First-time voters after casting their votes in Morigaon district of Assam on Friday. (Photo: PTI)
By 9 am, over 9.3 per cent voter turnout was recorded across states and UTs.
Voter turnout in Kerala
All 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala will go to polls on Friday, concluding voting in the state. By 9 am, Kerala recorded 11.98 per cent in 20 Lok Sabha constituencies. Around 27.7 million voters will decide the fate of 194 candidates who are contesting from the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Voter turnout in Bihar
Around 9.84 per cent of over 9,300,000 voters in five Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar exercised their franchise till 9 am on Friday. The polling started at 7 am in Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur and Banka and will continue till 6 pm.
Voter turnout in Manipur
Around 15.49 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 am in Manipur. The voting is currently underway on one Lok Sabha seat in the state.
Voter turnout in Tripura
Tripura East recorded a voter turnout of 16.97 per cent till 9 am on Friday. Around 1,400,000 voters, including 694,000 women and 13 transgenders, will decide the fate of nine candidates on one Lok Sabha seat in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Voter turnout in Rajasthan
Rajasthan recorded a 11.8 per cent voter turnout till 9 am on Friday. The state is currently voting on the 13 Lok Sabha seats in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Voter turnout in Assam
Assam recorded a voter turnout of 9.71 per cent till 9 am in five Lok Sabha constituencies on Friday. The highest polling of 14.13 per cent was recorded in Diphu (ST), followed by 9.61 per cent in Karimganj, 9.16 per cent at Darrang-Udalguri, 9.07 per cent in Nagaon and the lowest 5.49 per cent in Silchar.
The second phase of Lok Sabha polls, scheduled for April 26, will see heavyweights like Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor from the Congress, and Hema Malini and Om Birla from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Voters will cast their votes across Assam and Bihar (5 seats each), Chhattisgarh (3), Karnataka (14), Kerala (20), Madhya Pradesh (6), Maharashtra (8), Rajasthan (13), Tripura (1), Uttar Pradesh (8), West Bengal (3), Manipur (1), and Jammu and Kashmir (1).
First Published: Apr 26 2024 | 11:23 AM IST
