General Elections 2009 witnessed voter turnout above 58 percent.  Voters wise big States like UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, MP, Gujarat had turnout well below the national average of 58.19 %.  The biggest state, UP had a voter turnout of 47.78%, more than 10 percentage points lower while Bihar had just 44.46 %. Lowest voter turnout, 39.68%, was registered in J&K. Gujarat with 47.9% and Rajasthan with 48.4% voter turnout were amid top five states with lowest voter turnout. Maharashtra, Jharkhand and MP also had voter turnout lower than the national average, with 50.71%, 50.98% and 51.16 % respectively.

On the other hand, North Eastern states had very good voter turnout except Mizoram (51.8%). Nagaland had highest turnout of 89.99% followed by Tripura (84.45%) and Sikkim (83.76%). West Bengal also had very good turnout of 81.4%. Southern states had an impressive voter turnout with Kerala at73.36%, Tamil Nadu at 73.03% and Andhra Pradesh at 72.63 %. Karnataka was just above the national average with 58.81%.

Among Union Territories, only Delhi had a voter turnout lower than the national average with 51.85% voters casting their votes in the national capital. Lakshadweep with 85.9% voter turnout was first amongst UTs and second overall.

TOP FIVE STATES WITH HIGHEST           TOP FIVE STATES WITH LOWEST

 VOTER TURNOUT PERCENTAGE             VOTER TURNOUT PERCENTAGE

Statewise voter turnout out in percentage is as follows:-

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