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LUCKNOW, March 8 - Over 60 per cent of the 1.41 crore voters today exercised their franchise in the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 40 seats, bringing down the curtain on a gruelling two-month-long process.
�60.03 per cent votes were polled till 5 PM,� Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer T Venkatesh said.
The turnout for these seats was 57.92 per cent in the last Assembly polls in 2012.
The average turnout in the seven phases of polling that began on February 11 has been around 60-61 per cent compared to 59.48 per cent in 2012.
The poll percentage in the first phase was 64.22, in the second 65.16, third phase 61.16, fourth phase 60.37, fifth phase 57.37 and sixth phase 57.03. � PTI
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