Elections 2024 Phase 4 Voting: More than 19 lakh polling officials have been deployed.
New Delhi:
The fourth phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections begins today in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union Territories. A total of 1,717 candidates are in the fray in this phase.Â
At 3 pm, 52.6% voter turnout was recorded across 10 states and union territories. Polling is being held in all 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, all 25 seats in Andhra Pradesh, 13 in Uttar Pradesh, five in Bihar, four in Jharkhand, eight in Madhya Pradesh, 11 in Maharashtra, four in Odisha, eight in West Bengal and one in Jammu and Kashmir.
Voting is also taking place in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency and it is the first major election in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. Voting is simultaneously be held in all 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh and 28 in Odisha in the fourth phase.Â
More than 19 lakh polling officials have been deployed at 1.92 lakh polling stations for the over 17.70 crore eligible voters in this round.Â
Prominent candidates in the fray are Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Union minister Giriraj Singh, TMC’s firebrand leader Mohua Moitra and AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Â former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of TMC, Andhra Pradesh Congress president YS Sharmila among others.Â
The Lok Sabha elections are being held across seven phases, from April 19 to June 1. The counting is scheduled for June 4.
Here are the LIVE updates on Phase 4 Voting:
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Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: 52.6 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 3 pmÂ
After casting her vote, Indian badminton player Jwala Gutta says, “Voting is our right. People should come and vote. This is also a message to those in power that we can bring you to power and if you are not doing the right thing for the country and society, then we can also bring you down…”
#WATCH | Telangana: Shuttler Jwala Gutta casts her vote for the fourth phase of #LokSabhaElections2024 at a polling booth in Hyderabad. pic.twitter.com/8our4EzK24
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Former Telangana CM and BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao casts his vote at a polling booth in Chintamadaka, Siddipet. #LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/cdgag3ALHr
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Telangana CM Revanth Reddy along with his family show their inked finger after casting their votes at a polling station in Kodangal in the Mahabubnagar constituency.#LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/9ipogmcbMv
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
She faces a contest from TDP’s Chadipiralla Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy and YSRCP’s YS Avinash Reddy.Â
YSRCP’s YS Avinash Reddy is the sitting MP from Kadapa.Â
YS Sharmila says “I am very sure and confident of my victory here. We should all remember that Congress started with 2% votes, we were already at rock bottom. I am very confident that Congress will get double digit percentage and seats this time…”
#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh Congress President and candidate from Kadapa Lok Sabha seat, YS Sharmila casts her vote at a polling booth in the constituency.
She faces a contest from TDP’s Chadipiralla Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy and YSRCP’s YS Avinash Reddy.
YSRCP’s YS Avinash Reddy… pic.twitter.com/Zrm0mzRrmH
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Jharkhand CM Champai Soren shows the indelible ink mark on his finger after voting at a polling booth in Jilingora, Saraikela Kharsawan District.#LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/qw6nn60JBf
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
JKNC Chief Farooq Abdullah says “…It is sad that they say that there is no violence and everything is smooth but I want to say that the workers of our party have been locked up for 2 days. I want to ask Union HM and PM Modi why have our workers been locked? Are they scared that they will lose? They will definitely lose…”
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Indore, Madhya Pradesh: Free breakfast and ice cream are being distributed to early voters at the city’s famous 56 Dukan restaurant. pic.twitter.com/KTos1zpi79
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
National Conference (NC) has fielded Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, PDP fielded Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, and J&K Apni Party’s fielded Mohammad Ashraf Mir.
#WATCH | JKNC Vice President Omar Abdullah arrives at a polling booth in Srinagar to cast his vote for #LokSabhaElections2024
National Conference (NC) has fielded Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, PDP fielded Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, and J&K Apni Party’s… pic.twitter.com/tCDHJ80OWs
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh: Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan arrives at a polling booth in Mangalagiri to cast his vote.
Voting for Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections and the fourth phase of #LokSabhaElections2024 are taking place simultaneously today. pic.twitter.com/LbVBnj2mLu
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
National Conference (NC) has fielded Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, PDP fielded Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, and J&K Apni Party’s fielded Mohammad Ashraf Mir.
