Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting highlights: 67% voter turnout in Phase 4, about 78 % in West Bengal

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: I thank the people who have voted today. It is abundantly clear that the people's mandate is with the NDA for a strong, stable and development oriented government. In every part of India, NDA candidates are securing massive support. INDI Alliance is not even in any discussion among people, said  PM Modi in a post on X.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In phase one of the ongoing general elections, 66.14 per cent turnout was recorded. 

In the second phase of elections held on April 26, the turnout was recorded at 66.71 per cent.

The updated voter turnout figures for the third phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections stood at 65.68 per cent.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 :West Bengal  recorded an impressive turnout at 75.94 per cent, the highest among states/UTs in this phase.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 : The Election Commission said that polling in the fourth phase of General Elections 2024 which commenced at 7 am today simultaneously across 96 PCs recorded an approximate voter turnout of 62.84% of 8 PM. Polling was closed at 6 PM, but a large number of voters were still in the queue at polling stations.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 : About 63% voter turnout was recorded across 10 states, the Election Commission of India said. West Bengal recorded 75.72 per cent turnout followed by Madhya Pradesh at 68.25 per cent, Jharkhand at 63.31 per cent, Uttar Pradesh at 57.18 per cent and Bihar at 55.62 per cent, respectively.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live West Bengal recorded 75.66 per cent turnout followed by Madhya Pradesh at 68.01 per cent, Jharkhand at 63.14 per cent, Uttar Pradesh at 56.35 per cent and Bihar at 54.14 per cent, respectively.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Actor Ram Charan and his wife Upasana Kamineni cast their votes at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live:  BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana, Madhavi Latha on Monday alleged that "90% of booths are compromised. Police do not want to instruct female constables to check the face with the voter ID. When I asked the police officer, he said it's not his responsibility..."

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase-4 Voting Live: 52.60 per cent voter turnout recorded till 3 pm. West Bengal recorded 66.05 per cent turnout followed by Madhya Pradesh at 59.63 per cent, Jharkhand at 56.42 per cent, Uttar Pradesh at 48.41 per cent and Bihar at 45.23 per cent, respectively.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Those who gave BJP 'chanda', PM Modi gave them 'dhandha': Congress president Kharge sharpens attack over electoral bonds, reports PTI.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live:  TMC MP and party's candidate from Asansol in West Bengal, Shatrughan Sinha says, "I have 3 homes, Patna, Mumbai and Asansol. People have seen that I have always been here in every situation and that's the reason I am sitting here in my comfort. People love me here..."

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Samajwadi Party chief and candidate from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat Akhilesh Yadav says, "People should vote in large numbers and save the country from dishonest people."

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Voting is underway in Hyderabad, Telangana in the phase 4 of Lok Sabha elections. Sitting Member of Parliament (MP) and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is up against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Madhavi Latha from the seat. Hyderabad has been a Owaisi family stronghold since 1984.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Kirti Azad, TMC candidate from Bardhaman-Durgapur said that women are actively voting to ensure our victory... “The thing is, BJP does not have workers and they mislead people for votes. But people have understood everything in these 10 years.  Have you received any complaints of misconduct so far? BJP has defamed West Bengal to a great extent,” said Azad.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress MP and party candidate from Berhampore on Monday claimed that some goons, workers of TMC were trying to capture the roads and create problems for the people. Speaking to ANI, the Congress MP said, "I have requested the Election Commission to disperse them but they again come back and sit there. TMC wants to reduce the voter turnout because they know that the maximum number of voters are going to vote against TMC. They are scared so they want to disturb the voting process. We are not going to let them capture any booth, not I am going to let TMC win in Berhampore..."

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live:  Shuttler Jwala Gutta casts her vote for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 at a polling booth in Hyderabad. 96 seats across 10 states and UT are voting in Phase 4 on Monday.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Srinagar recorded about 14.94 percent voter turnout till 11 am on Monday, the Election Commission said. Srinagar, one of the three parliamentary seats of Kashmir, is among the 96 seats voting in the phase 4 of Lok Sabha elections across the country. In 2019 elections, the seat had recorded 14.43 per cent voter turnout. This Monday's figures at 11 am, have already crossed the 2019 turnut numbers in Srinagar. Overall, the 96 seats recorded about 25 per cent voter turnout till 11 am, according to the poll panel figures.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Preparations are in full swing for Subah-e-Banaras, a cultural program which will be organised at Assi Ghat during PM Narendra Modi's visit. PM Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow today and file his nomination from Varanasi tomorrow for Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Chenchu Tribal Voters (PVTG), casting their vote at Auxiliary Polling Station, Rayaleti Penta in Achampet Lok Sabha seat in  Nagarkurnool, Telangana

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: 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...". 

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live:  The 10 states & Union Territories voting in phase 4 of Lok Sabha elections have recorded 10.35 % voter turnout by 9 AM. Srinagar records lowest 5.07 per cent turnout, the election commission said. 

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%

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Voters queued up at a special polling booth for Kashmiri migrants, set up in Barnai, Jammu, as they await their turn to cast their vote.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav cast his vote in Ujjain on Phase 4 on Monday. 96 seats are voting across nine states and a UT in Phase 4 today. 

