The trend of a dip in voter turnout in the Lok Sabha elections continued, with 96 parliamentary seats that went to the polls in phase 4 polling across 10 states and a Union Territory on May 13 recording 67.25 per cent turnout, according to the Election Commission's latest estimates.

In 2019 general election, the turnout in these seats was 68.8 per cent. This is a 1.55 per cent dip compared to the last general election. The final turnout, to be released in a few days, may increase the numbers further.

West Bengal recorded a 78.37 per cent turnout followed by Andhra Pradesh at 76.5 %, Madhya Pradesh at 70.98 per cent, Jharkhand at 65.2 per cent, Uttar Pradesh at 58.05 per cent and Bihar at 57.06 per cent, estimates at 11.45 pm on May 13 said.

In Jammu and Kashmir, the voting was held for Srinagar seat of Kashmir Valley, Srinagar seat recorded about 37.98 % turnout,  as per a 11.45 pm update on May 13. This is the highest turnout in Srinagar since 1996. In 2019, Srinagar had recorded 14.43% voter turnout.

The dip in turnout was seen in the first three phases of polling too, though the gap is slowly narrowing. The third phase of polling held on May 7 recorded 65.68 per cent voter turnout, which is about 1.62 percentage points lesser than the 67.3 % turnout.

All 25 seats of Andhra Pradesh and 17 seats of Telangana, 13 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 11 in Maharashtra, 8 in West Bengal, 8 in Madhya Pradesh, 5 in Bihar, 4 seats each in Jharkhand and Odisha and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir voted in the fourth phase.