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This Article is From Apr 18, 2019

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 2 2019: Highlights From Key States - 51% Polling In Bengal Till 1 pm, 38% In UP, 31% in Bihar

Lok Sabha Election Phase 2 Voting Updates: West Bengal recorded 51.6% voter turnout till 1 PM. Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Bihar are the key states going to polls in the 2 phase of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections today.

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Updated : April 18, 2019 11:11 pm IST

Elections 2019 Phase 2 Voting: West Bengal recorded the highest voting per cent 51.6% till 1 PM.

New Delhi:

Polling in West Bengal witnessed several incidents of violence, including an attack on CPM candidate Mohammad Salim's car. Stones were hurled at Mr Salim's vehicle when he was on way to cast his vote in Patagora of Raigunj constituency. 

Despite the violence, West Bengal, along with Tamil Nadu, witnessed a turnout of over 30 per cent till 1 pm in the second phase. 

Polling is also being held in 14 seats in Karnataka, 10 in Maharashtra, eight in UP, five each in Assam, Bihar and Odisha, three each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, two in Jammu and Kashmir and one seat each in Manipur and Puducherry. However, voter turnout has been low in Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir.

Several high profile candidates are in fray among the 1,600-odd contestants in this phase. Union ministers Jitendra Singh, Jual Oram, Sadananda Gowda and Pon Radhakrishnan, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and DMK's Dayanidhi Maran, A Raja and Kanimozhi, BJP's Tesjaswi Surya and Hema Malini, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah to name a few. 

Meanwhile, simultaneous polls are also held for a few Assembly seats in Odisha, including the two constituencies from where chief minister Naveen Patnaik is contesting.

Here are the Highlights from Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase 2 Voting:

Apr 18, 2019 19:20 (IST)
Election 2019: 69% average polling recorded in three Chhattisgarh constituencies

An average 69 per cent polling was recorded in three constituencies of Chhattisgarh where polling was held in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday, an official said.

Voting was held in Kanker, Rajnandgaon and Mahasamund Lok Sabha seats, all having Naxal presence, the official said.

Voting ended in four Assembly segments - Antagarh, Keshkal, Bhanupratappur and Kanker - in the Kanker Lok Sabha constituency and Manpur-Mohla Assembly segment of Rajnandgaon parliamentary seat at 3 pm as per the schedule, he said.
Apr 18, 2019 16:45 (IST)
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The early morning birth of his second child and immediate medical concerns of his family did not deter Sandeep Mishra, a Bangalore-based techie, from casting his vote for the Lok Sabha polls in the state today.
Apr 18, 2019 16:19 (IST)
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: AAP West Delhi candidate Balbir Singh Jakhar files nomination with Gopal Rai

Aam Aadmi Party's West Delhi candidate, Balbir Singh Jakhar, files nomination. AAP leader Gopal Rai also present, reports news agency ANI

Apr 18, 2019 15:57 (IST)
Elections 2019: Voter turnout till 3 PM in Jammu and Kashmir is 38.5%, including 5.7% in Srinagar

Voter turnout till 3 PM in Jammu and Kashmir is 38.5%, including 5.7% in Srinagar, reports news agency ANI
Apr 18, 2019 14:44 (IST)
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Apr 18, 2019 14:38 (IST)

Constituencies voting in Phase 2 Lok Sabha Polls 2019

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StateVotingConstituencies
Tamil Nadu38/39Arakkonam, Arani, Chennai Central, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chidambaram, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga , Sriperumbudur, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukkudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Tiruvannamalai, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar, Tiruvallur
Karnataka14/28Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Tumkur, Mandya, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, Kolar, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural
Maharashtra10/48Akola, Amravat, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Buldhana, Hingoli, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur
Uttar Pradesh8/80Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Fatehpur Sikri, Nagina, Amroha, Mathura, Agra
Bihar5/40Banka, Kishanganj, Katihar, Bhagalpur, Purnia
Odisha5/21Aska, Bargarh, Bolangir, Sundargarh, Kandhamal
Assam5/14Mangaldoi, Karimganj, Silchar, Nawgong, Autonomous District
Chhattisgarh3/11Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker
West Bengal3/42Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Raiganj
J&K2/6Srinagar, Udhampur
Manipur1/2Inner Manipur
Puducherry1/1Puducherry
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Apr 18, 2019 14:30 (IST)
An EVM destroyed during clashes in Chopra, Raigunj

In West Bengal, an EVM was vandalized during a clash between TMC and BJP workers in Chopra.

