The voter turnout was recorded at approximately 52.6 per cent till 3 pm across 10 States/Union Territories in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Takhat Sri Harimandir Ji Patna Sahib on Monday. He paid his obeisance in Darbar Sahib, the birthplace of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Sikh Guru.
After incidents of violence were reported in several parts of West Bengal during polling on Monday in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari claimed that TMC goons were behind the incident, adding that they tried to in
Union Minister and the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Odisha's Sambalpur urged people to demonstrate their electoral support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and vote him back for a third, straight term in office in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Amid reports of violence in several parts of West Bengal during the fourth phase of elections, a rare display of bonhomie was witnessed between BJP MP and Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat candidate Dilip Ghosh and Trinamool Congress candidate from the same constituency Kirti Azad on Monday.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Patiala Lok Sabha seat -- former Minister of State for External Affairs, Preneet Kaur filed her nomination from the Patiala constituency on Monday for the Lok Sabha elections.
As the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency is underway for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls on Monday, Commissioner of Police (CP) Ravi Shankar Ayyanar said that elaborate security arrangements have been made for peaceful polling.
As the voting for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha election is underway in 96 constituencies across nine states and one Union Territory, a voter turnout of 24.87 per cent was reported by 11 am.