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.
Tripura is leading the voter turnout charts after it recorded a 68.35 voting percentage in the state till 3 pm as per the data released by the Election Commission of India.
CM Yadav also said that he was happy that over 1.09 crore voters would be voting in six Lok Sabha seats in the state which include Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat and Chhindwara in the first phase of LS polls.
Karnataka BJP leader and former minister Malikayya Guttedar joined the Congress party in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and state minister Priyank Kharge on Friday.
Nalaini Kirubakaran, born in 1986 at a refugee centre in Rameswaram Mandapam camp is residing now in the rehabilitation camp for Sri Lankan Tamils at Kottapattu in Trichy. On Friday, Kirubakaran cast her vote for the first time in Trichy.
After casting his vote at a polling booth in Port Blair, Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Admiral DK Joshi, appealed to all the voters of the union territory to cast their vote.
Polling for Uttarakhand's five Lok Sabha seats is underway, with the BJP hoping to retain all the seats for the third time and the Congress attempting to reclaim lost momentum in the state.
The Kerala Police have reported the registration of 42 cases in the state concerning cyber attacks, dissemination of fake news, derogatory remarks against women, and the spreading of false information regarding electronic voting machines.
Days after 29 Naxalites were killed in an encounter, Bastar Inspector General of Police (IG) P Sundarraj said on Friday that people are reaching the polling booths with full enthusiasm and confidence in the region as three-layer cordon security arrangements have been made in the area.
The average voter turnout in 39 constituencies of Tamil Nadu where Lok Sabha elections are underway stood at 39.51 per cent till 1 pm as per the data released by the Election Commission of India.