Elections 2024 Phase 4 Voting: More than 19 lakh polling officials have been deployed.
New Delhi: The fourth phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections ended today in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union Territories. A total of 1,717 candidates were in the fray in this phase. 67.25% voter turnout was recorded in phase four across 10 states and union territories.
Polling was held in 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 Jammu and Kashmir.
Voting took place in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency and it is the first major election in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. Voting was simultaneously held in all 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh and 28 in Odisha in the fourth phase.
More than 19 lakh polling officials were deployed at 1.92 lakh polling stations for the over 17.70 crore eligible voters in this round.
Prominent candidates in the fray are Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Union minister Giriraj Singh, TMC's firebrand leader Mohua Moitra and AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of TMC, Andhra Pradesh Congress president YS Sharmila among others.
The Lok Sabha elections are being held across seven phases, from April 19 to June 1. The counting is scheduled for June 4.
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She faces a contest from TDP's Chadipiralla Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy and YSRCP's YS Avinash Reddy.
YSRCP's YS Avinash Reddy is the sitting MP from Kadapa.
YS Sharmila says "I am very sure and confident of my victory here. We should all remember that Congress started with 2% votes, we were already at rock bottom. I am very confident that Congress will get double digit percentage and seats this time..."
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Samajwadi Party (SP) has fielded Annu Tandon and BSP has fielded Ashok Kumar Pandey here.
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He faces BJP's Madhavi Latha and BRS' Gaddam Srinivas Yadav here.
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Mr Danve is sitting MP from this seat. INDIA alliance has fielded Congress leader Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale from this seat.
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Congress's YS Sharmila, TDP's Chadipiralla Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy and YSRCP's YS Avinash Reddy are contesting elections from this seat.
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She faces sitting MP and AIMIM candidate Asaduddin Owaisi and BRS' Gaddam Srinivas Yadav here.
Madhavi Latha says, "I only have to tell all the voters that it is the responsibility of every citizen that they need to go out to vote because the vote brings two changes - 1) a new change and development towards themselves and their families, 2) it gives an opportunity to change the lives of downtrodden, Dalits, poor and the lives of every elderly people who have been abandoned. Vote is the most precious social work along with a selfish desire to move towards development..."
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Asaduddin Owaisi
The four-time MP from Hyderabad, AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, is contesting from his family stronghold Hyderabad, which was represented by his father Salahuddin Owaisi for two decades, from 1984-2004. While the Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi have fielded Mohammad Waliullah Sameer and Gaddam Srinivas Yadav from the seat, Mr Owaisi's most-talked-about opponent is the BJP's Kompella Madhavi Latha.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Of the eight West Bengal seats going to polls in the third phase is Baharampur, the fort of Congress leader in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. A five-time MP from the seat, Mr Chowdhury is known to hold considerable clout in the north Bengal constituency. This time, he is up against the BJP's Nirmal Kumar Saha and Trinamool's pick, former cricketer Yusuf Pathan.
Mahua Moitra
The firebrand Trinamool Congress leader, who was expelled as an MP last December in the cash-for-query case, is contesting again from West Bengal's Krishnanagar, which elected her in the 2019 election. The seat has been with the Trinamool Congress since 2009.
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will also cast his vote from the polling booth.
Congress's YS Sharmila from INDIA alliance, TDP's Chadipiralla Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy from NDA, and YSRCP's YS Avinash Reddy are contesting elections from this seat.
YSRCP's YS Avinash Reddy is the sitting MP from Kadapa.
Prominent candidates in the fray are: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Union minister Giriraj Singh, TMC's firebrand leader Mohua Moitra AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of TMC Andhra Pradesh Congress president YS Sharmila The fourth phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will take place today in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union Territories. A total of 1,717 candidates are in the fray in this phase. Polling will be held in 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 Jammu and Kashmir. Voting will also take place in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. More than 19 lakh polling officials have been deployed at 1.92 lakh polling stations for the over 17.70 crore eligible voters in this round.