In the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2 polling is taking place in 88 seats across 12 states and a UT. Voting takes place in the Outer Manipur seat as well.
A tribal-themed polling station in Mysuru. (ECI website)
The long wait has begun for 1,210 candidates in 88 seats spread over 13 states and a Union Territory after the completion of the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Friday, 26 April.
The Election Commission put the voter turnout at over 60 percent, which could change when last-minute voters, too, are taken into account. Barring a few minor incidents, the polling was peaceful.
Of the 88 seats polled on Friday, the NDA had won 65 in 2019, while the INDIA bloc constituents emerged victorious in 23.
Rahul Gandhi, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Shashi Tharoor, V Muraleedharan, KC Venugopal, Arun Govil (who portrayed Lord Ram in the Ramayan TV series), Hema Malini, Om Birla, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Bhupesh Baghel, and Sukanta Majumdar are some of the heavyweights, whose fates were sealed on Friday.
Polling was held in 20 seats in Kerala, 14 in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, eight each in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, seven in Madhya Pradesh, five each in Assam and Bihar, three each in Bengal and Chhattisgarh, and one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Tripura.
In the first phase held a week ago on 19 April, around 66.1 percent of total voters cast their votes to decide the fortunes of 1,625 candidates.
The third phase of the polls is scheduled for 7 May. Results will be announced on 4 June.
Over 60 percent polling was recorded till 7.20 pm on Friday in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 88 seats across 13 states amid complaints of EVM glitches and bogus voting in some booths in Kerala and West Bengal.
Voters in some villages of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, Rajasthan's Banswara and Maharashtra's Parbhani boycotted polls over various issues but were persuaded by authorities to cast their franchise.
Polling for the second stage of the seven-phase elections started at 7 am and was to continue till 6 pm. Several states are experiencing intense heat conditions.
The provisional polling percentages at 7.20 pm were:
Assam: 70. 68
Bihar: 53.60
Chhattisgarh: 72.51
Jammu and Kashmir: 67.22
Karnataka: 64.47
Kerala: 64.99
Madhya Pradesh: 55.19
Maharashtra: 53.71
Manipur: 76.46
Rajasthan: 59.69
Tripura: 77.95
Uttar Pradesh: 53.02
West Bengal: 71.84
More than 67 percent voter turnout was recorded in the first four hours of polling in the Jammu constituency in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday, officials said.
The voting began at 7 am in 2,416 polling stations in the constituency and is going on peacefully, the election officials said and added that 67.22 percent votes were polled till 5 pm.
The Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency recorded a voter turnout of 79.50 percent till 5 pm on Friday, as polling remained peaceful so far, an official said.
The voter turnout may cross 80 percent as many voters were seen standing in queues at polling stations even after 5 pm, said Returning Officer (RO), Saju Vaheed.
More than 72 percent of voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm in three Lok Sabha constituencies, all having Naxalite presence, in Chhattisgarh, where the second phase of the general elections was held on Friday, officials said
Polling began in Kanker, Rajnandgaon and Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituencies at 7 am and was held in different time slots. A turnout of 72.13 percent was registered till 5 pm, an election official said.
Polling in all the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala for the 2024 general election concluded at 6 pm on Friday with the state recording a provisional voter turnout of 69.04 percent.
Though the official time for polling ended at 6 pm, huge queues were seen outside polling booths across the state and therefore, the final turnout percentage is likely to go up. Tokens were issued to voters waiting in the queues.
Kerala had seen a voter turnout of 77.84 percent in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Constituency-wise break-up (in percentage)
Thiruvananthapuram - 65.68
Attingal - 68.84
Kollam - 66.87
Pathanamthitta - 63.05
Mavelikkara - 65.29
Alappuzha - 72.84
Kottayam - 65.29
Idukki - 65.88
Ernakulam - 67.00
Chalakudy - 70.68
Thrissur - 70.59
Palakkad - 71.25
Alathur - 70.88
Ponnani - 65.62
Malappuram - 69.61
Kozhikode - 71.25
Wayanad - 71.69
Vadakara - 71.27
Kannur - 73.80
Kasaragod- 72.52
A voter turnout of 52.74 percent was recorded till 5 pm in the eight parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh where voting was held in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday, officials said.
The constituencies that went to polls in this phase are Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Mathura.
