Visakhapatnam recorded 3.34% voter turnout in the first two hours of polling on Thursday, with participation in the city’s core urban areas yet to gather pace.

According to booth-level officials, voter turnout was thin between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m., with only a handful of people visiting several polling stations during the first hour.

Polling continued through the morning, and officials were monitoring voter flow across the constituency as participation gradually picked up.