Elections 2024 Live: Phase 6 Sees 59% Voter Turnout, J&K Sees Healthy Turnout
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: More than 11.13 voters will choose from a total of 889 candidates in the fray across seven states and two union territories.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Elections 2024 Live: Polling In Phase 6 Begins
Voting for the sixth of the seven-phase Lok Sabha Elections 2024 began at 7:00 am today across 58 constituencies and in six states and two union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi.
More than 11.13 crore voters will choose cast their ballots across 1.14 lakh polling booths to choose from a total of 889 candidates. In addition to the Voter ID card, the Election Commission has made available 12 documents for identity verifications at polling booths.
Key Candidates In Phase 6
Manohar Lal Khattar (BJP): Karnal, Haryana
Bansuri Swaraj (BJP): New Delhi
Manoj Tiwari (BJP): North East Delhi
Kanhaiya Kumar (Congress): North East Delhi
Maneka Gandhi (BJP): Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Dinesh Lal Yadav (BJP): Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Dharmendra Yadav (SP): Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Sambit Patra (BJP): Puri, Odisha
Naveen Jindal (BJP): Kurukshetra, Haryana
Raj Babbar (Congress): Gurugram, Haryana
Rao Inderjit Singh (BJP): Gurugram, Haryana
Abhijit Gangopadhyay (BJP): Tamluk, West Bengal
Constituencies going for polls today
State/UTConstituencies
Delhi: Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi
Uttar Pradesh: Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Shrawasti, Domriyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Lalganj, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Machhlishahr, Bhadohi
Haryana: Ambala, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Hisar, Karnal, Sonipat, Rohtak, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Gurgaon, Faridabad
West Bengal: Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur
Jharkhand: Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Jamshedpur
Bihar: Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj (SC), Siwan, Maharajganj
Odisha: Bhubaneswar, Puri, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar (SC), Cuttack, Sambalpur
Jammu & Kashmir: Anantnag-Rajouri
Elections 2024 Live: Voter Turnout For Phase 6 As Of 10 PM
All India: 59.75%
Bihar: 54.68%
Delhi: 56%
Haryana: 59.28%
Jharkhand: 63.27%
J&K: 53.22%
Odisha: 60.97%
UP: 54.03%
West Bengal: 78.20%
Record Turnout Across Jammu And Kashmir
After record voter turnouts in Srinagar and Baramulla in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary Constituency too has shattered voter turnout records, according to the Election Commission.
Three constiteuncies in the valley namely Srinagar (38.49%), Baramulla (59.1%) and Anantnag-Rajouri (51.35% as of 5 pm) have recorded voter turnouts which is highest in many decades.
Elections 2024 Live: Voter Turnout For Phase 6 Till 5 PM
All India: 57.7%
Bihar: 52.2 %
Delhi: 53.7%
Haryana: 55.9%
Jharkhand: 61.4%
J&K: 51.3%
Odisha: 59.6%
UP: 52.0%
West Bengal: 78.0%
Vidhan Sabha (Odisha): 59.6%
Elections 2024 Live: Voter Turnout For Phase 6 Till 3 PM
All India: 49.2%
Bihar: 45.2%
Delhi: 44.6%
Haryana: 46.3%
Jharkhand: 54.3%
J&K: 44.4%
Odisha: 48.4%
UP: 44.0%
West Bengal: 70.2%
Vidhan Sabha (Odisha): 48.4%
West Bengal: BJP Candidate Pranat Tudu 'Attacked'
Senior BJP leader and its Jhargram candidate Pranat Tudu on Saturday claimed his convoy was attacked by Trinamool Congress party workers in Garbeta area of West Midnapore district, following which security personnel escorting him were injured and had to be hospitalised.
The local TMC leadership denied the allegations and accused Tudu of trying to “vitiate the peaceful polling process”.
Source: PTI
