Poll panel lauded as India records highest voter turnout

Another poll official said the youth and women were the main targets. "Over 10 lakh (one million) young voters were enrolled as voters and also made to pledge that they will vote. Such campaigns were held at colleges," the official told IANS.

Ojha further said that voters were also influenced by the way political parties advertised and campaigned. "Maybe the Modi factor influenced the voters in our country. The AAP's style of door-to-door to campaigning can also be counted as a reason," Qureshi added.

In India, the previous highest voter turnout - 64 percent - across the country was recorded in 1984, when the Congress party swept to power with a record margin following a sympathy wave in its favour in the wake of prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.

The turnout this time was considerably higher than 2009, which saw a 58.19 percent turnout nationally.