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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: Madhya Pradesh records 59.63 pc voter turnout till 3 pm

The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 phase 4 is ongoing today. Voting in the 96 constituencies located over ten states and Union Territories began at 7:00 in the morning and it will end at 6:00 pm at night. According to the Election Commission of India, a collective of 4,264 nominations were filed for the 96 parliamentary […]

The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 phase 4 is ongoing today. Voting in the 96 constituencies located over ten states and Union Territories began at 7:00 in the morning and it will end at 6:00 pm at night. According to the Election Commission of India, a collective of 4,264 nominations were filed for the 96 parliamentary constituencies, resulting in a final tally of 1,717 candidates in contention. Telangana recorded the highest number of nominations at 1,488, with Andhra Pradesh following closely behind with 1,103 nominations across 25 constituencies.

In this round of voting, Andhra Pradesh (25), Telangana (17), Uttar Pradesh (13), Maharashtra (11), Madhya Pradesh (8), West Bengal (8), Bihar (5), Odisha (4), and Jammu and Kashmir (1) are among the states and Union Territories participating. Additionally, voters in Andhra Pradesh will be exercising their right to elect representatives for the 175-member State Assembly. Furthermore, 28 Legislative Assembly seats in Odisha are slated for polling on Monday.

A total of over 17.7 crore voters are eligible to cast their ballots in this voting phase. Over 19 lakh polling officials will be deployed to manage the 1.92 lakh polling stations across these States and Union Territories

Live coverage of the Lok Sabha Election of 2024:

  • May 13, 2024 03:00 AM IST
52.60% voter turnout recorded till 3pm in the fourth phase of polling in 96 seats across 10 States/UTs in Lok Sabha elections.

  • May 13, 2024 01:35 AM IST

After casting his vote, Congress candidate from North East Delhi Kanhaiya Kumar says, “It is our moral responsibility to exercise our right to vote…Delhi is not far away and I have been away from home from the past 22 years, but I have been exercising my right to vote every year”…

  • May 13, 2024 01:30 AM IST

Goa CM Pramod Sawant says “Voting for the fourth phase is underway. Voter turnout is a little less but I think people should come out and cast their votes. PM Modi has laid the foundation stone of Viksit Bharat and I want people to vote for Viksit Bharat. This time NDA is crossing 400 seats and the Modi Govt is going to come back to power…”

  • May 13, 2024 01:25 AM IST

Telangana: Shuttler Jwala Gutta casts her vote for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024at a polling booth in Hyderabad.

  • May 13, 2024 01:23 AM IST

Varanasi, UP: On PM Narendra Modi’s roadshow, Varanasi’s famous tea seller Pappu Chaiwala says, “Varanasi is excited about the Prime Minister’s roadshow. All those coming with PM Narendra Modi are welcome here. Many good programs are being organised in his honour… Modi ji always asks about my well-being. He has come to my shop and had tea here. When my father was unwell, he asked about his health. We never saw a Prime Minister like him in our life and neither did we see a roadshow like this… He has come to my shop three times and had tea… If I am made a proposer for his nomination, I am ready for it. I have even got an orange kurta-pyjama ready for it. Even if I’m not made a proposer, I will wear that kurta-pyjama to his roadshow today… Is there any other leader who is worth being the Prime Minister? Modi ji is god to the country…”

  • May 13, 2024 01:18 AM IST

Hyderabad, Telangana: After casting her vote, Indian badminton player Jwala Gutta says, “Voting is our right. People should come and vote. This is also a message to those in power that we can bring you to power and if you are not doing the right thing for the country and society, then we can also bring you down…”

  • May 13, 2024 01:15 AM IST

Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya casts his vote at a polling booth in Ramnagar, Hyderabad.

  • May 13, 2024 01:13 AM IST

The shopkeepers association at ’56 Dukaan’ in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, launched a novel campaign to boost voter turnout by offering free breakfast and ice creams to early voters on Monday. A large number of voters were observed queuing up to avail of the complimentary breakfast at the shops in the 56 Dukan Market in the city.

