Narayan Lal Nadda, father of BJP national president JP Nadda, cast his vote at Vijaypur in Bilaspur here under home voting for senior citizens on Saturday.
As the polling in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections concluded on Saturday, an approximate voter turnout of 54.02 per cent was recorded till 6 pm across the 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh.
In spite of hot weather in certain parts of the country, an approximate voter turnout of 59.82 per cent was recorded so far in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, according to Election Commission of India.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer PK Pole said that the Union Territory recorded an overall voter turnout of 58 percent in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as the polling came to an end here today.
Welcoming the Supreme Court's decision to not pass any direction on a plea seeking the uploading of Form 17C data, the Election Commission of India on Saturday said that nobody can change data of votes polled, shared on poll day with polling agents of all candidates through Form 17C.
The Election Commission has asked concerned Chief Electoral Officers and state authorities to take adequate measures to manage the adverse impact of hot weather or rainfall wherever predicted in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls
Over 11.13 crore voters will be exercising their franchise across 58 constituencies in six States and two Union Territories to decide the fate of 889 candidates including two former Chief Ministers - Manohar Lal Khattar contesting as the BJP candidate from Karnal and Mehbooba Mufti as the
A bench of Justices Dipankar Dutta and Satish Chandra Sharma refused to grant any interim relief to petitioners and said it cannot interrupt the polls.
Sibal's statement comes after the ECI on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying disclosure of voter turnout data based on Form 17C (records of votes polled in each polling station) will cause confusion among voters as it will also include postal ballot counts.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Election Commission (EC) and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in a plea challenging the merger of IUML with Muslim League Kerala State Committee (MLKSC) in 2012.
The Election Commission of India on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying disclosure of voter turnout data based on Form 17C (records of votes polled in each polling station) will cause confusion among voters as it will also include postal ballot counts.