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.
According to the poll body, West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout (77.99 per cent) followed by Jharkhand (61.41 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (52.02 per cent), Odisha (59.60 per cent), Jammu and Kashmir (51.35 per cent), Bihar (52.24 per cent), Haryana (55.93 per cent), and Delhi (53.73 per cent).
In a social media post on X, he specially urged women voters and youth voters to vote in large numbers.
More than 25 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 11 am in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls in 58 constituencies spread across eight States and Union Territories.
Voting for the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections in 58 constituencies spread across eight States and Union Territories (UTs) began early this morning.
Emphasizing the importance of voting as a fundamental civic duty, Krishnamurthy called upon every voter to exercise his franchise and join in this grand celebration of democracy, irrespective of the weather conditions.
