In the Seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024, Polling across all 13 constituencies of Punjab is going on. Punjab voters are very enthusiastically casting their votes. This is evident by the fact 23.91% of voters have cast their vote across the state in the first 4 hours of polling i.e. between 7 AM and 11 AM.
Punjab set the record for highest voter turnout in 1967 elections with 71.13%. Not only this, that year saw Punjab churning out the highest voter turnout of the whole country. In 1967, India recorded a voter turnout of 61.04%. The lowest voter turnout ever recorded in 1992, when militants boycotted the elections in the presence of increasing terror activity, and to protest the government at the time. A voter turnout of 23.96 % was recorded.
In 2024, 2.14 Crore voters of Punjab are casting their vote on 24,451 Polling Stations across the state on June 1. There are several incentivising initiatives being undertaken by the Election Commission to encourage voter turnout as well. All major political parties will be contesting the elections solo for the first time. BJP and SAD have been contesting the elections in an alliance and will be contesting the elections solo for the first time since 1996.