As the city gears up to go to polls today, the authorities' sights are set at beating the voting percentage of 2014 assembly polls. While Lok Sabha (LS) elections saw a rise in voting percentage since 2014, citizens have a record of 56% and 49% voting in the island city and suburbs respectively to break. The island city has 10 constituencies, while the suburbs have 26. There are 333 candidates contesting across the 36 seats.

The Election Commission (EC) has been continually taking measures to encourage citizens to vote. The total number of voters in the city is 97.72 lakh, of which 33.15 lakh are women, 39.47 lakh are men and 528 are others in the suburban district. Whereas in the island city, there are 13.71 lakh male voters, 11.38 lakh female voters and 132 others.