According to the Election Commission (EC), 61.89 percent polling was recorded in Amroha till 5 pm, followed by 55.49 percent in Meerut, 52.74 percent in Baghpat, 48.21 percent in Ghaziabad, 51.66 in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 54.34 in Bulandshahr, 54.36 percent in Aligarh and 46.96 in Mathura
A voter turnout of 53.51 percent was recorded till 5 pm in eight constituencies of Maharashtra in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday, officials said.
Voting was held between 7 am and 6 pm in Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Wardha and Yavatmal-Washim seats in Vidarbha (eastern Maharashtra) and Hingoli, Nanded and Parbhani constituencies in the central Marathwada region.
Till 5 pm, Wardha recorded 56.66 percent turnout, Amravati 54.50, Yavatmal-Washim 54.04, Parbhani 53.79, Akola 52.49, Nanded 52.47, Buldhana 52.24 and Hingoli 52.03, election officials said.
Banjarumale, an interior hamlet in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, recorded 100 percent voting in the Lok Sabha election on Friday.
This hamlet has 111 voters and all of them turned up at the only polling booth, completing voting two hours before polling ended at 6 pm.
The hamlet is inhabited by forest dwellers, tribal farmers, and collectors of minor forest waste. Despite having no power or transport connectivity, the people survive in the forest using water from the perennial water sources in the hills of the Western Ghats.
A 26-year-old man allegedly damaged an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) by hitting it with an iron object when he came to cast his vote at a polling booth at Rampuri in Maharashtra's Nanded district on Friday, a police official said.
The police detained the man, who told them that he wanted a pro-farmer and pro-labourer government, he said.
"The man, Bhaiyyasaheb Edke, is a local resident and a registered voter of Rampuri booth. He came to the polling booth to cast his vote, but damaged an EVM with an iron object. He was immediately detained and the voting process continued soon afterwards as the broken machine was replaced with a new one," Nanded Superintendent of Police (SP) Shrikrushna Kokate told PTI.
The Electronic Voting Machines were destroyed at a polling station in Indiganatha village in Chamarajanagara district in Karnataka on Friday during a clash between two groups of people over whether to vote or not in the Lok Sabha elections.
According to the district administration, the villagers had earlier in the day decided to boycott the polls citing lack of adequate infrastructure development. However, after assurances and efforts by the local officials, polling went underway.
As per preliminary information, one of the groups wanted to vote while the other was keen to boycott leading to clashes between them during which they destroyed EVMs, and also indulged in stone-pelting.
Nearly 60 percent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Rajasthan where polling is underway under the second phase on Friday.
According to the official data, 59.19 percent voter turnout was recorded in 13 constituencies of Barmer-Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Jalore, Chittorgarh, Banswara, Kota-Bundi, Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Udaipur, Rajsamand, Kota and Jhalawar-Baran.
At the same time, 73.25 percent voting took place in the byelection for Bagidora assembly constituency of Banswara district.
A voter turnout of 53.03 percent was recorded till 5 pm in the five Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar where polling was underway in the second phase on Friday, officials said.
Kishanganj recorded a voter turnout of 56.12 percent, Katihar registered 55.54 percent, Purnea recorded 55.14 percent, Bhagalpur registered 47.26 percent and Banka recorded 49.50 percent till 5 pm, officials said.
At least 54.83 percent of voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm in six constituencies in Madhya Pradesh in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday, an official said.
Till 5 pm, Hoshangabad recorded a voter turnout of 63.44 percent, followed by Tikamgarh at 57.19 percent, Satna at 57.18 percent, Damoh at 53.66 percent, Khajuraho at 52.91 percent and Rewa at 45.02 percent, he said.
Polling to elect 20 MPs to the 18th Lok Sabha officially has ended in Kerala.
However, long queues of voters were seen in several polling stations. The polling time is likely to be extended to allow those who had entered the station premises before 6 pm.
Kozhikode District Electoral Officer Snehal Kumar Singh informed that the presiding officers of two booths have been changed following complaints of dereliction of duty.
The changed officers were presiding over polling stations 61 and 162 of the Nadapuram Legislative Assembly constituency.
Karnataka reported a voter turnout of 63.90 percent till 5.30 pm on Friday.
