The Election Commission on Monday recorded the highest voter turnout in Chhattisgarh's Bhanupratappur assembly seat. Voter turnout in Rampur was still recorded as the lowest at 11 am.
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday alleged that police is trying to prevent voters from casting votes in the by-polls and even resorting to lathi charge in Rampur.
According to the latest data shared by the Election Commission, Chhotaudepur recorded the highest voter turnout till this time with 23.35 per cent polling, followed by Sabarkantha (22.18 pc), and Banaskantha (21.03 pc).
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel cast his vote in the ongoing second phase of the state Assembly elections and said that the BJP would break all its old records in the state and emerge victorious.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday cast his vote for the ongoing election at the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat at Abhinav Vidyalaya in Saifai in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Gujarat's Viramgam Hardik Patel cast his vote for the second phase of Assembly polls in the state and said that the party would win with a big margin securing 150 seats.
"In 2nd phase, OBC-majority assembly segments are going to poll. Congress played its cards of the chief ministerial candidate likely being an OBC, so I think central Gujarat, north Gujarat & this entire area will vote for Cong. I see a change in the 27-yr-long BJP rule," Vaghela said.