Voting for single-phase Maharashtra assembly election begins
Voting began at 7 am on Wednesday for the single-phase Maharashtra assembly elections and will conclude at 6 pm. Polling is taking place across 288 assembly constituencies.
Voting began at 7 am on Wednesday for the single-phase Maharashtra assembly elections and will conclude at 6 pm. Polling is taking place across 288 assembly constituencies.
Voting commenced at 7 am on Wednesday for the second phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections, covering the remaining 38 seats.
“A voter turnout of 66.65 per cent has been recorded across 43 Assembly constituencies in phase-1 of Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024, surpassing the turnout by 2.75 per cent in these seats in 2019 elections,” the poll panel said.
Approximately 69.12 per cent of over 1.93 million eligible voters cast their ballots in the by-elections across seven assembly constituencies in Rajasthan on Wednesday.
The Opposition Congress on Wednesday demanded the Election Commission to conduct by-polls at Vijaypur and Budhni in Madhya Pradesh through the ballot paper system.
The electoral battle in the state is predominantly between two major political parties, Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The seventh and final phase of polling in the largest festival of democracy started on Saturday as voting started in the last 57 parliamentary constituencies at 7 am across seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
The Chief Minister said that in the last one and a half year tenure, the Congress government stood with the people of the state in every happiness and sorrow.
The polling is scheduled to begin at 7 am in 1.09 lakh polling stations amid tight security. These polling stations will be manned by around 10.9 lakh polling officials.
The ECI said this significant participation is a testament to the robust democratic spirit and civic engagement of the people in the region.