  • May 13, 2024 01:10 AM IST

Jharkhand: Elderly voters were greeted with a shower of flowers as they arrived to cast their votes at a polling booth in Jharkhand’s Simdega on Monday.

  • May 13, 2024 01:03 AM IST

Kanpur: Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana casts his vote from booth no 240 at Harjinder Nagar Inter College for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

  • May 13, 2024 12:59 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh: State Congress President Jitu Patwari casts his vote for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024at a polling booth in Indore.

  • May 13, 2024 12:55 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan casts her vote for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 at a polling booth in Indore.

  • May 13, 2024 12:48 AM IST

Addressing a public rally in Muzaffarpur, PM Modi says, “…Leaders of Congress, INDI alliance say ‘Pakistan ne choodiyan nahi pehni hain, are bhai pehna denge. Ab unko aata bhi chahiye, unke pass bijli bhi nahi hai, ab humein maloom nahi ki unke pass choodiyan bhi nahi hai’…”

  • May 13, 2024 12:45 AM IST

On the fourth phase of polling in Lok Sabha elections today, Uttarakhand CM & BJP leader Pushkar Singh Dhami says, “I appeal to everyone to exercise their right to vote in this fourth phase of elections as the power of your vote will make our country a developed and stronger nation. There is ‘josh’ among every person in Mumbai to make Modi ji the Prime Minister again.”

  • May 13, 2024 12:40 AM IST

BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Patiala, Preneet Kaur files her nomination for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Congress has fielded Dharamvira Gandhi as a candidate from Patiala.

  • May 13, 2024 12:40 AM IST

YSRCP MLA and candidate for state assembly elections, A Sivakumar attacks a voter in Tenali, Guntur. The voter, who was standing in a queue to cast his vote, objected to the MLA’s attempt to jump the line and cast his vote without waiting. The MLA, in turn, physically assaulted the voter.

  • May 13, 2024 12:35 AM IST

Congress leader and candidate from Raebareli, Rahul Gandhi arrives in Raebareli He will hold election campaign here. His sister and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is also present.

  • May 13, 2024 12:30 AM IST

On being asked about video where she is seen checking IDs of voters, Madhavi Latha says, “I am a candidate. As per law candidate has the right to check the ID cards without the facemasks. I am not a man, I am a woman and with a lot of humbleness, I have only requested them – can I please see and verify with the ID cards. If somebody wants to make a big issue out of it, that means they are scared…”

  • May 13, 2024 12:23 AM IST

On Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s ‘BJP not even winning 200 seats’ remark, BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Patiala, Preneet Kaur says, “Public will give a huge mandate to BJP.”

  • May 13, 2024 12:19 AM IST
On several schools receiving bomb threats over e-mail, Police Sub Inspector Jaipur Prakash Kumar says, “An information was received on bomb threat and the school has been sanitised…Till now only one school (Vidya Ashram) has received bomb threats…Till now we have found nothing”…
May 13, 2024 12:15 AM IST

BJP candidate from Beed parliamentary constituency Pankaja Munde casts her vote at a polling station in Beed. NCP-SCP has fielded Bajrang Manohar Sonwale from Beed Lok Sabha seat.

  • May 13, 2024 12:10 AM IST

In Himachal Pradesh, Union Minister and BJP candidate for the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat, Anurag Thakur, has reached the District Magistrate’s office in Hamirpur to submit his nomination for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The Congress party has nominated Raizada, a former MLA from Una, as their candidate against Union Minister Anurag Thakur.

  • May 13, 2024 12:02 AM IST

RJD candidate from Patliputra Lok Sabha, Misa Bharti says, “PM Narendra Modi has been ruling for the last 10 years, people gave him two chances. Had he done anything for the country he would not have to hold a roadshow. He should have listed and told people all that he has done in his term, but he just waved hands and made some headlines in the media, this does no good to anyone. This will not give any employment, special package, or special status to Bihar, nor will it double farmers’ income…”

  • May 13, 2024 12:00 AM IST

Former Telangana CM and BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao casts his vote at a polling booth in Chintamadaka, Siddipet.

