On Monday morning, voting began across 35 Assembly seats and 5 Lok Sabha constituencies amid tight security and arrangements. Bharatiya Janata Party MLA candidate from Rourkela Assembly Constituency, Dilip Ray, cast the first vote at the Sundargarh booth in Rourkela district of Odisha.
In view of the fifth phase of voting in the six of Mumbai's Lok Sabha constituencies, Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar said that police personnel were deployed at polling booths yesterday itself.
"The environment in Odisha is very good. Today is our fifth day (of the campaign) and today we have to visit several Lok Sabha constituencies. The atmosphere is in favour of the BJP. This time, change is inevitable in Odisha. The people here are ready to uproot the 25-year-old BJD government
Himachal Pradesh's Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur on Sunday exuded confidence in the BJP's win of the Lok Sabha constituencies in the state and said that the Congress is raising "baseless" issues out of frustration.
96 parliamentary constituencies from nine States and one Union Territory will go to the polls. All the Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana vote in a single phase. Andhra Pradesh and Odisha will also hold assembly elections on May 13.
Rajahmundry is one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state of Andhra Pradesh. As per the announcement made by the Election Commission of India on March 16, Rajahmundry will undergo voting in the 4th phase of the 2024 general elections i.e. May 13. The date of vote counting is June 4.
Munger, one of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha constituencies, is considered to be the stronghold of Janata Dal (United) sitting MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, who could face the anti-incumbency factor but this has been dampened by the RJD's controversial choice of candidate.
Kanpur, one of the largest cities in Uttar Pradesh on the banks of the Ganges and one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, is all set for an electoral battle between Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress as both parties have filed their candidates for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha
Voting in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections concluded on Tuesday across 93 Lok Sabha constituencies across 12 states and Union territories with Assam recording the highest voter turnout of 81.71 per cent, according to the data issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI).