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Phase 1 Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Highlights From Key States - UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh

Lok Sabha Election Updates: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are crucial among 20 states and Union Territories going to polls in the first phase of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections today.

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All India Edited by Ridhima Shukla

Updated : April 11, 2019 8:33 pm IST

Phase 1 elections 2019: Eight seats of western Uttar Pradesh have gone to polls today.

New Delhi:

Voting started for 91 constituencies in the first phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are crucial among 20 states and Union Territories going to polls today.

Eight seats of western Uttar Pradesh have gone to polls today with the BJP facing a tough contest in all the seats due to the alliance of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal. The Congress is likely to cut into votes of both the BJP and the combined alliance.

In Bengal, 18 candidates are contesting from two constituencies and the main parties are the BJP, Congress, TMC and Left (CPM, RSP, AIFB).

Andhra Pradesh, still smarting over the bifurcation of Telangana, is set for what appears to be a tight contest for its 175 assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the first phase. In Bihar, four Lok Sabha seats will see polling. LJP leader Chirag Paswan is contesting from Jamui reserved seat. He is the sitting MP and is locked in a virtual straight contest with Bhudeo Chaudhary of RLSP.

The counting of votes will take place on May 23.

Here are the Highlights from Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase 1 Polling in Key States

Apr 11, 2019 20:33 (IST)

Election Commission says, There have been some incidents where EVMs have been damaged. 6 incidents in Andhra Pradesh, 5 in Arunachal Pradesh, 1 in Bihar, 2 in Manipur and 1 in West Bengal.

Apr 11, 2019 19:30 (IST)

Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha addressing press conference says:

Voting conducted across 1.7 lakh polling stations across country
Election conducted in peaceful manner
Would like to thank millions of voters who came to vote despite difficulties, especially differently-abled and senior citizens
Thank state machinery for hard work

Apr 11, 2019 19:23 (IST)

Phase 1 Turn Out Till 5 PM

Apr 11, 2019 19:20 (IST)

Surendra Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha says, "We have been successful in conducting the first phase of polls in a free, fair and peaceful manner. There has been no untoward incident whatsoever reported in the polls. The failure rate of EVMs has been under 1%."

Apr 11, 2019 18:43 (IST)

Voter Turnout Till 5 pm

Bihar: 50.26%

Telangana: 60.57%

Uttar Pradesh: 59.77%

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Apr 11, 2019 18:26 (IST)

Chandrababu Naidu Appeals People To Cast Vote, Says Election Commission Failed

Today I cast my vote. All of you have the responsibility to vote. Most of you went to polling booths this morning. However some of you couldn't vote due to EVM problems. You faced inconvenience.

Election commission which acted actively in transferring the officials; couldn't maintain EVMs & VVPATs. They've failed. You had to face troubles in the scorching heat. I'm very disappointed & feeling bad for it. However I once again appeal to all of you to cast your vote.

Apr 11, 2019 18:04 (IST)

In 6 booths of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district there has been no voting due to threat by naxals, says Chief Electoral Officer in Odisha, reported news agency ANI.

Apr 11, 2019 17:58 (IST)

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 in Kakinada, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

Apr 11, 2019 17:41 (IST)

Elderly women cast their votes at a polling station in Coochbehar, West Bengal.

Apr 11, 2019 16:02 (IST)

Voter turnout till 3 PM

West Bengal: 69.9 per cent

Uttar Pradesh: 50.9 per cent

Bihar: 41.7 per cent

Telangana: 49.0 per cent

Apr 11, 2019 15:01 (IST)

Voter turnout till 1pm:

West Bengal: 55.9 per cent

Uttar Pradesh: 38.8 per cent

Bihar: 33.5 per cent

Apr 11, 2019 14:59 (IST)

Security personnel fired shots in air after some people tried to cast vote without voter IDs at a polling station in Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, reports news agency ANI.

Apr 11, 2019 14:58 (IST)

Clashes erupt in Guntur at a polling booth in Sattenapalli, Andhra Pradesh.

Apr 11, 2019 13:40 (IST)

The four Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar, where polling is being held in the first of the seven-phase general elections, registered 24.57 per cent voter turnout till noon, an election official says.

34.60% voting recorded in Aurangabad, 33% in Gaya, 37% in Nawada and 29% in Jamui, till 1 pm.

Apr 11, 2019 13:34 (IST)

BR Tiwari, Additional Chief Election Officer, says: "If a woman is in a veil, there are women officials who verify their identity and only then allow them to vote. No such incident has come to our notice."

His remarks came after Muzaffarnagar BJP candidate Dr Sanjiv Balyan said: "Faces of women in burkhas (veils) are not being checked and I allege that fake voting is being done. If not looked into, I will demand a re-poll."

Apr 11, 2019 13:28 (IST)

A total of 33.5 per cent voter turnout recorded in Bihar till 1pm.

Apr 11, 2019 13:27 (IST)

One TDP worker killed and more than 10 others, including Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kodela Sivaprasad Rao, injured after clashes between TDP and YSRCP at various places.

Siddha Bhaskar Reddy, a worker of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), was killed when he was attacked allegedly by the activists of opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in Tadipatri Assembly constituency in Anantapur district, the police have said, according to news agency IANS.

Apr 11, 2019 13:09 (IST)

Cops on election duty in Uttar Pradesh's Noida served meals in packets labelled 'Namo Foods', following which officials clarified that those were procured from Namo Food Shop and not from any political party.

The food packets, brought in the boot of a hatchback car, were distributed around 9.30 am among personnel deployed in Sector 15A.

"Misinformation is being spread that some policemen have been distributed food from a political party. This is absolutely wrong. At local level, some food packets were procured from Namo Food Shop and not from any political party," Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav Krishna says.

Apr 11, 2019 13:06 (IST)

Union Minister Mahesh Sharma casts his vote at a polling station in Sector 15A of Noida, says the BJP is seeking votes in the Lok Sabha elections in the name of nationalism and not in the name of the army.

"Who says Modiji is seeking votes in the name of army? Not at all. We are seeking votes in the name of nationalism. For us, the nation comes first. For the others, it is the family, the dynasty that comes first."

Apr 11, 2019 12:53 (IST)

A total of 23.2 per cent voter turnout recorded in Andhra Pradesh till 11am.

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