#WATCH | JKNC Chief Farooq Abdullah arrives at a polling booth in Srinagar to cast his vote for #LokSabhaElections2024
National Conference (NC) has fielded Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, PDP fielded Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, and J&K Apni Party’s fielded… pic.twitter.com/y2gJfQ1Jxz
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
Samajwadi Party (SP) has fielded Annu Tandon and BSP has fielded Ashok Kumar Pandey here.Â
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: BJP MP and candidate from Unnao, Sakshi Maharaj casts his vote at a polling booth in the constituency.
Samajwadi Party (SP) has fielded Annu Tandon and BSP has fielded Ashok Kumar Pandey here. #LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/gW1oFBrui7
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Telangana: Film star Chiranjeevi Konidela and his family arrive at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad to cast their vote.#LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/HrnDGIWdjU
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
He faces BJP’s Madhavi Latha and BRS’ Gaddam Srinivas Yadav here.Â
#WATCH | Telangana: AIMIM candidate from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi arrives at a polling booth in Hyderabad to cast his vote.
He faces BJP’s Madhavi Latha and BRS’ Gaddam Srinivas Yadav here. #LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/f5REMjyUSz
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
Mr Danve is sitting MP from this seat. INDIA alliance has fielded Congress leader Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale from this seat.
#WATCH | Union Minister and BJP’s candidate from Jalna Lok Sabha seat, Raosaheb Patil Danve casts his vote at a polling booth in Jalna, Maharashtra
Danve is sitting MP from this seat. INDIA alliance has fielded Congress leader Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale from this seat…. pic.twitter.com/cRvRTK4B8b
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Former Andhra Pradesh CM and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu casts his vote at a polling booth in Guntur.
Voting for Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections and the fourth phase of #LokSabhaElections2024 are taking place simultaneously today. pic.twitter.com/479qjWy7xo
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Jammu and Kashmir: Voters queue up outside a polling booth in Ganderbal
National Conference (NC) has fielded Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, PDP fielded Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, and J&K Apni Party’s fielded Mohammad Ashraf Mir…. pic.twitter.com/lIKrAFPfSe
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
Congress’s YS Sharmila, TDP’s Chadipiralla Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy and YSRCP’s YS Avinash Reddy are contesting elections from this seat.Â
YSRCP’s YS Avinash Reddy is the sitting MP from Kadapa
#WATCH | Kadapa: Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy casts his vote at Kadapa Constituency’s Jayamahal Anganawadi Polling Booth No. 138.
Congress’s YS Sharmila, TDP’s Chadipiralla Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy and YSRCP’s YS Avinash Reddy are contesting elections from this seat…. pic.twitter.com/SsgSDyg4JZ
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Telangana: Tripura Governor N Indrasena Reddy, along with his family, casts his vote at a polling booth in Saleem Nagar, Hyderabad. #LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/tdl5oYHbrs
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Telangana: Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and his wife Usha Naidu show the indelible ink mark on their fingers after casting their vote at a polling booth in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
#LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/gUN3v2Ekf2– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
She faces sitting MP and AIMIM candidate Asaduddin Owaisi and BRS’ Gaddam Srinivas Yadav here.Â
Madhavi Latha says, “I only have to tell all the voters that it is the responsibility of every citizen that they need to go out to vote because the vote brings two changes – 1) a new change and development towards themselves and their families, 2) it gives an opportunity to change the lives of downtrodden, Dalits, poor and the lives of every elderly people who have been abandoned. Vote is the most precious social work along with a selfish desire to move towards development…”
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#WATCH | Telangana: BJP candidate from Hyderabad, Madhavi Latha casts her vote at a polling booth in the constituency.
