Final LS phase: Over 40% voting recorded till 1 pm

June 01, 2024 14:41

RJD's Tejashwi Yadav

A voter turnout of 40.09 per cent was recorded till 1 pm on Saturday in the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission (EC) said.

Polling is being held for 57 constituencies spread across seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, including Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term in the Lok Sabha.

The voting is being held in all 13 seats of Punjab and four of Himachal Pradesh, 13 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West Bengal, eight in Bihar, six in Odisha and three in Jharkhand, besides Chandigarh. Polling for the remaining 42 Assembly constituencies in Odisha and bypolls to six Assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh are also taking place simultaneously.

Till 1 pm, the approximate polling percentage was 40.09, according to the EC's voter-turnout app.

A voter turnout of nearly 46.8 per cent was recorded in Jharkhand till 1 pm. Uttar Pradesh logged a polling percentage of 39.31, West Bengal 45.07, Bihar 35.65 and Himachal Pradesh 48.63.

Punjab recorded a voter turnout of 37.8 per cent in the first six hours of polling while Chandigarh registered a voting percentage of 40.14. Odisha recorded around 37.64 per cent voting till 1 pm.

Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from West Bengal as Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party workers clashed in various parts of the Jadavpur and Diamond Harbour constituencies.

Clashes broke out between supporters of the TMC, ISF and BJP in Jadavpur as the parties alleged that their polling agents were stopped from entering booths.

A confrontation erupted in Bhangar within the Jadavpur constituency between (TMC) and Indian Secular Front (ISF) supporters, with allegations of crude bombs being hurled from both sides.

Police intervention ensued, triggering protests as both factions accused each other.

To quell the situation, security personnel resorted to a lathicharge and seized several crude bombs. -- PTI

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