52.60 pc Voter turnout recorded till 3 pm
52.60% voter turnout recorded till 3pm in the fourth phase of polling in 96 seats across 10 States/UTs in Lok Sabha elections.
Fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls: 96 constituencies in 10 states and Union Territories (UTs) are being held in 96 seats in 9 States and one Union Territory.
All 175 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh and 28 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Odisha are also voting today.
A total of 1,717 candidates will contest elections, Election Commission of India said. According to the poll body, a total of 4,264 nominations were filed for 96 parliamentary constituencies.
Polling time in certain assembly segments of 17 Parliamentary Constituencies of Telangana was increased by the Commission (from 7 am till 6 pm) to increase voters’ participation.
Of the 96 Lok Sabha seats, 25 are from Andhra Pradesh, 17 from Telangana, 13 from Uttar Pradesh, 11 from Maharashtra, eight each from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, five from Bihar, four each from Jharkhand and Odisha and one from Jammu and Kashmir.
The fourth phase will witness key contests on various constituencies. Leaders such as AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, TMC leader Mahua Moitra, BJP leader Giriraj Singh, JDU’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh), TMC leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Yusuf Pathan, BJP leaders Arjun Munda and Madhavi Latha, Andhra Pradesh Congress Chief YS Sharmila will be looking for the electoral success.