Udupi Chikmagalur: 72.13
Hassan: 72.13
Dakshina Kannada: 71.83
Chitradurga: 67.00
Tumkur: 72.10
Mandya: 74.87
Mysore: 65.85
Chamarajanagar: 69.60
Bangalore Rural: 61.78
Bangalore North: 50.04
Bangalore Central: 48.61
Bangalore South: 49.37
Chikkballapur: 70.97
Kolar: 71.26
Approximate voter turnout in Kerala touched 64.73 percent at 5.15 pm.
Thiruvananthapuram, Attingal, Alappuzha, Chalakudy, Thrissur, Palakkad, Alathur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Vadakara, Kannur and Kasaragod, reported 65 or more percent of voters getting inked.
Kerala reported seven deaths related to polls on Friday.
While Palakkad, Kozhikode, and Malappuram reported two deaths each, while Alappuzha reported one.
Five people collapsed and died after casting their votes. One man, Saidu Haji, was killed in a road accident after returning from the polling booth.
The deceased people have been identified as KM Aneez Ahammad, 71, of Kozhikode; Chandran, 68, and S Sabari, 32, of Palakkad; Siddique, 63, and Saidu Haji, 75, of Malappuram; Somarajan, 82, of Alappuzha and Kannumal Mami of Vadakara in Kozhikode.
The Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency recorded a voter turnout of 69.48 percent till 3 pm on Friday, as polling remained peaceful so far, an official said.
Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, who is the Congress candidate in Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat, said he had received complaints that his photos on the Electronic Voting Machines are smaller and unclear as compared to those of his rivals.
Polling in Rajnandgaon is underway along with two other parliamentary seats - Kanker and Mahasamund - on Friday in the second phase of general elections.
"This exposes @ECISVEEP's claims of impartiality. Has this been done under a conspiracy? But this is not going to change the result," he added.
A voter turnout of 63.92 percent was recorded till 3 pm on Friday in three Lok Sabha constituencies, all having Naxalite presence, in Chhattisgarh in the second phase of general elections on Friday, an official said.
The tribal-dominated Kanker seat recorded 67.50 per cent turnout, Mahasamund 63.30 percent and Rajnandgaon 61.34 percent, he said.
As many as 58.52 percent of the total electorate in Kerala exercised their franchise by 4 pm on Friday.
Alappuzha, Chalakkudy, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur, and Kasaragod recorded 60 percent or more as the polling is drawing to a close.
The state is witnessing a tight between the LDF and UDF, while the NDA is trying to open its account in the Lok Sabha from Kerala.
In 2019, the UDF won 19 out of Kerala's 20 Lok Sabha seats. The LDF won only in Alappuzha, where AICC general secretary KC Venugopal is pitted against the sitting MP, AM Arif, of the CPI(M). BJP's firebrand leader Sobha Surendran is also in the fray in Alappuzha.
Various church factions in Kerala on Friday urged the people to go and vote for those supporting secularism and democracy in the general elections in the southern state.
Archbishop Raphael Thattil of the influential Syro-Malabar Church, after casting his vote, said the church wants everyone to live peacefully in the country.
Malankara Orthodox Syrian church head Baselios Marthoma Mathews III said the elections will help elect a new government for the betterment of the country.
Thrissur Archbishop and CBCI president Archbishop Andrews Thazhath said he was devastated after witnessing the situation in Manipur and said people will vote for those who support secularism and democracy.
A voter turnout of 48.68 percent was recorded till 3 pm in six Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh in the second phase of general elections on Friday, an official said.
Till 3 pm, Damoh recorded a voter turnout of 45.69 percent, Hoshangabad 55.79, Khajuraho 43.89, Rewa 37.55, Satna 47.68 and Tikamgarh 49.84 percent, the official said.
A voter turnout of 44.24 percent was recorded till 3 pm in the five Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar where polling was underway in the second phase on Friday, officials said.
Purnea recorded a voter turnout of 46.78 percent, Katihar (46.76 percent), Kishanganj (45.58 percent), Banka (42.89 percent) and Bhagalpur (39.49 percent) till 3 pm, officials said.
An estimated 60.32 percent of 77,26,668 voters exercised their franchise till 3 pm in the five parliamentary constituencies of Assam, where polling is underway in the second phase on Friday, election officials said.
