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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In some states EVM Amidst some complaints of irregularities and fake voting Lok Sabha Elections In the second phase, about 61 percent voting took place on 88 seats in 13 states.
Voters in some villages of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, Banswara in Rajasthan and Parbhani in Maharashtra were boycotting voting on various issues, but officials later convinced them to exercise their franchise.
Voting for the second phase of the seven-phase election began at 7 am and ended at 6 pm. Many states experienced extreme heat. The first phase of voting was held on April 19 for 102 seats in 21 states and union territories.
The Election Commission (EC) said voting was largely peaceful. The Election Commission said the provisional figure of 60.96 per cent turnout till 7 pm is likely to increase upon receipt of reports from all polling stations, adding that voters who reached polling stations till the end of polling time were allowed to cast their votes. Will go.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Prime Minister Modi is seeking a strong majority for the third consecutive time, while constituents of the opposition Bharat faction are hoping for a comeback after facing upsets in the 2014 and 2019 elections.
Election Commission data shows that the highest voting percentage was recorded in Tripura with 78.53 per cent voting, followed by Manipur with 77.18 per cent voting, while Uttar Pradesh recorded 53.71 per cent voting and Maharashtra recorded 53.84 per cent voting.
Voting took place on all 20 seats in Kerala, 14 out of 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, 8 seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, 6 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 5 seats each in Assam and Bihar, 3 seats each. Happened. Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and 1 seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, Union minister Rajiv Chandrashekhar and actor-turned-politician Arun Govil, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's brother DK Suresh (Congress), and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy (JDS) are among the prominent candidates, while BJP's Hema This is Malini. , Om Birla and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat are looking for a hat-trick of wins from their respective constituencies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the morning urged people to vote in record numbers and said high voting percentage strengthens democracy. Stressing the importance of every vote, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi issued emotional appeals asking people to come out and exercise their franchise in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
After the voting ended, Modi said in a tweet, “The second phase was very good!
Thank you to people across India who voted today. The unprecedented support NDA is getting is going to disappoint the opposition even more. Voters want good governance of NDA. Young and women voters are giving strong support to NDA.”
65.23 percent voting took place in Kerala. The election process, conducted amid tight security arrangements, was largely uneventful except for incidents of fake voting and malfunction of electronic voting machines (EVMs) at some booths in the state. Such incidents resulted in delays in the polling process at the affected booths.
One person each died in Palakkad, Alappuzha and Malappuram after casting their vote and a polling agent died after falling at a booth in Kozhikode.
78.48 percent voting took place in Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency. Election officials said there were some complaints from some booths but they were immediately addressed.
A Madhya Pradesh Special Armed Forces personnel on election duty allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at a government school in Gariaband district under Mahasamund seat in Chhattisgarh, where 72.61 per cent voting was recorded. Recorded.
A polling booth in Seoni village of Balod district (Kanker seat) was decorated like a wedding mandap with traditional wedding rituals being performed. Many brides and grooms, dressed in their wedding attire, cast their votes at several polling stations.
The Election Commission said that people of 46 villages of Bastar and Kanker seats cast their votes for the first time in the Lok Sabha elections at the polling booth set up in their own village.
55.77 percent voting took place in the neighboring state of Madhya Pradesh.
In this phase, an estimated 70.68 percent of the 77,26,668 voters exercised their franchise in the five parliamentary constituencies of Assam.
In restive Manipur, where voting is being held in the heavy presence of security personnel, voting was 77.18 per cent.
There were reports of threats by suspected militants, altercation between Congress workers and NPF supporters and damage to EVMs at a polling booth in the Tangkhul Naga-dominated hill district.
At KK Leshi Fanit polling station in Ukhrul, angry voters destroyed an EVM and other items after alleged disturbances by armed miscreants.
The total voting percentage in Karnataka was 64.85.
The Election Commission said a case has been registered against BJP MP and Bengaluru South candidate Tejasvi Surya for allegedly posting a video on social media platforms and seeking votes on the basis of religion.
Another BJP leader CT Ravi was booked for promoting hatred and enmity among citizens through his social media posts.
Various restaurants in Bengaluru were offering free dosas, laddus, coffee and other food items at discounted rates to customers who cast their votes.
A private hospital helped 41 patients cast their votes with the help of the city's civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Green corridors for ambulances were created in the constituencies to ensure easy, hassle-free voting.
Some EVMs were destroyed during a clash between two groups over whether to vote or not at a polling booth in Indiganath village in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district. Officials said that an FIR is being registered, the Election Commission will take a decision after receiving the detailed report.
Voting was 53.84 percent in eight constituencies in Maharashtra, while Rajasthan saw 62.46 percent voting. During voting in Rajasthan's Barmer-Jaisalmer Lok Sabha constituency, incidents of confrontation between supporters of a Congress candidate and an independent candidate were reported at some places.
Police said they are also looking into other complaints including fake voting from some places.
The by-election for Bagidaura assembly seat in Banswara district was also held simultaneously on Friday and 73.25 percent voting took place.
53.71 percent voting took place in eight parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh. Senior citizens dominated the initial hours of voting in Gautam Buddha Nagar parliamentary constituency of Noida. Some resident welfare associations arranged for electric vehicles to transport voters to and from polling stations.
Voting was 54.91 percent in Bihar, 71.84 percent in West Bengal and 71.21 percent in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Lok Sabha election is the first major electoral battle in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into union territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
The Election Commission registered nearly 300 complaints in West Bengal, most of which related to EVM malfunction.
Voting has ended in Kerala, Rajasthan and Tripura after Friday's phase. In the first phase on 19 April, voting was completed on all the seats of Tamil Nadu (39), Uttarakhand (5), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Mizoram (1). Nagaland (1), Puducherry (1), Sikkim (1) and Lakshadweep (1).
The third phase of elections for 94 seats in 12 states and union territories will be held on May 7. Counting of votes will take place on June 4.