Hyderabad: Parliamentary constituency of Hyderabad recorded the lowest turnout in Lok Sabha elections 2019.
In Telangana state, 60.57 percent polling was registered. However, the percentage of turnout in Hyderabad was 39.49 percent respectively.
In Hyderabad, Yakutpura Assembly segment recorded the least polling of 31.1 percent. In none of the assembly segments of Telangana’s capital, the polling crossed 50%.
Despite appeals made by political parties and celebrities, people of Hyderabad preferred to stay at home.
It seems that people are vexed with the communal politics of MIM and BJP. The polling percentage is nothing but a slap on such politics.
It may be noted that Hyderabad recorded the lowest polling percentage since 1984. The percentage was never less than 50 in the earlier elections.
| Year | Percentage |
| 1984 | 76.80 |
| 1989 | 71.30 |
| 1991 | 77.10 |
| 1996 | 63.40 |
| 1998 | 73.20 |
| 1999 | 69.20 |
| 2004 | 55.70 |
| 2009 | 52.40 |
| 2014 | 53.30 |
| 2019 | 39.49 |
Possible reasons
Percentage of polling in Hyderabad was the least when compared to earlier Lok Sabha elections. Here’re the possible reasons:
- Voters might be vexed with false promises.
- Increase in literacy level in Old City.
- Anger due to unemployment.
- Hate speeches and character assassination.
- Huge crackdown on bogus voting.
- Deletion of voters from the electoral lists.
- People rejected communal politics of particular political parties.
Heat waves another reason
It is believed that people preferred to stay at home due to prevailing heat waves in the city. It seems that people attended election gathering for fun and did not turn up on the day of polling.
Polling percentage in Lok Sabha polls lesser than Assembly polls
It may be mentioned that in the recently held TS Assembly Polls, Hyderabad had recorded the polling of 50% which has fallen down in Lok Sabha polls.
In TS Assembly polls, none of the seven constituencies had recorded polling percentage less than 40.
