At 5 pm, 58.3% voter turnout was recorded across seven states and Chandigarh. Bihar recorded the lowest voter turnout of over 35% while Himachal Pradesh recorded the highest at 48.6%.
Voting has begun across 57 constituencies spanning seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh to decide the fates of 904 candidates in the fray. The campaigning for the polls concluded on Thursday with top leaders holding massive rallies across the country.
Thirteen seats in both Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine in West Bengal, eight in Bihar, six in Odisha, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and the lone Lok Sabha seat in Chandigarh go to polls today.
Apart from PM Modi, who is contesting from Varanasi, other top BJP candidates include Union Minister Anurag Thakur from Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur, Ravi Shankar Prasad from Bihar’s Patna Sahib and actor Kangana Ranaut from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi.
s the Lok Sabha elections progress into their 7th phase, voters in 57 constituencies across eight states and Union territories have cast their votes. Overall voter turnout during Phase 7 of polling in the general election across 57 constituencies has been recorded at 49.68 % as of 3 pm.
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