Lok Sabha elections: Fourth phase of polling begins in 96 constituencies
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra are among the prominent candidates in the fray.
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The fourth phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election began on Monday, with 96 parliamentary constituencies in 10 states and four Union territories going to polls.
Voting is underway in all 25 Lok Sabha seats of Andhra Pradesh, 17 in Telangana, 13 in Uttar Pradesh, 11 in Maharashtra, eight each in Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, five in Bihar, and four each in Odisha and Jharkhand. Elections are also being held in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar constituency on Monday.
Additionally, voting is also underway on all 175 seats of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and 28 seats of the Odisha Assembly.
Until 11 am, the voter turnout in Andhra Pradesh’s parliamentary constituencies was 23.10% while in Bihar, it was 22.54%, according to data released by the Election Commission.
The turnout was 14.94% in Jammu and Kashmir, 27.4% in Jharkhand, 32.38% in Madhya Pradesh, 17.51% in Maharashtra, 27.12% in Uttar Pradesh and 32.78% in West Bengal. In Odisha, it was 23.28%, while in Telangana, it was 24.31%.
For Assembly elections, the turnout was 23% in Andhra Pradesh and 23.28% in Odisha till 11 am.
There are nearly 17.70 crore persons registered to vote in this phase, including 12.49 lakh registered voters above the age of 85. Over 19 lakh election personnel have been deployed...
