A total of 69.46 percent voter turnout was recorded in all 39 parliamentary constituencies of Tamil Nadu, where voting was held on Friday in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election.
More than 71.64 percent of voters in five parliamentary constituencies of Assam - Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Kaziranga, Dibrugarh and Jorhat, came out to exercise their franchise in the first phase of polls on Friday.
The senior leaders including Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, State Party President Pratibha Singh, party's candidate from Mandi Vikramaditya Singh and other senior leaders gathered at the party state headquarters in Shimla.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala remarked that if starts entertaining petitions against rejection of nomination papers, there will be "chaos".
Mallikarjungowda, a resident of Shirur Village, made waves when he filed his nomination from Dharwad Parliamentary Constituency as an independent candidate barefoot with a whip in his hand.
Voting for India's parliamentary election, the largest democratic exercise in the world, began at 7 am with Election Commission urging people to exercise their franchise in maximum number
Voting for the Lok Sabha at 5 Thongju, 31 Khongman zones of Imphal was stopped after some women alleged irregularities in the polling process and created a ruckus.
Madhya Pradesh recorded a robust 53.40 per cent voter turnout till 3 am in the first phase of polling for six parliamentary seats in the state, according to data released by the Election Commission on Friday.