THE VOTER turnout on Sunday in the first general election conducted after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Gujarat at over 9,000 seats across local self-government bodies was low in urban areas as compared to rural areas. As per the provisional voter turnout data released by the State Election Commission (SEC) as of 7:30 pm on Sunday, likely to be updated later, the average voter turnout at 15 municipal corporations was 49.02 per cent (%). However, this was the highest voter turnout recorded in municipal corporations in the three previous elections. On the contrary, the district and taluka panchayat elections has reported a decline in voter turnout since 2015 – that is, the previous two local body elections. In Surendranagar’s Chuda seat for the district panchayat election, repoll has been announced at one booth. “No major issue was reported during the elections.…