Higher voter turnout numbers so far in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh may suggest a closer contest in these two states that together send 54 representatives to Parliament, although there’s no telling how this will play out in terms of number of seats. Voter turnout figures after the fifth round of polling for the 2019 general elections suggest that Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are turning out to be outliers among major states.
Both states have recorded a significantly higher voter turnout than what they did in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. To be sure, voting is yet to take place in 16 out of 29 parliamentary constituencies (PCs) in Madhya Pradesh. However, the PCs which have voted so far have registered a large increase in turnout.