The highest polling of 64.43 percent was recorded in Darrang-Udalguri, closely followed by 60.74 percent in Diphu (ST), 60.56 percent in Nagaon, 60.36 percent in Karimganj and 53.06 percent in Silchar, they said.
A voter turnout of 43.01 percent was recorded till 3 pm in eight constituencies in Maharashtra in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday, officials said.
Wardha recorded 45.95 percent turnout, Akola 42.69 percent, Amravati 43.76 percent, Buldhana 41.66 percent, Hingoli 40.5 percent, Nanded 42.42 percent, Parbhani 44.49 percent and Yavatmal-Washim 42.55 percent, election officials said.
In Rajasthan, more than 50 percent voting took place in 13 Lok Sabha seats by 3 pm.
50.27 percent voter turnout was recorded till 3 pm across the 13 parliamentary constituencies. At the same time, 66.52 per cent of voting took place in the Bagidora Assembly constituency, according to official data.
The highest voter turnout of 60.01 percent was recorded in the tribal-dominated Banswara-Dungarpur seat in South Rajasthan by 3 pm while the Barmer-Jaisalmer seat located along the Indo-Pak border recorded 59.71 percent voting.
Tonk-Sawai Madhopur recorded the lowest turnout of 42.61 percent till 3 pm, according to official data.
Voting percentage in other constituencies till 3 pm stood at 43.28 in Ajmer, 45.39 in Bhilwara, 51.71 in Chittorgarh, 49.85 in Jalore, 56.12 in Jhalawar, 50 in Jodhpur, 54.78 in Kota, 44.27 in Pali, 43.94 in Rajsamand and 51.60 in Udaipur.
Three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal recorded over 60 percent voting till 3 pm in the second phase of polling on Friday, an Election Commission official said.
Darjeeling continued to record the highest voter turnout of 61.97 percent, while Raiganj and Balurghat registered 60.20 percent and 59.53 percent polling, respectively, he said.
A voter turnout of 44.13 percent was recorded till 3 pm in the eight parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday, according to officials.
According to the Election Commission (EC), 51.44 percent votes were polled in Amroha, 47.52 percent in Meerut, 42.92 percent in Baghpat, 41.13 percent in Ghaziabad, 44.08 in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 44.54 in Bulandshahr, 44.08 percent in Aligarh and 39.45 in Mathura till 3 pm.
With less than three hours remaining for the conclusion of polling in the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala, the state registered a turnout of 52.25 percent at 3.20 pm on Friday.
As the day progressed, people continued to queue up in increasing numbers outside the over 25,000 polling booths in the state, braving the rising temperatures, to cast their vote.
At 3.20 pm, the highest turnout was registered in the northern Kerala Lok Sabha constituency of Kannur at 54.96 percent with Alappuzha a close second at 54.78 percent.
Polling is slow in Bangalore Rural, North, Central, and South constituencies, whereas the remaining 10 constituencies polled more than 50 percent of votes by 3 pm on Friday.
Dakshina Kannada posted the highest voting percentage of 58.76, while Bangalore Central lagged far behind with 40.10 percent.
Among the four Bangalore constituencies, Bangalore Rural polled 49.62 percent, followed by North (41.12%) and South (40.77 percent).
Polling percentage at 3 pm.
Udupi-Chikamagalur 57.49
Hassan 55.92
Dakshina Kannada 58.76
Chitradurga 52.14
Tumkur 56.62
Mandya 57.44
Mysore 53.55
Chamarajanagar 54.82
Bangalore Rural 49.62
Bangalore North 41.12
Bangalore Central 40.10
Bangalore South 40.77
Chikkballapur 55.90
Kolar 54.66
JD(S) leader and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday alleged that cash and gift vouchers were distributed in the Bengaluru Rural constituency, especially in Kanakapura Taluk.
Kumaraswamy alleged that some supporters of BJP and the JD(S), were attacked in Kanakapura Taluk and their shirts were torn off.
“‘Guarantee cards’ (gift vouchers) were distributed with which people can make purchases up to ₹10,000. When our boys made a noise, they were attacked,” he alleged.
Money was also distributed since Thursday night, he said, adding that in Kunigal Taluk, a man died by suicide after Congress workers "attacked, pestered and threatened him."
“Even after giving complaints to the Election Commission, no action was taken", Kumaraswamy said, and added sarcastically: "I want to tell the EC to allow people to openly allow distribution."
