Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting was completed on 96 seats in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections amid several incidents of violence in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. According to Election Commission data till evening, about 67 percent voting took place on 96 seats in 10 states and union territories.
This is the highest turnout in Srinagar in decades
The highest turnout was 75.94 percent in West Bengal. In the first Lok Sabha elections held in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, only 36.58 percent voting took place in Srinagar. However, the Election Commission said that Srinagar witnessed the highest turnout in ten years.
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If we look at other states, 68.12 percent voting took place in Andhra Pradesh, 55.90 percent in Bihar, 63.37 percent in Jharkhand, 68.63 percent in Madhya Pradesh, 52.75 percent in Maharashtra, 63.85 percent in Odisha, 61.39 percent in Telangana, 57.88 percent in Telangana. Uttar Pradesh Voting was 66.14 percent in the first phase, 66.71 percent in the second phase and 65.68 percent in the third phase.
The political atmosphere has become more heated after the fourth phase of voting.
The political atmosphere has become more heated after the fourth phase of voting in the country. Voting has taken place on 96 seats in the country. This phase is important for all political parties. This election is important both for the BJP which came to power in the last Lok Sabha elections and also for the Congress which was deprived of the official status of opposition in the last Lok Sabha. If compared with the last Lok Sabha, out of these 96 seats, BJP had won 42 seats.
The party needs to win this phase to win more seats
On the other hand, YSR won 22 out of the total 25 seats in Andhra. TRS won nine seats. Congress got only six seats while TMC got four seats. Shiv Sena and BJD had to be satisfied with two seats each. Avveshi's party also got only two seats.
Out of 96, NDA got 47 seats, UPA got 11 seats, while Congress got only six seats, hence it is necessary to win this phase to save the credibility of BJP and win more seats for Congress.