Within the second part of Lok Sabha elections 2024, over 50% of voters had been registered in 13 states and the UTs until 3 p.m. 65% of voters participated within the first spherical of the Lok Sabha elections.
The 18th Lok Sabha elections are at present of their second part, with voting for 88 seats going down throughout 13 states and union territories. There are greater than 1,200 individuals operating for workplace, 4 of them are from outdoors Manipur.
Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP members Tejasvi Surya, Hema Malini, and Arun Govil, Rahul Gandhi and Congress chief Shashi Tharoor, DK Suresh, the brother of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy are among the many notable contenders for the second part.
In 2019, the NDA had received 56 of the 89 seats and the UPA 24. Six of those seats have been redrawn as a part of the delimitation train.
The primary part of the seven phases of the elections passed off on Friday, together with 102 seats unfold throughout 21 states and Union territories. Voter turnout was about 65.5% within the first part, in response to the stories.
In largest competition of democracy, individuals from all walks of sector took half in it. A video went viral the place former India captain and present Indian staff head coach Rahul Dravid and former India participant and head coach Anil Kumble had been seen standing in line to solid their vote.
In the meantime, voting began at 7 a.m. and can finish at 6 p.m. The Election Fee has prolonged voting hours for many who are in line by an hour. Based on Election Fee figures, the primary two hours noticed a 9.3% voter turnout all through the 88 constituencies. By 9 am, Kerala had recorded 8.52%, Karnataka 9.21%, and Madhya Pradesh 13.82%.
On this part, there have been about 15.88 crore eligible voters, comprising 5.929 third-gender electors, 8.08 crore males, and seven.8 crore ladies. 3.28 crore younger voters, aged 20 to 29, are amongst them; 34.8 lakh of them are first-time voters.