Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Voting Live Updates: 88 seats to poll today, Rahul Gandhi, Arun Govil in fray

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Voting Live Updates: Eighty 8 parliamentary constituencies dispersed crossed 13 states and Union Territories (UTs) are polling successful the 2nd signifier of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 today, April 26. 

The polling for Betul, the 89th spot successful Madhya Pradesh scheduled to ballot successful 2nd phase, was rescheduled to 3rd signifier owed to decease of a campaigner from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). 

The voting volition statesman begin astatine 7 americium and proceed until 5 pm. The Election Commission provides an other hr a buffer play for voters who are already contiguous successful the voting queue. 

As galore arsenic 15.88 crore voters are eligible to ballot successful this phase. The voters see 8.08 crore men, 7.8 crore women and 5,929 3rd sex electors. The voters besides see 3.28 crore young voters successful the property radical 20-29 years. This includes 34.8 lakh archetypal clip voters registered to formed their votes successful this phase.

As galore arsenic 109 seats had gone to polling successful the Phase 1 connected April 19. The archetypal signifier recorded a elector turnout of astir 62 per cent. The counting of votes for each 7 phases of Lok Sabha Elections volition beryllium held connected June 4.

The seats going to polls connected April 26 see each 20 Lok Sabha constituencies successful Kerala, 14 successful Karnataka, 13 successful Rajasthan, 8 each successful Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, 7 successful Madhya Pradesh, 5 each successful Assam and Bihar, 3 each successful West Bengal and Chhattisgarh and 1 each successful Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Tripura.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, the BJP's younker icon Tejasvi Surya, Union curate Rajeev Chandrasekhar, actor-turned-politicians Hema Malini and Arun Govil, and the talker successful the outgoing Lok Sabha, Om Birla are among 1,210 candidates successful the fray successful Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections.

Over 16 lakh polling officials person been deployed crossed 1.67 lakh polling stations successful this phase. Webcasting volition beryllium done successful much than 50  per cent of the polling stations on with deployment of micro-observers successful each polling stations.

Overall, voting for 543 Lok Sabha seats volition beryllium held successful 7 phases. The past signifier volition beryllium held connected June 1. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is seeking a grounds 3rd word nether PM Narendra Modi, has acceptable a people of winning 400 seats this election. The ruling confederation is challenged by the absorption parties led by the Congress nether the banner of the INDIA bloc.

The counting of votes for each 7 phases of Lok Sabha Elections volition instrumentality spot connected June 4. 

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26 Apr 2024, 06:04:12 AM IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Voting Live:  88 seats crossed 13 states and UTs spell polls today

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Voting Live:  Eighty 8 parliamentary constituencies dispersed crossed 13 states and Union Territories (UTs) are polling successful the 2nd signifier of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 today, April 26. The voting volition statesman begin astatine 7 americium and proceed until 5 pm.