The first phase of the Lok Sabha election 2024 is underway in 102 parliamentary constituencies on April 19. To exercise their right to franchise, Tamil cinema cast their votes in Tamil Nadu as polling began for all 39 seats. Tamil superstars including Rajinikanth, Ajith, Dhanush, Vijay Sethupathi, Vijay, Suriya, and Karthi registered their vote.
19 April,2024 04:52 PM IST
Amid the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Nagaland Tourism and Higher Education Minister and BJP leader Temjen Imna Along was seen casting his vote at a polling station in Alongtaki, Mokokchung. After casting the vote, Along said that every citizen should vote to transform the nation into 'Viksit Bharat' under the leadership of PM Modi. While speaking to ANI, Nagaland minister Temjen Imna Along said, "Today is a very important day for Nagaland and the entire country as the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections has started today. Every citizen should vote to make our nation into 'Viksit Bharat' under the leadership of PM Modi. We need to come out and cast our vote in favour of the vision that today's Bharat has for a 'Viksit Bharat'."
19 April,2024 04:09 PM IST
Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader Dr Raju Waghmare says, "Many top leaders of Mumbai and Maharashtra are in touch with us and shortly they will leave Congress and join the Maha Yuti and out of them several will join the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena) also. Senior Congress leaders, Mumbai corporators...top brass are in touch with us. Many Shiv Sena leaders (UBT) are also in touch, so many people wish to come to us...".
19 April,2024 03:33 PM IST
Yog guru Baba Ramdev cast his vote for the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 in Haridwar. Voting is underway for the first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on April 19. Polling for Phase 1 is being held in 102 constituencies across 17 states and 4 UTs. The first phase of the elections has the highest number of parliamentary constituencies among all phases.
19 April,2024 03:23 PM IST
Today on 19th April, the first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha election 2024 kicked off. In Maharashtra, the voting began in five seats of Nagpur, Ramtek (SC), Bhandara-Gondia, Chandrapur, and the Naxal-affected Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST). Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and his wife Amruta Fadnavis were seen casting their votes at a polling booth in Nagpur. After casting his vote, Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said, "Festival of democracy has started. I appeal to all the people to vote and strengthen democracy and register their participation in this festival of democracy." Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole cast his vote at a polling station in Bhandara.
19 April,2024 01:33 PM IST
Bharatiya Janata Party Tamil Nadu President K Annamalai cast vote in Karur on April 19. He showed his inked finger after casting the vote. Voting is underway for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on April 19. Polling for Phase-I is being held in 102 constituencies, across 17 States and 4 UTs. 1st phase of the Elections has the highest number of parliamentary constituencies among all phases. Over 18 lakh Polling officials will welcome over 16.63 crore voters across 1.87 lakh polling stations. Voters include 8.4 crore Males; 8.23 crore Females and 11,371 Third gender electors. 35.67 lakh first-time voters are registered to cast their votes.
19 April,2024 11:25 AM IST
The Home Voting for first phase of Lok Sabha election began in Rajasthan on April 5. The home voting facility announced by Election Commission of India has been extended to senior citizens above 85 years of age and voters with over 40 percent disability. In Jaipur Lok Sabha constituency, a total of 3,632 eligible voters, including 3,134 voters above 85 years of age and 498 voters with more than 40 percent disability, have applied for home voting facility. In Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha constituency, a total of 3, 971 eligible voters, including 3,130 voters above 85 years of age and 841 voters with more than 40 percent disability, have applied for home voting facility. In the first phase home voting facility will be provided till April 13 from morning 7 AM to 6 PM. Under the second phase home voting facility will be provided for absentee voters on 15th April and 16th April. Special polling teams have been assigned for Home voting facility. Each polling team includes two polling officers, one micro observer, one policeman and one videographer.
06 April,2024 01:29 PM IST
In the early days of Indian democracy, elections were conducted using traditional paper ballots. But in a bid to modernize the electoral process and enhance efficiency, a significant transition took place – the introduction of Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs. Let's take a look into how the transition from paper ballots to EVMs in Lok Sabha elections took place. Before the advent of EVMs, voters cast their votes by marking their choices on paper ballots. These ballots were then placed in sealed ballot boxes. Counting paper ballots was a time-consuming process, often requiring days or even weeks to tally the votes accurately. Additionally, there were concerns about ballot stuffing, tampering, and errors in counting. So to curb the issue, electronic Voting Machines, the game-changer in the world of elections, came into the picture.
19 March,2024 06:40 PM IST
Rajasthan Elections 2023: Voting for Rajasthan Assembly election began on November 25. Mass of people queued outside polling booths to cast their votes. Security was beefed up in and around the polling station to avoid any chaos The polling in 199 out of 200 constituencies will continue till 6 pm. The counting of votes will take place on December 03, 2023 along with the four other states. In 2018, Congress won 99 seats, while the BJP secured 73. Watch the full video for more updates!
25 November,2023 01:52 PM IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai cast his vote in the Assembly election on Wednesday at Shiggaon in Haveri district. Accompanied by son Bharath Bommai and other family members, he also paid temple visits in the constituency before voting at a government school in Shiggaon, from where he is seeking re-election for the fourth consecutive term. Speaking to reporters after casting his vote, Bommai appealed to voters to exercise their franchise and thereby contribute in "writing the future of Karnataka". He expressed confidence that people will vote the BJP in with full majority.
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