Gorakhpur Lok Sabha candidate Ravi Kishan on Saturday arrived at a polling booth in Gorakhpur and queued up in the line to cast his vote , emphasizing that politicians are "servants of the public, not VIP".
Samajwadi Party's Lok Sabha candidate from Ghazipur, Afzal Ansari cast his vote at a polling booth in the constituency on Saturday. He is pitted against BJP's Paras Nath Rai and BSP's Umesh Kumar Singh.
The seventh phase marks a grand finish to the world's largest polling marathon that began on 19th of last month and already covered six phases and 486 Lok Sabha seats.
The seven states in which polling is scheduled include Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Polling for remaining 42 Assembly Constituencies of the Odisha State Legislative Assembly will also take place simultaneously.
Deputy District Election Officer Vineet Kumar Singh informed that polling parties have been dispatched for all 5 assembly constituencies of Gorakhpur district and necessary arrangements are being made as constituencies have VIP voters like UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Himachal Governor Shiv Pra
According to the Election Commission of India, over 10.06 crore elector including approximately 5.24 crore male, 4.82 crore female and 3574 third gender electors exercising their franchise. A total of 904 candidates are in the fray for Phase 7 polling.
The Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal announced on Friday that a total of Rs 440.32 crore worth of items, including cash, liquor, drugs, and various goods, were recovered by police in West Bengal from March 3 to May 31.
Ahead of the seventh phase of polling in Bihar, Patna District Magistrate Shirsat Kapil Ashok said that sufficient medical teams have been deployed at various places considering a red alert for the heatwave conditions.
District Magistrate, Sonbhadra, Chandra Vijay Singh informed about the casualties and said, "A polling party was supposed to leave from the dispatch centre in Robertsganj today. Three polling officials including a police personnel and others fell ill due to heat. Two polling officials have d