Approximate voter turnout in Kerala touched 50 % at 3 pm)
Constituencies with 50% or more voter turnout:
All constituencies, except Ponnani, crossed the 50% mark.
Long queues were seen outside various restaurants in the city on Friday after they offered free dosas, laddu, coffee and other food items for free or at discounted rates to customers who cast their vote in the Lok Sabha polls on Friday.
Many restaurants affiliated with Bruhath Bangalore Hotels Association (BBHA) have come up with this innovative idea to encourage voting in the IT city. Some of them are offering food either for free or at a discounted price to those who vote in the Lok Sabha elections.
The Nisarga Grand Hotel on Nrupatunga Road gave free "benne" (butter) dosa, laddu and juice to customers who showed their "inked fingers" on voting day under the 'Vote Maadi, Oota Maadi' (cast your vote and have food) campaign.
Citing that in the previous Lok Sabha polls, the voter turnout in Bengaluru was only 54 percent (much below average), BBHA President PC Rao said that though the city had a good number of educated and young voters, it had posted "very less percentage".
More than 600 voters of a remote tribal village in Dhalai district, part of Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency, abstained from voting on Friday due to the unrepaired condition of a 7-km village road, an election official said.
The villagers, numbering around 900, have been persistently demanding repairs for months, emphasising the road's critical importance to their community, the official added.
The villagers are standing outside the polling booth but not entering it to cast their votes as they are protesting against government apathy, the official said.
"We are hopeful the villagers will join the festival of democracy, and the administration will look into their demands seriously", he said.
The villagers have also complained about the drinking water problem, he said, adding that after getting the report, a team of officials rushed to Sadai Mohan Para to persuade the voters to exercise their democratic rights.
Over 39 percent voter turnout was recorded in the first six hours of polling on Friday in phase two of the Lok Sabha elections covering 88 seats in 13 states and Union territories amidst reports of EVM glitches and bogus voting in some booths in Kerala and West Bengal.
Voters in four villages of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, Rajasthan's Banswara and Maharashtra's Parbhani boycotted polls over various issues.
Election officials said the highest voting percentage was recorded in Tripura which registered 54.47 per cent polling till 1 pm, while the lowest turnout was in Maharashtra at 31.77 per cent.
"Aggregate turnout at 1 pm in Phase 2 is 39.13 percent," the Election Commission said in a statement.
An estimated 46.31 percent of 77,26,668 voters exercised their franchise till 1 pm in the five parliamentary constituencies of Assam, where polling is underway in the second phase on Friday, election officials said.
The highest polling of 49.72 percent was recorded in Darrang-Udalguri, closely followed by 49.14 percent in Karimganj, 46.40 percent in Diphu (ST), 44.48 percent in Nagaon and 40.23 percent in Silchar, they said.
Kannur recorded a voter turnout of 48.35 percent till 2 pm.
KPCC president K Sudhakaran is locked in a fierce battle with CPI(M) strongman MV Jayarajan in Kannur.
Attingal, Alappuzha, Mavelikkara, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam, Chalakkudy, Thrissur, Palakkad, Alathur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod, also recorded more than 45% turnout.
At least 53.09 percent of the electorate cast their votes till 1 pm in three constituencies, having Naxalite presence, in Chhattisgarh in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday, an official said.
"Amid tight security, polling began in Kanker, Rajnandgaon and Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituencies at 7 am and was underway smoothly. Till 1 pm, 53.09 percent polling has been registered," the official said.
The tribal-dominated Kanker seat recorded a 60.15 percent voter turnout, followed by Mahasamund with 52.06 percent and Rajnandgaon with 47.82 percent, he said.
More than 42 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first four hours of polling in Jammu constituency in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday, officials said.
They added that 42.88 percent votes were polled till 1 pm The highest voter turnout (52.68 percent) was recorded in Jammu Lok Sabha constituency's Reasi Assembly segment till 1 pm, the officials said.
The Gulabgarh seat recorded 50.01 percent, followed by the Shri Mata Vaishnodevi segment noting 48.61 percent, Akhnoor 47.67 percent, Akhnoor 29.75 percent, Samba 29.59 percent, Nagrota 46.79 percent and Kalakote 46.46 percent.