  • May 13, 2024 11:57 AM IST

In Maharashtra, BJP’s candidate from the Beed parliamentary constituency, Pankaja Munde, has cast her vote at a polling station in Beed. The NCP-SCP alliance has fielded Bajrang Manohar Sonwale from the Beed Lok Sabha seat.

  • May 13, 2024 11:55 AM IST

Congress candidate from North-East Delhi, Kanhaiya Kumar, exercised his voting right at a polling booth in Begusarai. The constituency witnesses a contest between the sitting MP and BJP candidate Giriraj Singh and CPI candidate Awadhesh Rai.

  • May 13, 2024 11:55 AM IST

Bihar: RJD candidate from Patliputra Lok Sabha, Misa Bharti offers prayers at a temple in Maner. She will file her nomination for Lok Sabha Elections 2024 later today.

  • May 13, 2024 11:52 AM IST

BJP candidate from Sambalpur, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says “Today, the first phase of Assembly elections have begun. People are full of enthusiasm. I want to appeal to the people of Odisha to come and cast their votes for change. In the last 24 years, people have been fed up with the current govt due to their failure…We can clearly see that there is going to be a change in the government in Odisha…”

  • May 13, 2024 11:49 AM IST

On Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s ‘BJP not even winning 200 seats’ remark, Bihar minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary says, “We are not expecting the Congress to believe that we will win more than 400 seats…Until 4th June they are going to make these kinds of remarks”…

  • May 13, 2024 11:45 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh records 23.00% voter turnout till 11 am in the elections to its State Legislative Assembly. Odisha records 23.28% voter turnout till 11 am in the first phase elections to its State Legislative Assembly.

  • May 13, 2024 11:34 AM IST

BJP’s Pankaja Munde urges voters to exercise their franchise; confident party will cross 400-seat mark

  • May 13, 2024 11:30 AM IST

After casting his vote, BRS leader KT Rama Rao says, “We are very confident and hopeful as well. Our best tally was 11 and this time we are hoping for more. The big man who cheated India 10 years ago has been completely outed and people have realised their mistake. The small man here in Telangana who cheated us five months ago has also been outed… Prime Minister has been campaigning across the country but he has been dishing out step-motherly treatment to Telangana with no Central university, no hospital given in 10 years…”

  • May 13, 2024 11:32 AM IST

In Uttar Pradesh, BJP’s candidate from Lakhimpur Kheri and Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni has cast his vote at Banveerpur Booth 202 for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. His opponents in this constituency include Samajwadi Party’s Utkarsh Verma and BSP’s Anashay Kalra.

  • May 13, 2024 11:28 AM IST

In Uttar Pradesh, BJP candidate from Lakhimpur Kheri and Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni cast his vote at Banveerpur Booth 202 for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. His contenders from this constituency include Samajwadi Party’s Utkarsh Verma and BSP’s Anashay Kalra.

  • May 13, 2024 11:28 AM IST

P Muralidhar Rao says, “…I am happy that India is celebrating the festival of democracy. The kind of population we have in our country, the kind of diversity we have…it is nowhere else in the world. Amid the apprehensions expressed in the past, we have proved the whole world wrong and India is the only vibrant, robust and successful democracy…I appeal to all Indians to come out in large numbers and participate in this voting and make democracy successful…”

  • May 13, 2024 11:28 AM IST

Bihar: On PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Gurudwara Patna Sahib, BJP candidate from Patna Sahib, Ravi Shankar Prasad says, “It is actually a proud moment that PM Narendra Modi visited the holy birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh Ji… He has become the first Prime Minister of India to visit Patna Sahib…”

  • May 13, 2024 11:26 AM IST

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy along with his family show their inked finger after casting their votes at a polling station in Kodangal in the Mahabubnagar constituency.

