Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 2 voting: In the second section of Lok Sabha elections 2024 protecting 88 seats throughout 13 states almost 61 per cent polling percentage was reported amid a number of complaints of Electronic voting machine (EVM) glitches and bogus voting in among the states.
Voters in some villages of Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura, Rajasthan’s Banswara, and Maharashtra’s Parbhani have been boycotting the polls over numerous points however have been later persuaded by authorities to forged their franchise.
Polling for the second stage of the seven-phase elections began at 7:00 am and ended at 6:00 pm. Several states additionally skilled intense warmth wave circumstances.
The Election Commission (EC) stated polling remained largely peaceable. The tentative determine at 7:00 pm of voter turnout of 60.96 per cent is more likely to go upwards when experiences from all polling stations are obtained, the EC added, including voters reaching polling stations until the top of polling hour are allowed to forged their vote.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) below Prime Minister Modi is searching for a stronger majority for a 3rd consecutive time period, whereas the constituents of the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc are hoping for a rebound after dealing with reverses within the 2014 and 2019 elections.
Highest voter turnout in Tripura
Election Commission information confirmed the highest voting percentage was recorded in Tripura which registered 78.53 per cent polling, adopted by Manipur at 77.18 whereas the turnout was in Uttar Pradesh at 53.71 per cent and Maharashtra 53.84 per cent.
Voting in 13 states below Phase 2 polling
- 20 seats of Kerala
- 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka
- 13 seats in Rajasthan
- 8 seats in Maharashtra
- 8 seats in Uttar Pradesh
- 6 seats in Madhya Pradesh
- 5 seats in Assam
- 5 seats in Bihar
- 3 seats in Chhattisgarh
- 3 seats in West Bengal
- 1 seat in Manipur
- 1 seat in Tripura
- 1 seat in Jammu and Kashmir
Star candidates in Phase 2
Congress chief Shashi Tharoor, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and actor-turned-politician Arun Govil, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar’s brother DK Suresh (Congress), and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy (JDS) have been among the many key candidates whereas BJP’s Hema Malini, Om Birla and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat searching for a hat-trick of wins from their respective constituencies.
Politicos urged voters to come back out in massive numbers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the morning urged folks to forged their votes in file numbers and stated a excessive voter turnout strengthens democracy. Stressing on the significance of every vote, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and occasion chief Rahul Gandhi issued impassioned appeals asking folks to step out and train their franchise within the second section of the Lok Sabha election.
After the top of polling, Modi in a tweet stated, “Phase Two has been too good! Gratitude to the people across India who have voted today. The unparalleled support for NDA is going to disappoint the Opposition even more. Voters want NDA’s good governance. Youth and women voters are powering the strong NDA support.”
Kerala vote percentage
In Kerala, the turnout was 65.23 per cent. One particular person every reportedly died at Palakkad, Alappuzha and (*61*) after casting their vote and a polling agent died after collapsing at a sales space in Kozhikode.
The election course of, held amid tight safety preparations, was primarily incident free aside from situations of bogus voting and breakdowns of digital voting machines (EVMs) being reported in some cubicles of the state. Such incidents resulted in delaying the polling course of within the affected cubicles.
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Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency recorded a turnout of 78.48 per cent. Election officers stated there have been some complaints from a number of cubicles however these have been promptly addressed.
A jawan of the Madhya Pradesh Special Armed Force deployed on ballot obligation allegedly died by suicide after taking pictures himself along with his service rifle at a authorities faculty the place he was stationed in Gariaband district below the Mahasamund seat in Chhattisgarh, the place a voter turnout of 72.61 per cent was recorded.
A polling sales space at Sivni village in Balod district (Kanker seat) was embellished like a marriage ‘mandap’, with a show of rituals of conventional weddings. Several brides and grooms, dressed of their wedding ceremony finery, forged their votes at a number of polling cubicles.
The EC stated folks from 46 villages in Bastar and Kanker seats forged their votes in a polling sales space arrange in their very own village for the primary time in a Lok Sabha election. In neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, there was a turnout of 55.77 per cent.
An estimated 70.68 per cent of the 77,26,668 voters exercised their franchise within the 5 parliamentary constituencies of Assam that went to polls on this section. In restive Manipur, the place polling is being held below excessive presence of safety personnel, the turnout was a excessive 77.18 per cent.
There have been experiences of intimidation by suspected militants, an altercation between Congress staff and NPF supporters and injury of EVM at a polling station within the Tangkhul Naga-dominated hill district.
At KK Leishi Phanit polling station in Ukhrul, irate voters destroyed an EVM and different gadgets after alleged disturbances by armed miscreants.
Karnataka voter turnout
The general voting percentage in Karnataka was 64.85. A case was booked in opposition to BJP MP and Bangalore South Candidate Tejasvi Surya for allegedly posting a video on a social media platform and soliciting votes on the grounds of faith, the Election Commission stated.
Another BJP chief CT Ravi was booked for allegedly selling hatred and enmity between residents by his social media publish. Various eating places in Bangalore have been providing free dosas, laddu, espresso and different meals gadgets at discounted charges to prospects who forged their vote.
A personal hospital assisted 41 inpatients forged their vote with the assistance of metropolis civic physique Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Green corridors have been created for the ambulances throughout constituencies to make sure simple, hassle-free voting.
Some EVMs have been destroyed at a polling station in Indiganatha village in Chamarajanagara district of Karnataka throughout a conflict between two teams of individuals over whether or not to vote or not. Officials stated an FIR is being filed the Election Commission will take a name after getting an in depth report.
A voter turnout of 53.84 per cent was recorded in eight constituencies in Maharashtra, whereas in Rajasthan, the turnout was 62.46 per cent. Incidents of confrontation between the supporters of the Congress candidate and an impartial candidate have been reported at a few locations throughout polling in Barmer-Jaisalmer Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan.
Police stated they have been wanting into the complaints in addition to some about faux voting from some locations. The by-election for the Bagidora meeting constituency in Banswara district was additionally held concurrently on Friday and 73.25 per cent voting passed off.
Uttar Pradesh vote information in Phase 2
A voter turnout of 53.71 per cent was recorded within the eight parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh. Senior residents dominated the early hours of voting in Noida within the Gautam Buddh Nagar constituency. Some residents’ welfare associations made preparations for electrical autos to ferry voters to and from the polling cubicles.
In Bihar, the turnout was 54.91 per cent, 71.84 per cent in in West Bengal and 71.21 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Lok Sabha polls are the primary main electoral battle in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into Union territories- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh- on August 5, 2019.
The Election Commission registered almost 300 complaints in West Bengal, largely associated to EVM malfunctioning. After Friday’s section, polling is over in Kerala, Rajasthan and Tripura.
Phase 1 polling
The first section of polling was held on April 19 in 102 seats throughout 21 states and Union territories. In the primary section, polling was accomplished in all seats of Tamil Nadu (39), Uttarakhand (5), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Puducherry (1), Sikkim (1) and Lakshadweep (1).
