Thiruvananthapuram: State Election Commissioner A Shahjahan on Thursday said the local body polls this year witnessed the highest turnout since 1995 when the first civic elections were held in Kerala.

Shahjahan, speaking to reporters here after the conclusion of the second phase of polling of the local body elections, said that more than 2.1 crore voters turned up to cast their ballot.

According to the latest State Election Commission (SEC) figures released at around 9.30 pm, the turnout in the second phase of polling was 76.08 per cent.

In the first phase of polling, which concluded on December 9, the turnout was 70.91 per cent, bringing the total polling in the local body elections to 73.69 per cent, according to SEC data.

Shahjahan further said that the counting of votes will be c

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