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: AIMIM candidate from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi cast his vote on Monday. 96 seats across 9 states and a UT are voting in phase 4 today

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Voting is under in Srinagar Lok Sabha seat of Jammu and Kashmir in phase 4 today. It is the first general election being held in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live:  Film star Chiranjeevi Konidela and his family arrive at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad to cast their vote. All seventeen seats of Telangana are voting in phase 4 on Monday. 

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Actor Allu Arjun casts his vote at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. All 17 seats of Telangana are voting in the fourth phase of elections on Monday.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Monday that his government would lead people to a brighter future. “You have seen the good done by the YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh for the last 5 years, and if you think you have benefitted, then vote for this government, which would lead to your brighter future,” Reddy said after casting vote on Monday. 175 assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats of Andhra Pradesh are voting simultaneously in the fourth phase today. 

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: AIMIM candidate from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi said on Monday that the message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be that people do not agree with BJPs ideology and people do not agree with the statements that PM Modi has given for on minority community. “Please understand what PM Modi has done with Agniveer, he is now going to go ahead and do the same if he comes back to power with BSF, CRPF, RPF and SSP. Four years of service and you are out. People must understand that it will come out very soon,” Owaisi, AIMIM candidate from Hyderabad said. 96 seats across 9 states and a UT are voting in phase 4 today. 

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: With family assets worth ₹ 4,568 crore, Konda Vishweshwar Reddy is the second richest of all 525 candidates in the fray from 17 Lok Sabha seats of Telangana. He is also the wealthiest Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 across the country.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: BJP's Hyderabad candidate Madhavi Latha  said after casting her vote that “Sabka Sath mai hi Sabka Vikas hai," Latha is contesting against sitting MP Asaduddin Owaisi from Hyderabad. 96 seats are voting in the fourth phase across nine states and one UT on Monday. 

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live:  The voting for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 is set to take place on Monday, May 13. The elections will take place in 96 parliamentary constituencies across nine states and a Union Territory.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Voting begins amidst tight security at the GMS Hanji Gund polling station of Budgam under Srinagar seat in Jammu and Kashmir. National Conference's Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, PDP's Waheed Ur Rehman Para and Apni Party's Mohammad Ashraf Mir are contesting the Lok Sabha Election2024 from this seat. Voting is being held across 9 states and one UT in fourth phase on Monday.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Actor Jr NTR arrives at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad to cast his vote. All 17 seats of Telangana are voting in the fourth phase of polling on Monday.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to come out to vote and strengthen the democracy as voting for phase 4 begins on Monday.

“In today’s 4th Phase of the Lok Sabha elections, 96 seats across 10 States and UTs are going to the polls. I am sure people in these constituencies will vote in large numbers and the young voters as well as women voters will power this surge in voting. Come, let’s all do our duty and strengthen our democracy!,” PM Modi said on X (formerly Twitter)

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Union Minister and BJP candidate from Begusarai, Giriraj Singh says, "I am a voter of Munger Constituency. It is half an hour away from my constituency Begusarai. I will cast my vote at 7 am and then be in my Lok Sabha constituency... After 1947, the country was divided and the appeasement of votes began. Today, Hindus have disappeared from Pakistan... There are new attempts to do Gazwa-e-Hind in India... This is because of Congress. Today, people like Lalu Prasad are doing appeasement and snatching reservation of the backward..."

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: In Jammu and Kashmir, the voting is being held in Srinagar seat of Kashmir Valley. This is the first Lok Sabha election being held in Kashmir post the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. The BJP has not fielded any candidate in any of the three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir valley.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: The prominent candidates include, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav from Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh), TMC leader Mahua Moitra from Krishnanagar (West Bengal), cricketer-turned-politicians Yusuf Pathan and senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary from Baharampur (West Bengal), Union Minister Giriraj Singh from Begusarai (Bihar), YS Sharmila from Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh), Union Minister Arjun Munda from Khunti (Jharkhand), actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha from Asansol (West Bengal), Bandi Sanjay Kumar from Karimnagar (Telangana) and Asaduddin Owaisi from Hyderabad (Telangana).

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: As many as 1,717 candidates are in the fray in the 96 Lok Sabha seats voting today. Over 17.7 crore people, including 8.97 crore men and 8.73 crore women, are eligible to vote in this phase. There are over 12.49 lakh registered 85+ years old voters too. Over 19 lakh polling officials have been deployed across 1.92 lakh polling stations where voting is taking place.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live:  Voting begins at 7am and ends at 6 pm, the Election Commission of India, said. So far, voting has taken place in 285 constituencies, about half of 543 Lok Sabha seats, in three phases held on April 19, 26 and May 7. The third phase of polling held on May 7 for 93 seats recorded 65.68 per cent voter turnout which is about 1.32 percentage points lesser than the turnout for the same seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Voting Live: Polling will be held at 96 seats spread across 9 states and a Union Territory in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha Elections today. All 25 seats of Andhra Pradesh and 17 seats of Telangana, 13 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 11 in Maharashtra, 8 in West Bengal, 8 in Madhya Pradesh, 5 in Bihar, 4 seats each in Jharkhand and Odisha and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir will go to polls in this phase.