LS Election 2024- Phase I Voting: WB sees 33% turnout till 11 am; 25% in UP; check statewise data
West Bengal saw the highest voter turnout in the first four hours of polling.
West Bengal saw the highest voter turnout in the first four hours of polling.
Braving rains and bad weather, men and women came out to cast their votes in the mountainous areas.
A polling booth in naxal affected Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh registered 100 per cent voting before 10 AM on Friday in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls.
Prominent leaders of North East who are in the electoral fray in the first phase of polls -- from Union Minister Kiren Rijiju to Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi -- exercised their franchise early in the morning on Friday.
Voters were seen queueing up in front of their booths from 6 am onwards whereas the polling started at 7am.
He also urged the people to come out and exercise their franchise in large numbers.
The polling began in 24,370 polling stations at 7 am and will last till 6 pm.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief K. Annamalai said on Friday that the Bharatiya Janata Party will register a historic victory in the state in the Lok Sabha elections.
In the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024, as many as 102 constituencies spanning across 21 states and Union Territories will elect their new MPs.
Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 began on Friday across 102 parliamentary constituencies spread over 21 states and Union Territories as the mega seven-phase electoral exercise commenced at 7:00 am.