  • May 13, 2024 11:24 AM IST

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy arrives at a polling station in Kodangal in Mahabubnagar constituency, to cast his vote for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

  • May 13, 2024 11:20 AM IST

BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency, Madhavi Latha visits polling booth no 122 at Azampur in the constituency. She alleges discrepancies in the voter list, says that names of several voters have been deleted.

Madhavi Latha says, “…The Police personnel seem very dull, they are not active…They are not checking anything. Senior citizen voters are coming here but their names are deleted from the list. A few of them are residents of Goshamahal but their names are in the list of Rangareddy…

  • May 13, 2024 11:18 AM IST

Bihar: Addressing a public rally in Hajipur, PM Narendra Modi says, “Voting is taking place for the fourth phase today. I appeal to the voters to vote in large numbers. This is a big festival of democracy…”

  • May 13, 2024 11:14 AM IST

BRS leader KT Rama Rao says “Come out, vote and show that we are a responsible citizen…In democracy, when politics decides everything I think it is imperative that we understand and come out and exercise our franchise so that we can vote for the kind of govt we want. I hope you vote for progress, decisive policies and for the people who have a cision and not those who actually want division…”

  • May 13, 2024 11:10 AM IST

Telangana: BRS leader KT Rama Rao along with his family show their inked fingers after casting votes at a polling booth in Hyderabad.

  • May 13, 2024 10:57 AM IST
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh: Commissioner of Police (CP) Ravi Shankar Ayyanar says, “Elections are being held here in Visakhapatnam city, more than 5000 personnel are deployed here. EVMs are working everywhere and voting is going on peacefully in all seven constituencies…We have made elaborate security arrangements, so I urge all voters to go and vote for the best person, best party…”

  • May 13, 2024 10:55 AM IST

Tollywood’s top celebrities were active in Hyderabad as the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections began in Telangana, one of the ten regions where polling took place.

Shortly after ‘RRR’ star NTR Jr cast his vote, ‘RRR’ director SS Rajamouli was seen at his designated polling booth with his son SS Karthikeya. The duo exercised their voting rights, encouraging citizens to participate actively in the elections.

Rajamouli, speaking to the media after voting, urged everyone to demonstrate their responsibility and care for the country by voting. “Show the country that we are responsible and we do care. Please come out and vote…,” he said.

Karthikeya, echoing his father’s sentiments, called on the public to fulfill their voting obligations. “I request everyone to come and exercise your vote. It is our responsibility and we need to fulfill that…,” he stated.

  • May 13, 2024 10:52 AM IST

Telangana: BRS leader KT Rama Rao casts his vote at a polling booth in Hyderabad.

  • May 13, 2024 10:52 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh Minister and BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya casts his vote for Lok Sabha Elections 2024 at a polling booth in Indore.

  • May 13, 2024 10:52 AM IST

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra: AIMIM candidate from Aurangabad, Imtiaz Jaleel says, “… If they have worked, what was the need to divide Shiv Sena and NCP?… All people care about is basic facilities being provided to them like water and roads… The people who have nothing to talk about, speak all this nonsense… If strength of democracy is to be maintained, governments need to keep changing…”

  • May 13, 2024 10:52 AM IST

Telangana: Actor Kota Srinivasa Rao casts his vote at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.

  • May 13, 2024 10:50 AM IST

West Bengal: TMC MP Satabdi Roy arrives at a polling station in her constituency, Birbhum.

Satabdi Roy says, “I have not received any complaints. I have just said to depute one more polling agent here so that the polling process speeds up…”

  • May 13, 2024 10:49 AM IST

In Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, AIMIM candidate from Aurangabad, Imtiaz Jaleel, has cast his vote at a polling booth in his constituency. The Shiv Sena (UBT) has fielded Chandrakant Khaire, while Sandipan Bhumare is the candidate from Shiv Sena for Aurangabad.

