Hyderabad, May 15 -- The voter turnout in Andhra Pradesh that went to polls to its 175-member state assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats on Monday is expected to cross 81%, as compared to 79.2% in 2019 general elections, Election Commission of India (ECI) authorities said on Tuesday.

According to the figures released by the ECI, the state witnessed a turnout of 78.46% till midnight on Monday. "The polling went on till 2 am in the early hours of Tuesday in some polling stations and we are gathering the data. The overall polling percentage is expected to touch 81%, including 1.2% of postal ballots," chief electoral officer Mukesh Kumar Meena told reporters on Tuesday evening.

Meena said this was the highest-ever polling percentage in Andhra Pr...