Over 39 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first six hours of polling on Friday in phase two of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 covering 88 seats in 13 states and Union territories amidst reports of EVM glitches and bogus voting in some booths in Kerala and West Bengal (Pics/PTI)
Updated On: 2024-04-26 02:53 PM IST
Compiled by : ronak mastakar
Voters in four villages of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, Rajasthan's Banswara and Maharashtra's Parbhani boycotted polls over various issues
Polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Election officials said the highest voting percentage was recorded in Tripura which registered 54.47 per cent polling till 1 pm, while the lowest turnout was in Maharashtra at 31.77 per cent
"Aggregate turnout at 1 pm in Phase 2 is 39.13 percent," the Election Commission said in a statement
Kerala reported brisk polling with 39.26 per cent voters exercising their franchise
However, electronic voting machine (EVM) breakdowns were reported in some booths of the state
Three elderly persons and a polling agent died during the polling in the state. According to reports, one person each died at Palakkad, Alappuzha and Malappuram after casting their vote while a polling agent died after collapsing at a booth in Kozhikode
In Karnataka, an estimated 38.23 per cent turnout was reported in the first half of the day. Out of 14 segments, the highest turnout of 48.10 per cent was recorded in Dakshina Kannada, followed by Udupi-Chikmagalur at 46.43 per cent, and the least 30.10 per cent in Bangalore Central
Madhya Pradesh saw about 38.96 per cent of voters casting their ballots in six Lok Sabha constituencies, while voting for three Lok Sabha constituencies, having Naxalite presence, in Chhattisgarh saw 53.09 per cent of the electorate exercising their franchise
A jawan of the Madhya Pradesh Special Armed Force deployed on poll duty allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district
