Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, voting was completed on 88 seats in 13 states and union territories of the country on Friday. According to the Election Commission, 60.96 percent voting was reported till 7 pm. Although voting was to be held on 89 seats in the second phase, due to the death of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate, voting on Betul seat will now be held in the third phase.
PM Modi expressed gratitude
After the completion of the second phase of voting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on social media platform The unprecedented support the opposition is getting is even more disappointing. The youth and women voters are giving strong support to the NDA.
79.25 percent voting in Tripura
According to the information received from the Election Commission, maximum 79.25 percent voters have exercised their franchise in Tripura and 55.08 percent voters in Bihar. 77.32 percent voters voted in Manipur, 73.55 percent in Chhattisgarh, 71.84 percent in West Bengal, 71.11 percent in Assam and 71.91 percent in Jammu and Kashmir. At the same time, 68.31 percent voters voted in Karnataka, 65.78 percent in Kerala, 64.07 percent in Rajasthan, 57.81 percent in Madhya Pradesh, 56.66 percent in Maharashtra, and 54.85 percent in Uttar Pradesh.
A look at the comparison of voting percentage from 2019 Lok Sabha elections
State | voting percentage in 2019 | Voting percentage in 2024 ((PROVISIONAL) |
Uttar Pradesh | 62.18% | 54.85% |
Bihar | 62.93% | 55.99% |
Madhya Pradesh | 67.67% | 58.13% |
Rajasthan | 68.42% | 64.07% |
Chhattisgarh | 75.12% | 73.94% |
Jammu and Kashmir | 72.50% | 72.32% |
Karnataka | 68.96% | 68.38% |
Kerala | 77.84% | 66.54% |
Maharashtra | 62.81% | 59.49% |
Manipur | 84.14% | 77.95% |
Assam | 81.28% | 76.06% |
Tripura | 82.90% | 79.58% |
West Bengal | 80.66% | 71.84% |
The fate of 1,202 candidates is sealed in EVMs.
Along with this, current Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Rajiv Chandrashekhar, former Congress National President Rahul Gandhi, former Union Ministers Shashi Tharoor, Mahesh Sharma, film actress Hema Malini, Arun, who played the role of Lord Ram in the Ramayana serial. Govil, former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, BJYM national president Tejasvi Surya, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s brother D.K. Suresh, former Karnataka CM H.D. The fate of 1,202 candidates, including Kumaraswamy and Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, was sealed in the EVMs.
Along with all the 20 Lok Sabha seats of Kerala, 14 of Karnataka, 13 of Rajasthan, eight each of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, six of Madhya Pradesh, five each of Assam and Bihar, three each of Chhattisgarh and West Bengal were declared on Friday. And voting was completed on one seat each in Tripura, Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir. The seats for which voting took place on Friday are very important for the BJP from political point of view. Out of these 88 Lok Sabha seats, BJP has maximum 52 seats. If two independent MPs who joined the party before the Lok Sabha elections are included, this figure reaches 54. (input-agency)
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