Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 -- The voter turnout in the assembly elections in Kerala on Thursday stood at 78.27%, as per the trends of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at 11 pm, eclipsing the polling figure of 74.06% in the 2021 assembly elections and pointing to high public participation in the electoral process post special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

In absolute numbers, the trends indicate that of the 27.1 million persons eligible to vote, 21 million have exercised their franchise. The total number of electors in Kerala fell 8.42% from 27.9 million after SIR. While polling concluded across 30,495 polling stations at 6 pm, ECI officials said that those standing in the queue were given tokens, allowing them to v...