The total voting turnout stood at 52.6 per cent till 3 PM. Bengal leads with 66 per cent voter turnout till 3PM, with only 30 per cent polling in J&K. Voting for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections is under way in 96 parliamentary constituencies across nine states and one Union territory today.
All 175 seats of the state legislative assembly of Andhra Pradesh and 28 seats of the state legislative assembly of Odisha are also witnessing the polling Monday, reports Times of India.
Voters are casting their ballots in all 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, 25 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. Amid polling, violence broke out in several parts of West Bengal.
A total of 1,717 candidates from 10 States/UTs are contesting elections in phase 4 of the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission of India said. According to the poll body, a total of 4,264 nominations were filed for 96 parliamentary constituencies across.
The electoral fate of several prominent candidates, including Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Union minister Giriraj Singh, TMC's fiery leader Mohua Moitra, and AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, will be sealed today as polling takes place in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union territories in the fourth phase of the general elections.
Simultaneously, all 175 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh are witnessing a three-way battle involving the ruling YSRC, the Congress-led INDIA bloc, and the NDA, which includes the BJP, Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP, and Pawan Kalyan-led Jana Sena Party (JSP).
Additionally, 28 legislative assembly seats in Odisha are also up for grabs in this phase. A total of 1,717 candidates are vying for the Lok Sabha seats, and more than 19 lakh polling officials have been deployed at 1.92 lakh polling stations to cater to the over 17.70 crore eligible voters, including 8.73 women, in this round of the seven-phase polls.
