Lok Sabha Phase 4

1. Phase 4 of Lok Sabha elections: 96 constituencies, 10 States/UTs, Monday.
2. Polling starts 7 am, ends 6 pm.
3. Voters in 10 States/UTs to cast ballots in Phase 4.

Lok Sabha Elections, May 13: Phase 4 of the Lok Sabha elections covering 96 constituencies across 10 States/UTs is scheduled for Monday. Voting will commence at 7 am and conclude at 6 pm.

The Election Commission of India received 4,264 nominations for these constituencies, with 1,717 candidates in the final fray. Telangana had the highest number of nominations at 1,488, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 1,103 nominations across 25 constituencies.

UPDATE:

  • The fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections witnessed over 62% per cent voter turnout till 5pm on Monday across 96 constituencies in 10 states and Union Territories.

    West Bengal recorded the highest polling with 75.66 per cent voter turnout followed by Madhya Pradesh at 68.01 per cent. Jammu and Kashmir and Maharashtra were the laggards with 35.75 per cent and 52.49 per cent polling till 3pm

  • The Election Commission of India (ECI) has recorded a voter turnout of 52.60 per cent (approximately) till 3 pm in the Phase 4 polling in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the data shared by Voter Turnout app stated. West Bengal recorded the highest turnout with 66.05 per cent polling, followed by Madhya Pradesh (59.63 per cent) and Andhra Pradesh (55.49 per cent).
    • Andhra Pradesh – 55.49%
    • Bihar – 45.23%
    • Jammu and Kashmir – 29.93%
    • Jharkhand – 56.42%
    • Madhya Pradesh – 59.63%
    • Maharashtra – 48.35%
    • Odisha – 52.91%
    • Telangana – 52.34%
    • Uttar Pradesh – 48.41%
    • West Bengal – 66.05%
  • Voter turnout in the ongoing fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections stood at 40.32 per cent as of 1 pm, according to the Election Commission of India. The highest turnout was recorded in West Bengal at 51.87 per cent and the lowest in Jammu And Kashmir at 23.57 per cent. Voter turnout in the other states where polling is currently underway stood at 48.52 per cent in Madhya Pradesh, 43.80 per cent in Jharkhand, 40.38 per cent in Telangana, 40.26 per cent in Andhra Pradesh, 39.68 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, 39.30 per cent in Odisha, 34.44 per cent in Bihar, and 30.85 per cent in Maharashtra.
  • Which state recorded maximum turnout till 11 am?

Here’s the state-wise breakdown:

• Andhra Pradesh: 23.10%

• Bihar: 22.54%

• Jammu And Kashmir: 14.94%

• Jharkhand: 27.40%

• Madhya Pradesh: 32.38%

• Maharashtra: 17.51%

• Odisha: 23.28%

• Telangana: 24.31%

• Uttar Pradesh: 27.12%

• West Bengal: 32.78%

  • As of 11 am, the voter turnout in the ongoing fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections stood at 24.87 per cent, according to the Election Commission of India. The highest voter turnout was recorded in West Bengal at 32.78 per cent, while the lowest was in Jammu and Kashmir at 14.54 per cent. Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh recorded 32.38 per cent as the voter percentage, followed by Jharkhand (27.40), Uttar Pradesh (27.12), Telangana (24.31), Odisha (23.28), Andhra Pradesh (23.10), Bihar (22.54) and Maharastra (17.51)
  • Voting underway in 96 Lok Sabha seats, turnout 24.87% till 11 am
  • Polling was underway peacefully in eight Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal — Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat (SC), Bardhaman Purba (SC), Bardhaman–Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur (SC) and Birbhum — as 15.24 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 am.Both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP have lodged complaints alleging EVM malfunction; agents being stopped from entering polling booths; and voters being either threatened or stopped from going to cast their votes in different constituencies.The Trinamool Congress lodged around 139 complaints while the BJP over 35.The poll panel has identified 3,647 polling stations as critical.
  • As the fourth phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election kicked off in 96 constituencies across nine states and a Union Territory (Jammu and Kashmir) today, the approximate voter turnout data till 9 am was 10.35%.
  • BJP leader Agnimitra Paul casts her vote at polling booth in LIC Building, Asansol. TMC’s Shatrughan Sinha is up against BJP’s SS Ahluwalia from this seat
  • A Trinamool Congress worker was killed by unidentified assailants in West Bengal Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency. On Sunday night, Mintu Sheikh, a worker of the state’s ruling party in East Burdwan’s Ketugram area, died after the miscreants attacked him by throwing a crude bomb. According to initial information, Sheikh was returning home when he was attacked. Ketugram comes under the Bolpur constituency.
  • A 115-year-old woman casts her vote in Ganderbal in Jammu and Kashmir. ) Polling is underway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency where 24 candidates are in the fray
  • “I only have to tell the voters that it is the responsibility of every citizen that they need to go out to vote,” says BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat Madhavi Latha after casting her vote.
  • AIMIM candidate Asaduddin Owaisi casts his vote at a polling booth in Hyderabad. He is contesting against BJP MP Madhavi Latha and BRS’ Gaddam Srinivas Yadav in this constituency.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged voters to cast their ballots in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls in an effort to “strengthen our democracy”. In a tweet, he said, “In today’s 4th Phase of the Lok Sabha elections, 96 seats across 10 States and UTs are going to the polls. I am sure people in these constituencies will vote in large numbers and the young voters as well as women voters will power this surge in voting. Come, let’s all do our duty and strengthen our democracy!”

  • Ahead of the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealed to the people to “vote for a decisive government that will continue to promote India’s cultural heritage and develop infrastructure”.