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Voting was underway on Friday in 102 Lok Sabha seats spread across 21 states and Union territories in the first of the seven phases of the world s largest electoral exercise, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging voters to exercise their franchise in record numbers.
At 5 pm, West Bengal registered the highest voter turnout of 77.57% while Uttar Pradesh registered a turnout of 57.54% and Maharashtra recorded 54.85%.
The 2024 lok sabha polls will kick off friday with polling for the first phase scheduled in 102 seats spread across 21 states and union territories and among those in the fray are union ministers nitin gadkari, sarbanada sonowal and bhupendra yadav, gaurav gogoi of congress, dmk’s kanimozhi and k annamalai of bjp. simultaneously, assembly elections in arunachal pradesh (60 seats) and sikkim (32 seats) will also be held. voting will begin at 7 am and end at 6 pm. the election commission has deployed over 18
As many as 102 parliamentary constituencies across 21 states and Union territories will go to polls in the first phase which is also the largest of the seven phases of the elections.