ELECTION DIARY

■ Turnout stood at 36.5% at 2 p.m. local time (5.30 p.m. IST), down from 41.1% four years ago

■ The figure does not include postal votes, which are likely to exceed those cast in the 2017 election given the Covid-19 pandemic

■ About 60.4 million people out of 83 million are eligible to vote