She faces sitting MP and AIMIM candidate Asaduddin Owaisi and BRS’ Gaddam Srinivas Yadav here. #LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/E7sMVEZOrj
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
Asaduddin Owaisi
The four-time MP from Hyderabad, AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi, is contesting from his family stronghold Hyderabad, which was represented by his father Salahuddin Owaisi for two decades, from 1984-2004. While the Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi have fielded Mohammad Waliullah Sameer and Gaddam Srinivas Yadav from the seat, Mr Owaisi’s most-talked-about opponent is the BJP’s Kompella Madhavi Latha.Â
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Of the eight West Bengal seats going to polls in the third phase is Baharampur, the fort of Congress leader in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. A five-time MP from the seat, Mr Chowdhury is known to hold considerable clout in the north Bengal constituency. This time, he is up against the BJP’s Nirmal Kumar Saha and Trinamool’s pick, former cricketer Yusuf Pathan.
Mahua Moitra
The firebrand Trinamool Congress leader, who was expelled as an MP last December in the cash-for-query case, is contesting again from West Bengal’s Krishnanagar, which elected her in the 2019 election. The seat has been with the Trinamool Congress since 2009.
INDIA Alliance has fielded SP’s Jyotsna Gond here. She faces BJP’s sitting MP and candidate Arun Kumar Sagar & BSP’s Dod Ram Verma.Â
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Khanna casts his vote at a polling booth in Shahjahanpur.
INDIA Alliance has fielded SP’s Jyotsna Gond here. She faces BJP’s sitting MP & candidate Arun Kumar Sagar & BSP’s Dod Ram Verma. #LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/fpFLtROJ11
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
He faces contests from Danam Nagender and BRS’ Theegulla Padma Rao.Â
#WATCH | Telangana: Union Minister and BJP candidate from Secunderabad Parliamentary constituency, G Kishan Reddy arrives at a polling booth here to cast his vote. He faces contests from Danam Nagender and BRS’ Theegulla Padma Rao. #LokSabhaElections2024pic.twitter.com/N0v9anwinZ
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Bardhman, West Bengal: Mock polling underway at polling booth no. 245 at Vivekananda Girls High School of Ichhalabad of the Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency for #LokSabhaElections2024
BJP’s Dilip Ghosh, AITC’s Kirti Azad and Sukriti Ghoshal of CPI(M) are contesting from… pic.twitter.com/2uXWtUMa7y
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Mahabubnagar, Telangana: Mock polling underway at polling booth no. 237 of Zila Parishad Boys High School, Kodangal of Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha Constituency for the #LokSabhaElections2024
Congress’ Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy, BJP’s DK Aruna and BRS’ Manne Srinivas Reddy… pic.twitter.com/1TfOd7KDzb
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
#WATCH | Kalahandi, Odisha: Mock poll starts at polling booth no 136 in Bhawanipatana Assembly Constituency and Kalahandi Lok Sabha Constituency.
There are a total of 21 parliamentary constituencies and 147 assembly constituencies in the state. Voting will be held in 4… pic.twitter.com/gaXcqTgBNS
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will also cast his vote from the polling booth.Â
Congress’s YS Sharmila from INDIA alliance, TDP’s Chadipiralla Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy from NDA, and YSRCP’s YS Avinash Reddy are contesting elections from this seat.
YSRCP’s YS Avinash Reddy is the sitting MP from Kadapa.
#WATCH | Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh: Polling preparations are underway at the Kadapa Constituency’s Jayamahal Anganawadi Polling Booth No. 138.
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will also cast his vote from the polling booth.
Congress’s YS Sharmila from INDIA alliance, TDP’s… pic.twitter.com/WJXUiXSXOT
– ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2024
- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav
- Union minister Giriraj Singh, TMC’s firebrand leader Mohua MoitraÂ
- AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi
- Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
- Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of TMC
- Andhra Pradesh Congress president YS SharmilaÂ
- The fourth phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will take place today in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union Territories.Â
- A total of 1,717 candidates are in the fray in this phase.Â
- Polling will be held in all 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, all 25 seats in Andhra Pradesh, 13 in Uttar Pradesh, five in Bihar, four in Jharkhand, eight in Madhya Pradesh, 11 in Maharashtra, four in Odisha, eight in West Bengal and one in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Voting will also take place in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency.
- More than 19 lakh polling officials have been deployed at 1.92 lakh polling stations for the over 17.70 crore eligible voters in this round.Â