Lok Sabha Election 2024 phase 6 LIVE: Era of LED bulbs and people in Bihar are roaming around with a lantern, says PM Modi

Lok Sabha Election 2024 phase 6 LIVE: Era of LED bulbs and people in Bihar are roaming around with a lantern, says PM Modi

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New Delhi : A voter turnout of 10.82 per cent was recorded till 9 am on Saturday in 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories where polling is underway in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout in the first two hours of polling at 16.54 per cent while Odisha recorded the lowest at 7.43 per cent, according to the Election Commission (EC).

Uttar Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 12.33 per cent, Jharkhand 11.74 per cent, Bihar 9.66 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir 8.89 per cent, Delhi 8.94 per cent and Haryana 8.31 per cent, the EC data showed.

In the national capital, President Droupadi Murmu, Union ministers S Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi minister Atishi, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and outgoing East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir were among the early voters.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with his family members, cast vote at a polling station in the Civil Lines area under the Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency.

Arvind Kejriwal after casting his vote. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Talking to reporters after casting the ballot, Kejriwal asserted people are voting in large numbers against "dictatorship, price rise and unemployment".

Meanwhile, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, who is contesting from the Anantnag-Rajouri seat in Jammu and Kashmir, claimed that outgoing calls on her mobile number have been suspended.

The PDP also alleged that its workers and polling agents were detained by police ahead of polling.

Besides Delhi, polling is underway in 14 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats in Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal, six seats in Odisha, four seats in Jharkhand and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir.

Simultaneously, polling is being held for 42 Assembly constituencies in Odisha and the Karnal Assembly bypoll in Haryana.

Voting began at 7 am and people were seen queuing up at polling stations.

In Haryana, Khattar and Saini were among the first to cast their votes at their respective booths.

Saini, accompanied by his family members, cast his vote in his native Mirjapur Majra village in Ambala district's Naraingarh.

Khattar exercised his franchise at a polling booth in Karnal's Prem Nagar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged voters to exercise their right to franchise in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections in large numbers.

Over 11.13 crore voters -- 5.84 crore male, 5.29 crore female and 5,120 third gender -- are eligible to exercise their franchise in the sixth phase. The EC has deployed around 11.4 lakh polling officials at 1.14 lakh polling stations.

With large parts of India sweltering under a heatwave, the poll panel has directed election officials and state machineries to take adequate measures to manage the adverse impact of hot weather.

In West Bengal, voting will be held in the tribal belt Jangal Mahal region, spanning five districts. A hotspot for identity politics, the region sends eight representatives to Lok Sabha from Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, and Bishnupur seats. Out of the eight seats, the BJP won five and TMC bagged three in the 2019 polls.

An interesting fight is on the cards in Delhi with the BJP and INDIA bloc partners Congress and AAP pitted in a direct, one-on-one contest in all the seven seats.

In Uttar Pradesh, polling is underway for Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr and Bhadohi seats.

Around 82.16 lakh voters, including 40.09 lakh females, are eligible to exercise their franchise in Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi and Jamshedpur constituencies of Jharkhand.

In Bihar, 86 candidates are in the fray in the eight seats of Valmiki Nagar, Pashchim Champaran, Purbi Champaran, Sheohar, Siwan, Gopalganj, Maharajganj and Vaishali.

Polling is also being held in Odisha's six parliamentary constituencies of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Puri and Sambalpur along with 42 Assembly seats under these Lok Sabha segments.

 12:50 25 May

Priyanka Gandhi's daughter Miraya appeals to youth to vote for change

Miraya Vadra, a first-time voter, cast the ballot along with her brother Raihan, and said youths should come out and vote for a change.

Accompanied by their parents, the two cast their votes at a booth on Lodhi Road in the New Delhi constituency.

 12:43 25 May

Voter turnout in Haryana’s parliamentary constituencies as at 11am

Ambala—22.30 per cent

Bhiwani-Mahendragarh—24.32 per cent

Faridabad—19.55 per cent

Gurugram—17.42 per cent

Hisar—22.18 per cent

Karnal—22.04 per cent

Kurukshetra—26.10 per cent

Rohtak—22.15 per cent

Sirsa—24.71 per cent

Sonepat—22.88 per cent

 12:37 25 May

2020 Delhi riot hit Mustafabad Assembly constituency records highest voter turnout till 11am

Mustafabad Assembly segment in North East Delhi parliamentary constituency recorded the highest voter turnout of 38.47 per cent till 11am.

Mustafabad was hit severely by the 2020 Delhi riots, in which 54 people were killed, many injured and several affected.

 

 12:10 25 May

Brisk polling in Anantnag-Rajouri, 23% turnout till 11 am 

The Rajouri Assembly segment recorded the highest 34.93 per cent, say officials.

Anantnag and Kulgam Assembly segments were the only two areas where the voter turnout so far was below 15 per cent.

