New Delhi: Campaigning for 102 parliamentary constituencies distributed throughout 21 states and Union territories, the place voting can be held within the first section of the Lok Sabha elections on April 19, concluded on Wednesday.
In the primary section, polling can be held in Arunachal Pradesh (2 seats), Assam (5), Bihar (4), Chhattisgarh (1), Madhya Pradesh (6), Maharashtra (5), Manipur (2), Meghalaya (2), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Rajasthan (12), Sikkim (1), Tamil Nadu (39), Tripura (1), Uttar Pradesh (8), Uttarakhand (5), West Bengal (3), Andaman and Nicobar (1), Jammu and Kashmir (1), Lakshadweep (1) and Puducherry (1).
Campaigning for the primary section of polling on April 19 in Uttar Pradesh concluded Wednesday night, with candidates closing up their campaigns for eight parliamentary seats.
Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, each members of the opposition’s INDIA bloc, held rallies in Saharanpur and Moradabad on the ultimate day of the marketing campaign.
The seats going to the polls within the first section on Friday are Saharanpur, Bijnor, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit. Likewise, campaigning drew to an in depth in Uttarakhand at 5 pm this night, Chief Electoral Officer B VRC Purushottam mentioned.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in a roadshow in Haldwani on the final day of the election marketing campaign, earlier on Wednesday. After successful all 5 seats in Uttarakhand within the 2014 and 2019 normal elections, the BJP is trying to retain them for a 3rd time period.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP’s marketing campaign, constructed across the growth plank, in Madhya Pradesh for the primary section of the Lok Sabha elections that ended on Wednesday.
With the primary section scheduled for April 19, the destiny of 88 candidates contesting six seats within the MP can be sealed by voters. In Maharashtra, campaigning for Lok Sabha elections got here to an finish in 5 constituencies of the Vidarbha area on Wednesday night.
Polling can be held within the constituencies of Nagpur, Ramtek, Bhandara-Gondia, Chandrapur and (*19*) within the first section on April 19.
The campaigning in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur parliamentary constituency ended on Wednesday night. It is witnessing its first main electoral battle because the abrogation of Article 370.
The polling is slated for the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat within the first section on April 19 and can resolve the destiny of 12 contestants. Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Commissioner Saloni Rai mentioned, “On April 17 at 6 pm, we suspended all election-related campaigning, and political parties have been directed to not hold campaigning, roadshows, or canvassing other than door-to-door campaigning.”
“Section 144 is also imposed. Flying squad and static surveillance teams have been deployed. Our main objective is a free and fair and inducement-free election,” mentioned Rai.
Meanwhile, campaigning for 3 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal – Cooch Behar (SC), Jalpaiguri (SC) and Alipurduars (ST) — going to polls within the first section on April 19 got here to an finish at 6 PM on Wednesday.
Altogether 14 candidates, together with sitting MP and Union minister Nisith Pramanik, are contesting the parliamentary elections from Cooch Behar. Verbal exchanges between major rivals Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress over points similar to corruption, poverty, and pre-poll guarantees dominated the campaigning for the primary section of Lok Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh, which concluded on Wednesday night.
Naxal-affected Bastar is the one seat among the many 11 Lok Sabha constituencies within the state that can vote within the first section on April 19, an train that can happen within the shadow of the foremost counter-insurgency operation in Kanker district on April 16.
In Mizoram, the campaigning for the lone Lok Sabha seat ended on Wednesday with political events making final ditch efforts to brush the voters.
Campaigning for the April 19 simultaneous polls in Arunachal Pradesh got here to an finish on Wednesday night, setting the stage to elect two Lok Sabha MPs and 50 lawmakers for the state meeting.
The BJP has already opened its account by securing 10 seats within the meeting in Arunachal. Campaigning for 5 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam, that are on account of go for polling on April 19, together with the high-profile constituency of Dibrugarh, ended on Wednesday.
The Lok Sabha ballot campaigning for 2024, for the primary section of elections, ended at 5 pm on the 5 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, together with the high-profile seat of Dibrugarh, the place Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Assam are contesting.
The voting for the Lok Sabha election within the first section is to be held throughout 21 states in 102 seats, together with 5 seats in Upper Assam. The marketing campaign for the Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency and the Ramnagar Assembly constituency by-poll additionally ended at 5 pm on Wednesday.
All preparations, together with safety preparations, have been made for the polling to be held on April 19, an election division official mentioned.
Rallies, public conferences and roadshows marked the two-week-long high-decibel marketing campaign.Â
In the meantime, talking on the preparations for Lok Sabha elections in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, South Andaman SP Niharika Bhatt says, “The election marketing campaign can be banned from 6 PM right now and no political gathering or avenue processions can be allowed, that is known as the ‘Silent’ interval.
“Only door-to-door campaigning will be allowed and that too without speakers. DC has also given orders regarding Section 144 to maintain law and order. Voting will start at 7 in the morning on April 19 and go until 6 p.m. A few pink polling booths have been established where all the officials will be women,” mentioned the official.
The 2024 normal elections can be held in India in seven phases, from April 19 to June 1, to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The outcomes can be introduced on June 4.Â
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