  • May 13, 2024 10:47 AM IST

West Bengal: Amrita Roy, BJP Lok Sabha Candidate from Krishnanagar says, “…10 years back, the offer came and I declined because I thought this was a very difficult thing – a taboo – and people like me cannot handle such things. But then again BJP offered the seat to me and I declined yet again. Later, I accepted it. When I have accepted, I will do justice to my position…

  • May 13, 2024 10:45 AM IST

Huge enthusiasm amongst voters,” says Arjun Munda after casting vote in Jharkhand’s Khunti

  • May 13, 2024 10:35 AM IST

BSP candidate claims Dalits are not permitted to vote in Kannauj.  BSP candidate Imran Bin Zafar claims that dalit people were denied the right to vote in Kannauj.

  • May 13, 2024 10:17AM IST

Jharkhand CM Champai Soren shows the indelible ink mark on his finger after voting at a polling booth in Jilingora, Saraikela Kharsawan District.

  • May 13, 2024 10:17AM IST

On casting his vote, the PDP candidate from Srinagar, Waheed Parra says, “… I want to urge people across Kashmir to come out and vote. It has been five years so please vote and choose your representative. Many people want to derail the process and try to cause obstruction… Many of our party workers and polling agents have been arrested by the police. They are trying to have a slow polling process. I want to urge the people, media, and the Election Commission to strengthen the process and ensure transparency… For the first time, new voters of Kashmir are coming out to vote. We should take it positively and the government should encourage the process rather than trying to derail it… Violence has reduced in the last five years but the way the government facilitates voting plays a major role…”

  • May 13, 2024 10:14 AM IST

BJP MLA Laxman Ghorui says, “Our polling agents were repeatedly thrown out of the polling booth located at TN School in Durgapur. Alpana Mukherjee from booth number 22, Somnath Mandal from booth number 83 and Rahul Sahni from booth number 82 were repeatedly thrown out of the polling booth by TMC goons…”

  • May 13, 2024 10:12 AM IST

BJP candidate from Khunti, Union Minister Arjun Munda says “I have cast my vote here today. Today is the mega festival of democracy. This election is for taking the country in the direction of betterment. I believe that the people of the country are going to vote in the favour of BJP…”

  • May 13, 2024 10:12 AM IST

Durgapur, West Bengal: A clash broke out between BJP and TMC workers in Durgapur.

  • May 13, 2024 10:12 AM IST

TMC leader Ram Prasad Haldar: “Since 6 am these (BJP) people have been coming with the central forces and trying to influence the voters. We protested against it, voters also protested… They are trying to bring polling agents from outside… People of the area are opposing them here.”

  • May 13, 2024 10:10 AM IST

Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan cast his vote at a polling booth in Mangalagiri.

  • May 13, 2024 10:08 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Congress President and Kadapa Lok Sabha seat candidate, YS Sharmila, has arrived at a polling booth in the constituency to cast her vote. She is in a contest against TDP’s Chadipiralla Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy and the incumbent MP from YSRCP, YS Avinash Reddy.

  • May 13, 2024 10:06 AM IST

Jharkhand: BJP candidate from Khunti, Union Minister Arjun Munda casts his vote for Lok Sabha Elections 2024 at a polling station in Khunti. Congress has nominated Kali Charan Munda from the Khunti Lok Sabha seat.

  • May 13, 2024 10:05 AM IST

Birbhum, West Bengal: BJP workers allege that their stall outside a polling station in Birbhum was vandalised by TMC workers.

A TMC worker says, “We don’t even know where the BJP camp office is. We are doing our work… They should check the CCTV, they will know who did it. Whoever did it should be arrested. They know that they will not get votes here, so they are doing this to create an atmosphere in their favour.”

  • May 13, 2024 10:02 AM IST

Jharkhand CM Champai Soren appeals to everyone to vote as he arrives at the polling booth in Jilingora, Saraikela Kharsawan District.

