1. Violence in Bengal, Andhra mars the 4th phase of LS polls

Updated: May 13, 2024, 22:13 IST

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The turnout

A voter turnout of about 63% was recorded on Monday in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls in 96 constituencies spread over 10 states and Union Territories amid violence in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.

Highest and lowest

West Bengal recorded the highest with 75.66%, while Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the lowest voting percentage with 35.75% of voters exercising their franchise.
Among other states, Andhra Pradesh recorded 68.04% polling, Bihar 54.14%, Jharkhand 63.14%, Madhya Pradesh 68.01%, Maharashtra 52.49%, Odisha 62.96%, Telangana 61.16% and Uttar Pradesh 56.35%.

Poll round-up

Votes were cast on all 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, all 25 seats in Andhra Pradesh, 13 in Uttar Pradesh, five in Bihar, four in Jharkhand, eight in Madhya Pradesh, 11 in Maharashtra, four in Odisha, eight in West Bengal, and one in J&K.
Monday’s polling concludes the Lok Sabha election on 379 of the 543 seats. The first three phases had seen polling on 283 seats.
The voter turnout in the first three phases of the Lok Sabha election was 66.14% 66.71% and 65.68%, respectively.
The next three phases of the LS polls are scheduled for May 20, May 25 and June 1. Votes will be counted on June 4.

Stones and hugs

TMC and BJP workers clashed in various areas under Birbhum and Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seats.
Stones were thrown at the BJP's Bardhaman-Durgapur candidate Dilip Ghosh's convoy in two places. Ghosh was also heckled by TMC activists. At one place his security detail was seen fleeing towards media vehicles for cover.
Meanwhile, in a rare display of bonhomie, Ghosh and his rival Kirti Azad of the TMC hugged each other while going to a polling booth in Bardhaman.

Two states

In Andhra Pradesh, the TDP and YSRCP traded charges and accused each other of resorting to violence. The YSRCP alleged that TDP leaders captured five polling booths in the Vemuru constituency and that its party agent Suresh Reddy was stabbed in Chittoor.
In Telangana, the election authorities booked BJP’s Hyderabad candidate K Madhavi Latha after a video clip surfaced online in which she was seen purportedly asking burqa-clad women voters to show their faces to compare with the photo on their identity cards. All updates here

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