 12:02 25 May

Delhi records 21.69 per cent turnout till 11 am

Maximum 24.49 per cent in in northeast Delhi constituency, says official

 12:00 25 May

INLD leader Abhay Chautala casts his vote at Chautala in Sirsa district

 11:41 25 May

People voting in large numbers against dictatorship, inflation and unemployment: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal after casting vote

 11:37 25 May

Over 22 per cent voting in Haryana till 11 am

Kurukshetra tops with over 26 per cent voting

 11:23 25 May

President Droupadi Murmu casts vote in New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency

Murmu reached the polling booth at Dr Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, inside the President's Estate, around 9 am.

President Droupadi Murmu after casting vote. PTI 

After voting, Murmu held up her inked finger as she posed for photos for media persons outside the polling booth, which was decorated in pink and white colours.

 11:01 25 May

Vice-President Dhankhar casts vote

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh cast their votes in Delhi's North Avenue.

 Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and the Second Lady Sudesh Dhankhar after casting vote, in New Delhi. PTI 

“Proud to cast my vote for Lok Sabha 2024 elections. Urge everyone to exercise their right to vote and fulfil their constitutional duty,” he said in a post on X after casting his vote.

 

 10:38 25 May

Polling halted at a booth in Taalu village under Bawanikhera Assembly segment of Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency due to technical snag, to resume soon

 10:34 25 May

12.33 per cent voter turnout recorded till 9 am in Uttar Pradesh

 10:30 25 May

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul cast vote in New Delhi constituency

The Congress leaders reached the polling station set up at Nirman Bhawan around 9.30 am.

Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi after casting their vote, in New Delhi, on Saturday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan

The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), constituents of the INDIA bloc, are contesting the Lok Sabha polls together in Delhi.

While the AAP is contesting four seats, the Congress has fielded candidates on the remaining three seats.

 

 10:21 25 May

Haryana records 8.31 pc turnout till 9 am

As at 9 am, the approximate voter turnout in Haryana is 8.31 per cent.

 10:04 25 May

9.29 per cent voter turnout in Karnal parliamentary constituency

Karnal Lok Sabha constituency records 9.29 per cent till 9am.

Assandh (9%), Gharaunda (9.30%), Indri (11.40%), Israna (14%), Karnal (3%),  Nilokheri (9.40%), Panipat City (8.70%), Panipat Rural (12%) and Samalkha (8.20%)

 09:51 25 May

10.2 pc turnout in Rohtak

Over 10.2 per cent average turnout recorded in Rohtak parliamentary constituency till 9 am, Kalanaur assembly segment witnesses highest 13 per cent polling while Meham lowest with 4.7 per cent turnout.

 Kalanaur—13 per cent

Garhi-Sampla Kiloi—12 per cent

Badli – 12 per cent

Beri—11.50 per cent

Jhajjar- 11 per cent

Rohtak---9.5 per cent

Bahadurgarh—9.5 per cent

Kosli—9 per cent

Meham—4.7 per cent

Kurukshetra: 10 per cent

 09:45 25 May

Haryana CM Saini, his predecessor Khattar among early voters

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and his predecessor Manohar Lal Khattar were among the early voters who cast their votes on Saturday

While Saini cast his vote in his hometown Naraingarh in Ambala district along with his wife after paying obeisance at a Sikh shrine, Khattar exercised his franchise in Karnal city. Two-time Chief Minister Khattar is contesting his first Lok Sabha election from Karnal, while Saini is in the fray for the by-poll of the Karnal Assembly seat.

 09:38 25 May

President Murmu cast her vote in New Delhi

President Droupadi Murmu reached the polling booth at Dr Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, inside the President's Estate, around 9 am. After voting, Murmu held up her inked finger as she posed for photos for media persons outside the polling booth, which was decorated in pink and white colours.

Murmu, who hails from Odisha, was sworn in as the 15th President of India on July 25, 2022.

She received her new voter identification card with the updated address on November 28 last year. Her old voter ID carried her Odisha address.

 

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 09:09 25 May

Kartikeya Sharma votes in Ambala

Ambala: Rajya Sabha MP Kartikeya Sharma with wife cast his vote in Ambala City.

 09:07 25 May

Bihar

In Bihar, 86 candidates are in the fray in the eight seats of Valmiki Nagar, Pashchim Champaran, Purbi Champaran, Sheohar, Siwan, Gopalganj, Maharajganj and Vaishali.

Polling is being held in six parliamentary constituencies of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Puri and Sambalpur along with 42 assembly seats under these Lok Sabha segments.

 09:06 25 May

Multi-layer security in Jammu and Kashmir

Twenty candidates, including PDP's Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference's Mian Altaf are in the fray from the redrawn Anantnag-Rajouri constituency in Jammu and Kashmir.

Multi-layer security arrangements have been put in place in the constituency spread across 18 assembly segments in Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian in south Kashmir and Rajouri and Poonch districts south of Pir Panjal.