Apr 18, 2019 14:02 (IST)
Villagers of Mangoli Kala in Fatehpur Sikri boycott the Lok Sabha elections 2019 over a lack of adequate irrigation facilities in the village. Polling official of booth number 41 said, "Nobody has turned up to vote till now."

Apr 18, 2019 13:45 (IST)
In Uttar Pradesh, the voter turnout was recorded 38.9% till 1 pm. While 31.3% was recorded in Bihar.
Apr 18, 2019 13:37 (IST)


Apr 18, 2019 13:27 (IST)
A 53-year-old polling officer died of heart attack today in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar reserved (SC) Lok Sabha constituency where polling was underway, an official said. Shantamurthy, who hailed from Hannur, suffered the heart attack at polling booth number 48 around 10.30 a.m. and died on the way to a hospital.
Apr 18, 2019 13:14 (IST)
Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar casts his vote at a polling booth in Dodda Halahalli, Kanakapura Taluka.
Apr 18, 2019 13:06 (IST)

Apr 18, 2019 12:35 (IST)
BJP MP and candidate from Mathura Hema Malini said, development in Mathura is all due to my efforts. The SP-BSP are only engaged in fighting with each other. There is a huge Modi wave here.

Apr 18, 2019 12:26 (IST)
VIPs, including political leaders, celebrities and candidates were among the early voters who exercised their franchise in 14 Lok Sabha seats across central and southern Karnataka today. "Among the early voters were 86-year-old Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo HD Deve Gowda, his wife Chennamma, his two sons -- Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and PWD Minister HD. Revanna, their wives Anitha and Bhavani, and his grandsons Prajwal and Nikhil," said poll official.
Apr 18, 2019 12:14 (IST)
Voting picked up with an overall polling percentage of 24.31 being reported from eight parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh in the first four hours. Polling is underway in Nagina (SC), Amroha, Bulandshahr (SC), Aligarh, Hathras (SC), Fatehpur Sikri, Mathura and Agra (SC) constituencies in the second phase of polls.

According to the Election Commission, polling percentage till 11.00 am was - 23.78 in Nagina, 24.64 in Amroha, 24.94 in Bulandshahr, 23 in Aligarh, 25.93 in Hathras, 23.71 in Mathura, 25 in Agra and 23.47 in Fatehpur Sikri. Polling gathered the maximum pace in Aligarh and Mathura after a slow start. In Aligarh, the polling percentage touched 23 per cent by 11.00am, from 7.6 per cent at 9.00 am. Similarly, in Mathura, the polling percentage at 9.00 am was 8.82 per cent, and at 11.00 AM the polling percentage surged to 23.71 per cent.
Apr 18, 2019 12:05 (IST)
Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah cast their votes at a polling station in Munshi Bagh Area in Srinagar LS constituency. Omar Abdullah said, "Now that Lok Sabha polls are due to conclude, we can only hope that Centre along with EC gives people of Jammu and Kashmir an elected govt which is their right."

Apr 18, 2019 11:59 (IST)
Faulty EVMs reported in many states, big stakes in Tamil Nadu
Apr 18, 2019 11:57 (IST)
Lok Sabha Polls 2019: 33.5% voter turnout till 11 am in West Bengal

West Bengal recorded 33.5% voter turnout till 11 am, while the turnout for other states like Tamil Nadu 30.6%, Uttar Pradesh, 23.4%, Jammu & Kashmir 15.1%, Maharashtra 21.5% and Karnataka 19.6% was recorded respectively. 
Apr 18, 2019 11:42 (IST)
Nearly 17% polling recorded in West Bengal polls

Nearly 17 per cent of the electorate cast their votes amid stray incidents of violence in the three northern West Bengal constituencies in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections today. Tea garden workers were among those who turned out in strength in the Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri constituencies, while Muslim community members were seen in good numbers at the prestigious Raiganj seat in the early hours.

In the first two hours till 9 am, the overall polling percentage was 16.78, with Raiganj recording 17.45, Jalpaiguri 16.84 and Darjeeling 16.14 per cent turnout, an Election Commission (EC) official said in Kolkata. Voting across 5,390 polling stations began at 7 am and will end at 6 pm. 



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