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Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Voter turnout till 5 pm at 54.85 pc

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Five assembly segments, spread across two Lok Sabha seats, including Naxal-hit Gadchiroli-Chimur, voted between 7 am and 3 pm, unlike other areas where voters can exercise their franchise until 6 pm. In the assembly segments of Amgaon, Armori, Gadchiroli and Aheri of Gadchiroli-Chimur Lok Sabha constituency and Arjune Morgaon in Bhandara-Gondia seat, polling was held between 7 am and 3 pm. We are closing the LIVE blog now

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 1 LIVE: 60 per cent polling in first phase

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 1 LIVE updates: Nearly 60 per cent polling was reported till 5 pm in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 102 seats across 21 states and Union territories. We are closing the LIVE blog now

UP Elections Phase 1: 57.79 per cent polling till 5 pm

The battle for Uttar Pradesh began on Thursday with polling at 58 assembly seats spread across 11 districts in the western part of the state. Polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm, officials of the state election commission said. Ministers whose fate would be decided in the first phase include Shrikant Sharma, Suresh Rana, Sandeep Singh, Kapil Dev Agarwal, Atul Garg and Chowdhury Lakshmi Narain

72.14 per cent voter turnout in Assam, 79.79 per cent in West Bengal till 6 pm

Polling began for 30 seats in West Bengal and 47 seats in Assam at 7 am on Saturday in the first phase of the assembly elections amid tight security. West Bengal will witness a triangular contest between Trinamool Congress (TMC), Congress-Left alliance and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In Assam, candidates from BJP and Congress-led 'mahajot' (grand alliance) are in fray.

Elections 2019 Phase 1 Live Updates: 55.78 per cent votes in Maharashtra