Enthusiasm among elderly, first time voters in Jammu LS seat, 42.88 % voting till 1pm
An 86-year old Raj Dulari made sure to bring along her entire family to vote at a polling station in Peer Mitha of the Jammu city.
An 86-year old Raj Dulari made sure to bring along her entire family to vote at a polling station in Peer Mitha of the Jammu city.
The voting started at a brisk note but due to heatwave conditions, it became dull during afternoon.
In 12 constituencies, the average percentage of voting was 57.88 per cent which was 6.15 per cent less than the previous LS polls of 2019 (64.02 pc) and 3.79 pc low of 2014 (61.66 pc).
Former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) not to postpone the polls for the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency on the pleading of the BJP and its allies.
The incident, which occurred amidst the fervor of democratic engagement, has deeply saddened the community and sparked immediate inquiries by law enforcement.
Polling is underway for seven parliamentary seats of North East -- five from Assam and one each from Manipur and Tripura -- in the second phase on Friday.
Congress president Mallikarjun on Friday said 2024 Lok Sabha polls are not an ordinary election but a step to ''protect the democracy from the clutches of dictatorship" as voting for the second phase of General Elections gets underway.
Voting commenced at 28,758 polling booths at 7 am with great enthusiasm in 13 LS seats of Ajmer, Tonk-Sawaimadhopur, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Banswara, Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota and Jhalawar-Baran.
Law minister Moloy Ghatak, chairman of AMC, Amarnath Chatterjee and other top TMC leaders inspected both the venues in Asansol and Kulti, today.
The BJP leadership will take stern action against its MLA from Kurseong, Bishnu Prasad Sharma after election results for alleged anti-party activities ahead of Lok Sabha polls.