Lok Sabha Phase 1 Voting Highlights: 62% Polling Logged, PM Modi Hails 'Great Response' As He Thanks Voters
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Lok Sabha Phase 1 Voting Live: PM Modi hails 'First phase, great response' as he claims 'record numbers' for NDA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the BJP has received a "great response" in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections. "Getting EXCELLENT feedback from today’s voting. It’s clear that people across India are voting for NDA in record numbers," he posted on X.
First phase, great response! Thank you to all those who have voted today.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 19, 2024
Getting EXCELLENT feedback from today’s voting. It’s clear that people across India are voting for NDA in record numbers.
Lok Sabha Phase 1 Voting Live: 62.37% polling logged, Final figures to be revealed on Saturday
An aggregate 62.37 per cent voter turnout was recorded in phase one of the Lok Sabha polls on Friday, the Election Commission (EC) said. While the figures were issued after the conclusion of polls, the commission said people who were in the queue when voting ended at 6 pm were allowed to exercise their franchise.The voting percentage is likely to go upwards when reports from all polling stations are obtained as polling is scheduled till 6 pm in many constituencies. Final figures will be known on Saturday after the scrutiny of form 17A, the EC said.
Polling took place in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories in the first of the seven-phase elections.The commission described the turnout as high, noting that voting remained largely peaceful.In the first phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the voter turnout was recorded at 69.43 per cent. Some of the constituencies were different then and the total number of seats which went to polls were 91.States, including Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territories of Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep completed their voting process on Friday in single-phase election. (PTI)
Lok Sabha Phase 1 Voting Live: Samajwadi Party's Muzaffarnagar candidate alleges booth capturing by BJP agents in Kutba village
Samajwadi Party candidate from UP's Muzaffarnagar Harendra Singh Malik writes to Election Commission, alleging booth capturing by BJP agents in Kutba village (the home place of BJP leader Sanjeev Balyan) and requesting deployment of paramilitary in the village, PTI reported.
Lok Sabha Phase 1 Voting Live: Tripura Records 80% Voter Turnout, Bengal 78%, Meghalaya 74% Till 9 PM
As per ECI, Tripura recorded 80.17% voter turnout followed by West Bengal at 77.57%, Meghalaya at 74.21%, and Puducherry at 73.50% till 9 pm, in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections which saw polling in 21 States and UTs
Lok Sabha Phase 1 Voting Live: Tripura records 79.90% voter turnout till 7 pm
As per ECI, Tripura recorded 79.90% voter turnout till 7 pm, in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections which saw polling in 21 States and UTs
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