the region's four lakh voters turned out to vote after the bandh called by the organization to press the demand for 'Frontier Nagaland Territory'. didn `t come.
Nagaland Governor Lt. Ganesan exercised his franchise at the model polling booth TT Stadium in Officers Hill here, while Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio cast his vote at his native village Tauphema in North Angami-II assembly constituency in Kohima district.
Congress candidate and party state unit president S Suphongmeren Jamir Al cast his vote in his native village at Longsa in Mongoya assembly constituency of Mokokchung district.
NDPP candidate Chumben Marri cast his vote in Wokha town.
Apart from Mari and Jamir, independent candidate Heithung Tungo Lotha is also in the fray.
Voting started at 7 am.
Sources in the Chief Electoral Officer's office said the voting figures are approximate as it takes time to collect data from polling stations in remote areas.
Officials said that out of 13.25 lakh voters in Nagaland, 50.41 percent have exercised their franchise.
Voting took place amid a call by the Eastern Nagaland People's Organization (ENPO) to abstain from voting in six districts of the region demanding a separate state.
People from six districts, which have more than four lakh votes across 73 polling stations, remained indoors in solidarity with the ENPO.
Polling personnel waited for nine hours at booths in six eastern districts of Nagaland, but not a single voter of the region's four lakh voters turned out to vote after the bandh called by the organization to press the demand for 'Frontier Nagaland Territory'. didn `t come.
Nagaland Governor Lt. Ganesan exercised his franchise at the model polling booth TT Stadium in Officers Hill here, while Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio cast his vote at his native village Tauphema in North Angami-II assembly constituency in Kohima district.
Congress candidate and party state unit president S Suphongmeren Jamir Al cast his vote in his native village at Longsa in Mongoya assembly constituency of Mokokchung district.
NDPP candidate Chumben Marri cast his vote in Wokha town.
Apart from Mari and Jamir, independent candidate Heithung Tungo Lotha is also in the fray.