  • May 13, 2024 9:59 AM IST

Maharashtra: BJP candidate from Beed parliamentary constituency Pankaja Munde says, “It is a very important day. I want to appeal to the people to come out and cast their votes…I miss my father Gopinath Munde but for the last few years, I think his energy has been with me and he is blessing me. Maratha reservation was an important issue but people have understood everything and they are going to cast their votes wisely…”

  • May 13, 2024 9:58 AM IST

Asansol, West Bengal: After casting her vote, BJP leader Agnimitra Paul says, “I think it will be a clean sweep. Our candidate SS Ahluwalia will win…We have a national ‘pappu’ and we have a local ‘pappu’. Abhishek Banerjee is a ‘pappu’. He said that don’t allow Agnimitra Paul to enter Asansol and she will lose heavily from Medinipur. So I challenge Abhishek Banerjee to wait for June 4 and see who stops me from coming to Asansol…”

  • May 13, 2024 9:58 AM IST

Telangana: The renowned Oscar-winning music composer and Padma Shri awardee, MM Keeravani, cast his vote at a polling station in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.

  • May 13, 2024 9:57 AM IST

Telangana: After casting his vote, Director SS Rajamouli says “Show the country that we are responsible and we do care. Please come out and vote…” His son, SS Karthikeya says “I request everyone to come and exercise your vote. It is our responsibility and we need to fulfill that…”

  • May 13, 2024 9:56 AM IST

Former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao voted in Chintamadaka village in his native Siddipet district, which falls under the Medak Lok Sabha constituency. Chintamadaka village has a voter population of 2300.

  • May 13, 2024 9:55 AM IST

Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan cast his vote at a polling booth in Mangalagiri.

  • May 13, 2024 9:53 AM IST

YSRCP MP and candidate Vijaysai Reddy exercised his voting right for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, on Monday.

  • May 13, 2024 9:52 AM IST

Andhra: Nara Bhuvaneswari, the wife of Chandrababu Naidu, and TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh voted in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur during the fourth phase of polling. After casting her vote, Bhuvaneswari emphasized the importance of women’s participation in the election, stating, “I want the women to come out and vote because women have faced a lot of atrocities with this present government. I want them to come and vote for TDP, for their government – the people’s government – because TDP is always for the people.”

  • May 13, 2024 9:50 AM IST

10.35% voter turnout recorded till 9 am, in the fourth phase of elections.

  • Andhra Pradesh 9.05%
  • Bihar 10.18%
  • Jammu And Kashmir 5.07%
  • Jharkhand 11.78%
  • Madhya Pradesh 14.97%
  • Maharashtra 6.45%
  • Odisha 9.23%
  • Telangana 9.51%
  • Uttar Pradesh 11.67%
  • West Bengal 15.24%

  • May 13, 2024 9:48 AM IST

BJP candidate from Pune, Murlidhar Mohol says, “I want to urge everyone to come out in large numbers and vote… Punekars understands the thoughts and role of their candidate well and also the vision they have for Pune. Seeing this, I know that the people of Pune stand with me… I have been active in Pune through various roles I have played and various posts that I have held over the last 30 years. I have pledged to make Pune the best city in India and I have also shared my plans with the people…”

  • May 13, 2024 9:45 AM IST

Telangana: Actor Srikanth casts his vote at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.

