The voter turnout across 25 Lok Sabha seats in two phases on 19 April and 26 April stands at 61.53 per cent as against 66.34 per cent in the 2019 general election, marking a decrease of 4.81 per cent.
Among the Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh that went to polls on Friday along with Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar were Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Aligarh, Mathura and Bulandshahr seats.
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Voters across the state are gearing up to cast their ballots in three crucial Lok Sabha constituencies – Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, and Kanker
Subhash Tambolia, who left the Congress and joined the BJP, is now in a triangular contest with BAP's Jaikrishna Patel, and Congress' Kapoor Singh.
The petitioners submitted that the about 90,000 nurses registered with the DNC have no right to elect the representatives of a body that has been constituted, inter-alia, to work for their welfare.
People were seen standing in queues outside the polling booths, where markings have been drawn on the ground to enable voters to maintain social distancing, the officials said.
Democracy is at risk if the conduct of elections and the exercise of free will are thwarted, says NIRMALENDU BIKASH RAKSHIT.
A total of 187 candidates -- DMK's own and that of alliance parties -- contested under the former's Rising Sun symbol.
In all, 946 candidates including 74 female candidates of different political parties including Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress contested the elections.
