Phase one of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections began at 7 am today, and 91 parliamentary constituencies are voting across 20 states and union territories. Coinciding with the Lok Sabha elections are assembly elections in four states today, where voting is being held simultaneously to decide the next government in those states. The four states where assembly elections are being held are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha. While polling for the assembly elections in Andhra, Arunachal and Sikkim will complete in a single-phase today, voting for the Odisha Assembly will be held in four phases - first being today - coinciding with the four phases of the Lok Sabha elections in the state. The counting of votes for the assembly elections will be held simultaneously with that of the Lok Sabha or parliamentary elections on May 23, and the results will be declared the same day.
Here are the LIVE updates from the 2019 Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Odisha:
Elections 2019: Widespread Clashes In Andhra Pradesh Over Elections, TDP Worker DeadAndhra Pradesh witnessed violence in at least four constituencies during today's polling, in which at least one person died. Supporters of Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party and rival YSR Congress Jaganmohan Reddy came to blows as elections for the 175 assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state got underway today.
Polling continued in some polling centres in Andhra Pradesh past 10 pm Thursday as voters stood in long queues waiting for their turn to exercise their franchise
An estimated 66 per cent of the voters in Arunachal Pradesh exercised their franchise on Thursday to elect members of the state Assembly and the two Lok Sabha MPs, an election official said
BJP delegation files a complaint with Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha alleging violation of Model Code of Conduct by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The delegation alleges that his speeches delivered today were live telecast on a TV channel. They have requested Chief Electoral to take action
An estimated 74 per cent of the voters in Sikkim have exercised their franchise on Thursday to elect members of the state Legislative Assembly as well as the lone Lok Sabha MP from the state, an election commission official said.
Surendra Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha: We have been successful in conducting the first phase of polls in a free, fair & peaceful manner. There has been no untoward incident whatsoever reported in the polls. The failure rate of EVMs has been under 1%. #IndiaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/xVcjNXaIyr
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
Odisha: Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) & VVPATs being packed at a polling station in Kalahandi after voting concluded there. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/wNEfbbn3bn
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
Kakinada, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh: Man carries his elderly father in his arms to the polling station in the area to let him cast his vote for the state assembly elections and #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/pCe75wfZ1U
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
Kakinada, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh: Man carries his elderly father in his arms to the polling station in the area to let him cast his vote for the state assembly elections and #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/pCe75wfZ1U
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
Andhra Pradesh: A YSRCP worker has been taken to a hospital after he was injured in a clash which broke out between YSRCP and TDP workers at a polling station in Jammalamadugu Mandal of Kadapa district today. #IndiaElections2019 #AndhraPradeshElections2019 pic.twitter.com/JTQ0c7AnWL
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) writes to Chief Electoral Officer, Bhubaneswar, over violation of EC guidelines by BJP for holding press meet today and details of the same being provided on scrolling news on OTV. We demand strict action be taken against BJP, its leaders & OTV. #Odisha pic.twitter.com/Kg59HPDCd1
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
#WATCH Andhra Pradesh: A clash broke out between workers of TDP and YSRCP at a polling station in a village of Jammalamadugu Mandal in Kadapa district today. One injured YSRCP worker has been taken to hospital. #IndiaElections2019 #AndhraPradeshElections2019 pic.twitter.com/VsTeFpNtXv
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
Guntur: TDP leader Kodela Siva Prasada Rao attacked at a polling booth in Sattenapalli. More details awaited. #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/AOboPpQ3e4
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
Hyderabad: Former cricketer and Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) working president, Mohammad Azharuddin, cast his vote at polling booth number 71. #IndiaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/Y5Qo2bg1VT
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
Hyderabad: Tollywood actors Naga Chaitanya and Samantha arrive at a polling station in Nanakramguda, Gachibowli to cast their vote for #IndiaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/oFLiit6CTj
- ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
Andhra Pradesh chief electoral officer has confirmed that 362 EVMs were bit functioning properly as polling for both Lok Sabha and assembly elections is underway in the southern state.
Three people were seriously injured in poll violence in Arunachal's Pipsorang in Kurung Kune district after a fight broke out between workers of the BJP and the National People's Party.
#WATCH: Clash broke out between YSRCP and TDP workers in Puthalapattu Constituency in Bandarlapalli, Andhra Pradesh. Police resorted to lathi-charge pic.twitter.com/q7vxRIR0R8
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
Around 15 per cent voting was recorded in the first three hours as polling was underway in four Lok Sabha seats and 28 assembly constituencies in the first phase of polls in Odisha today. Long queues of voters were seen at polling stations in Koraput, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur and Berhampur Lok Sabha constituencies and 28 assembly segments.
#LokSabhaElections2019: Voting underway at a polling station in Berhampur in Odisha pic.twitter.com/Vc6WExDuf6
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
N Chandrababu Naidu in letter to CEC: Likely that many voters who returned may not come back for voting even if polling is resumed after replacement / repair of existing EVMs.Therefore repolling needed in all polling stations where polling had not commenced upto 9.30am (file pic) pic.twitter.com/tfEmyIQ8YE
- ANI (@ANI) 11 April 2019
YSRCP chief @ysjagan shares a light moment with voters in his constituency Pulivendula; plays with a baby who accompanied her parents
- NDTV (@ndtv) 11 April 2019
He is contesting from the same assembly constituency#ElectionsWithNDTV #AndhraPradesh
Read here: https://t.co/0JufFx23Id pic.twitter.com/92NivNHaeR
Watch: Furious Andhra Pradesh candidate smashes EVM at polling station, arrested https://t.co/lukfOPkTAo#ElectionsWithNDTV #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/03cI2CIghI
- NDTV (@ndtv) 11 April 2019
There are a total of 3,93,45,717 registered voters in Andhra Pradesh, including 1,94,62,339 male, 1,98,79,421 female and 3,957 transgenders. Of the total, 10.15 lakh are first-time voters in the age group 18-19. As many as 2,118 and 319 candidates are in the fray for 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats respectively.
Cast my vote early today! I urge every citizen to fulfil his / her civic duty and pave way for a bright future #IndiaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/BaexItFiRQ
- Lokesh Nara (@naralokesh) 11 April 2019
#WATCH People in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh queue up to cast their votes for #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/JNpWE8XPmO
- ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
Andhra Pradesh IT Minister & TDP's Nara Lokesh in Amaravati: It'll be a decisive win in Mangalgiri (assembly seat) and also across the state. I am here to convince my electorate that I am a meaningful and a worthy candidate, and I think I've done that. pic.twitter.com/fnP9efggPg
- ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
"Vote for change, vote without fear," Mr Reddy told NDTV, smiling, his supporters cheering from behind.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his family members exercised their franchise at a polling station in Undavalli village in the state capital region Amaravati. His son Nara Lokesh is the TDP candidate from Mangalagiri Assembly segment that covers Undavalli. This is the first time that Mr Naidu and his family members cast their votes in the new state of Andhra Pradesh. In 2014 elections, they had voted in Hyderabad, then capital of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his family after casting their vote for #LokSabhaElections2019 in Amravati. pic.twitter.com/QzlYYfNzjd
- ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2019