  • May 13, 2024 9:44 AM IST

Maharashtra: BJP candidate from Beed parliamentary constituency Pankaja Munde says, “I am confident that we will cross the 400 seats mark. When PM Modi has given the slogan of ‘400 paar’, I think we will be able to cross it…People of the country are going to cast their votes wisely…”

  • May 13, 2024 9:42 AM IST
A Kashmiri Pandit says, “When we talk about Kashmiri Pandits who were displaced from Kashmir in 1990, we also talk about representation to them – that how our vote is also valuable. Through our vote, we want to present our demands – like development, rehabilitation of Kashmir Pandits and basic educational rights for them…”

  • May 13, 2024 9:41 AM IST
Kashmiri Pandit Dr Ramesh Bhat says, “…We are out from our motherland. But the Election Commission did this (special booth) so that we remain connected to our roots. We thank them. It is also a request to the Government that will come, to take cognisance of us and rehabilitate us so that we can vote in our home…”

 

  • May 13, 2024 9:40 AM IST

After casting his vote, Dr K Laxman, National President of BJP OBC Morcha says, “I appeal to the people to come out and vote and strengthen the country… Use your right to vote to strengthen democracy…”

  • May 13, 2024 9:38 AM IST

After casting his vote, Uttar Pradesh Minister Jitin Prasada says, “People of Shahjahanpur are coming out and voting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi…I am very confident that the turnout will improve and go further. And you will see tremendous support in the favour of BJP….”

  • May 13, 2024 9:36 AM IST

BJP candidate from Kannauj, Subrat Pathak says, “The people of this country are going to give PM Narendra Modi another mandate… Rahul Gandhi asked the whole nation to not be scared but he himself got scared and ran away and Akhilesh Yadav at least came to the field to fight…”

  • May 13, 2024 9:34 AM IST

In Jammu and Kashmir, voters stand in line at a designated polling station for Kashmiri migrants in Barnai, Jammu, patiently waiting for their opportunity to vote.

  • May 13, 2024 9:32 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Minister Jitin Prasada exercises his voting right at a polling station in Shahjahanpur. In this constituency, INDIA Alliance has nominated Jyotsna Gond from the SP. She is contesting against the incumbent BJP MP Arun Kumar Sagar and BSP’s Dod Ram Verma.

  • May 13, 2024 9:30 AM IST

Dr K Laxman, National President of BJP OBC Morcha casts his vote at a polling booth in Hyderabad, Telangana.

  • May 13, 2024 9:15 AM IST

BJP MP and Karimnagar candidate Bandi Sanjay Kumar, accompanied by his family, proudly displays the indelible ink mark on his finger after casting his vote at a polling booth in the constituency. His opponents include Velichala Rajendar Rao from the Congress and Vinod Kumar Boianapalli from BRS.

  • May 13, 2024 9:10 AM IST

On being asked about polling agents getting harassed, JKNC Vice President Omar Abdullah says “We have even written their names. Others have only said that their workers are being harrassed but we gave the names of our 8 our workers. This is an attempt from the administration to vitiate the poll process and it is condemnable…”

  • May 13, 2024 9:08 AM IST

Film star Chiranjeevi Konidela and his family arrive at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad to cast their vote. He urges people to exercise their power to cast vote.

  • May 13, 2024 8:57 AM IST

Leading figures from the political scene, including AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, TMC leader Mahua Moitra, BJP leader Giriraj Singh, JDU’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh), and TMC’s Shatrughan Sinha and Yusuf Pathan, will compete in the fourth phase of the poll.

  • May 13, 2024 8:43 AM IST

Maharashtra polling booths with lengthy lines

Lok Sabha Election of 2024 In the district’s Pune, Maval, and Shirur parliamentary seats, large lines are visible at numerous polling places. On Monday morning, voting in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha election began in these three constituencies along with eight other Maharashtra seats.

  • May 13, 2024 8:43 AM IST

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy casts his vote in Telangana’s Barkatpura

“I reached here at 6:50 am. There was some problem with EVM which was related to some small technical error. Such small incidents keep happening, it is part of democracy. Came here to cast a vote with my family and friends,” Kishan Reddy said.

Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Secunderabad Parliamentary constituency, G Kishan Reddy cast his vote at polling booth number 214 at Deeksha Model School of Telangana’s Barkatpura. Notably, he faces contests from Congress’ Danam Nagender and BRS’ Theegulla Padma Rao.

 

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