The lowest voter turnout till 1 pm was recorded in the Jammu West segment at 31.49 percent, the officials said.
Three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal recorded over 47 percent voting till 1 pm in the second phase of polling on Friday, an Election Commission official said.
Darjeeling recorded the highest voter turnout of 49.09 percent, while Raiganj and Balurghat registered 47.56 percent and 44.93 percent polling, respectively, he said.
Approximate voter turnout at 2 pm: 44.86%
Constituency-wise polling (in percentage):
Thiruvananthapuram: 43.79
Attingal: 46.26
Kollam: 43.72
Pathanamthitta: 44.05
Mavelikkara: 44.15
Alappuzha: 47.14
Kottayam: 44.42
Idukki: 44.19
Ernakulam: 44.05
Chalakudy: 46.69
Thrissur: 45.65
Palakkad: 46.65
Alathur: 45.27
Ponnani: 40.38
Malappuram- 43.03
Kozhikode: 44.57
Wayanad: 45.98
Vadakara: 44.25
Kannur: 47.08
Kasaragod: 46.08
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said there is "no Modi wave" in Karnataka but there is one in favour of Congress government's guarantee schemes, as he claimed his party will win about 20 out of a total of 28 Lok Sabha polls in the state.
"There is no Modi wave in Karnataka, the wave that is there is the 'guarantee wave'. Congress will win about 20 seats, because our guarantee schemes have reached the people and without any middlemen the money is reaching the bank accounts of the people directly every month," Siddaramaiah said.
He expressed confidence about people "blessing" the Congress party, as they did during the Assembly polls last year which saw his party scoring a thumping win.
A voter turnout of 33.80 percent was recorded till 1 pm in the five Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar where polling was underway in the second phase on Friday, officials said.
Purnea recorded a voter turnout of 36.59 percent, Katihar registered 35.37 percent, Kishanganj recorded 34.65 percent, Banka registered 32.32 percent and Bhagalpur recorded 30.29 percent till 1 pm, officials said.
Over 40 percent voting was recorded till 1 pm in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Rajasthan where elections are being held in the second phase on Friday.
40.39 percent voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm across the 13 parliamentary constituencies. At the same time, 51.50 percent voting took place in Bagidora assembly constituency, according to official data.
The highest voter turnout of 48.48 percent was recorded in Barmer-Jaisalmer located along the Indo-Pak border, followed by the tribal dominated Banswara-Dungarpur seat in South Rajasthan where 46.53 percent electors cast votes by 1 pm.
Tonk-Sawai Madhopur recorded the lowest turnout of 34.64 percent till 1 pm, according to official data.
Voting percentage in other constituencies till 1 am stood at 35.77 in Ajmer, 37.01 in Bhilwara, 40.50 in Chittorgarh, 41.47 in Jalore, 44.20 in Jhalawar, 39.90 in Jodhpur, 42.51 in Kota, 36.59 in Pali, 36.88 in Rajsamand and 41.32 in Udaipur.
A voter turnout of 31.77 percent was recorded till 1 pm on Friday in eight constituencies of Maharashtra in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls, officials said.
As per the election office, till 1 pm, Parbhani recorded 33.88 percent voting, Nanded 32.93, Wardha 32.32, Akola 32.25, Yavatmal-Washim 31.47, Amravati 31.40, Hingoli 30.46 and Buldhana 29.07.
A voter turnout of 35.73 percent was recorded till 1 pm in the eight parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh in phase two of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday, according to officials.
Election Commission (EC) officials said 40.67 percent votes were polled in Amroha, 38.33 percent in Meerut, 34.17 percent in Baghpat, 33.99 percent in Ghaziabad, 36.05 in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 35.35 in Bulandshahr, 35.55 percent in Aligarh and 32.70 in Mathura till 11 am.
Residents of a village in the Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency decided to boycott the elections on Friday to protest against the issue of encroachments, prompting the collector to visit the place and appeal to them.
Parbhani Collector and returning officer Raghunath Gawde arrived at Balsa Khurd village, located around 7 km from Parbhani city, and interacted with villagers, urging them to vote.
The village, which has 1,200 voters, boycotted the elections over the longstanding issue of encroachments.
Villagers will exercise their franchise if the administration gives a written assurance about resolving the issue, a resident of the village said.
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