Summary:
Among the 10 seats where turnout was lower as compared to 2014, six are rural seats, and four urban seats. Ten seats saw lower turnout than in 2014, while the Gandhinagar seat recorded the exact turnout as in 2014. Rajkot, the home-town of chief minister Vijay Rupani, also reported lower turnout as compared to the previous Lok Sabha polls. An analysis of the voter turnout figures reveals that 15 Lok Sabha constituencies recorded higher turnout as compared to 2014 elections, which saw the BJP sweeping all 26 seats. The state recorded all-time high turnout of 64.11% in elections for the 26 Lok Sabha seats on Tuesday, bettering the turnout of 63.77% achieved way back in 1967..