Bharat Express

Lok Sabha Elections

All eight candidates from Surat—four Independents, three members of tiny parties, and Pyarelal Bharti of the Bahujan Samaj Party—withdrew their nomination papers, with the exception of Dalal.

MP CM Mohan Yadav expressed assurance on Monday that the BJP has effectively clinched the traditionally Congress-held seat of Chhindwara in the ongoing LS elections.

Voter turnout averaged 47.44 percent across eight western Uttar Pradesh constituencies, where voting commenced at 7 a.m on Friday.

Polling in eight Lok Sabha seats in western Uttar Pradesh, including Muzaffarnagar, began on Friday in the first round.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath embarked on a campaign trail across the Lok Sabha constituencies of Amroha, Bulandshahr, and Baghpat on Friday.

Manipur was scheduled to hold elections for its two seats, Inner and Outer Manipur, on Friday under the backdrop of an ongoing ethnic war.

CMMamata Banerjee has urged migrant workers gathered in West Bengal for Eid celebrations to participate in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Assam recorded a turnout of 45.12% in its ongoing elections, with notable figures like Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and opposition-supported candidate Lurinjyoti Gogoi in the fray.

In the initial phase of the 2024 elections, polling stations across the states saw a substantial turnout, with close to 60% of eligible voters casting their ballots by 5 pm.

A staggering 16.63 crore voters are eligible to vote in the first phase, deciding the fate of 1625 candidates, including prominent figures like Nitin Gadkari, Kiren Rijiju, Bhupendra Yadav, and Arjun Ram Meghwal.