Over 66 per cent voters inked!

For a better tomorrow: Voters queue outside a polling station during the last phase of parliamentary elections in Kolkata yesterday. pic/AFP

The people of this eastern metropolis, known for their political orientation, have left behind their counterparts from the other four metros in terms of the voting percentage for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

Around 66 per cent voters in the five constituencies covering Kolkata city and greater Kolkata cast their votes in the last phase of elections in the country yesterday, according to state Chief Electoral Officer Debasish Sen.
The national capital Delhi, which went to polls on May 7, had a 50 per cent turnout.

In Mumbai, also called the country's commercial capital, the polling percentage on April 30 was a poor 41.2.
In the south, IT hub Bangalore reported around 47 per cent polling in the second phase of elections on April 23. But Kolkata got the toughest competition from the other southern metropolis Chennai which recorded between 55 and 60 per cent polling.

In Kolkata proper, 66 per cent votes were recorded in Kolkata North and 67 per cent in Kolkata South. Parts of Dum Dum, Barasat and Jadavpur constituencies figure in extended Kolkata.

Head count: Kolkata 66%, Chennai 60%, Delhi 50%, Mumbai 41.2%