The second phase of the Lok Sabha polls is being held in 95 seats today across 11 states and 1 Union Territory. Thirty-eight of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu have gone to polls besides 18 assembly constituencies. Besides Tamil Nadu, elections are being held in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, and Manipur.
Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily, BJP lawmaker Hema Malini and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah are among the prominent candidates contesting in the phase 2 elections.
Live Updates:
5:40 PM | Voting turnout in Bihar till 5 PM
5:00 PM | State-wise voting turnout till 3 PM
3:50 PM | Voting turnout in Uttar Pradesh till 3 PM
3:30 PM | Voting turnout in West Bengal till 3 PM
1:20 PM | State-wise voter turnout by 1 PM
12:55 PM | Left candidate Mohammad Salim’s vehicle attacked in Raiganji, West Bengal
12:28 PM | State-wise voter turnout by 12 PM
11:41 AM | Voter turnout in Uttar Pradesh till 11 AM
11:40 AM | Voter turnout till 11 AM
ASSAM: 18.23%
BIHAR: 12.55%
CHHATTISGARH: 14.18%
JAMMU AND KASHMIR: 5.86%
KARNATAKA: 7.74%
MAHARASHTRA: 7.37%
MANIPUR: 17.40%
ODISHA: 9.01%
TAMIL NADU: 9.17%
UTTAR PRADESH: 12.84%
WEST BENGAL: 16.77%
PUDUCHERRY: 12.83%
11:30 AM | Voter turnout till 11 AM in Manipur is 32.18%
11:18 AM | Voter turnout in Bihar till 11 AM
11:15 AM | Uttar Pradesh: Voters in Garhi herbal village of Sadabad boycott election due to lack of development in Hathras
11:10 AM | 95-year-old man dies while waiting to cast vote
A 95-year-old man died while waiting in a queue to cast his vote at Kansamari booth of under Aska Lok Sabha segment in Odisha.
11:05 AM | Body of BJP worker found hanging in West Bengal’s Purulia
Body of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was today found hanging at Senabona village under Arsha police station in West Bengal’s Purulia. The party has claimed that the deceased BJP worker, identified as 22-year-old Sishu Pal, was BJP Youth Morcha member and his father is a deputy pradhan of Shirkabad Gram Panchayat.
10:56 AM | 22% polling recorded in Darjeeling till 10 am
10:55 AM | EC flying squad seizes Rs 11.85 Lakh cash in Mumbai’s Sion
Election Commission flying squad has seized Rs 11.85 Lakh cash in Mumbai’s Sion
10:50 AM | Voter turnout in Bihar till 10 AM
10:45 AM | Polling official in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker dies of heart attack
A polling official deputed at polling booth number 186 in Kanker dies of a heart attack during Lok Sabha election duty.
10:30 AM | Voter turnout in West Bengal – 16.78%. till 9 AM
10:25 AM | Fatehpur Sikri Congress candidate Raj Babbar casts his vote
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief and party’s candidate from Fatehpur Sikri Raj Babbar casts his vote at the polling booth in Radha Ballabh Inter College
10:20 AM | A newly married couple arrive at a polling station in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir to cast their votes
10:10 AM | Darjeeling: Black tape on BJP symbol, voting halted
Voting process was halted at upper Bagdogra’s 25/47 booth under Darjeeling constituency after black tape was found on the BJP symbol in an EVM.
10:00 AM | Voter Turnout till 9 AM
West Bengal: 0.55
Manipur: 1.78%
Chhattisgarh: 7.75%
Uttar Praedsh: 3.99%
Maharashtra: 0.85%
Jammu & Kashmir: 0.99%
Assam: 8.74%
Bihar: 12.27%
09:35 AM | By 9am, 10.76% voter turnout in Uttar Pradesh
Amroha: 10.72%
Agra: 11.36%
Bulanadshahar: 11.40%
Nagina: 12.82
Aligarh: 7.60
Hathras: 12.30
Mathura: 8.82
Fatehpur Sikri: 11.05%
09:25 AM | Assam: EVM malfunction in 6 polling booths
EVM malfunction has been reported in six polling booths in Siliguri under the Darjeeling constituency.
