Uttar Pradesh: Voters claim they were inked before polling in Chandauli
India | May 19, 2019 12:27 IST"They were from the BJP and said that they will vote on our behalf," said one of the villagers.
"They were from the BJP and said that they will vote on our behalf," said one of the villagers.
"Today is the seventh and last phase of polling. Our mothers and sisters have played a key role in these elections, not just as candidates, but also as committed voters whose voices must be heard. I salute them all," Gandhi tweeted, attaching a video supporting equal opportunities for women.
Accordingly, the seven-phase long 2019 general elections will conclude on Sunday. Subsequently, exit polls will be released with the final results being announced on May 23.
The BJP has alleged that stones were pelted at Kolkata North candidate Rahul Sinha near Park Circus. It added another saffron party leader, Anupam Hazra, candidate from Jadavpur, was also attacked.
Kerala had voted on April 23 to elect 20 Lok Sabha candidates. A few days later, there were visuals of people casting votes more than once which prompted CEO Teeka Ram Meena to order the re-polls.
Over 2.32 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise in this phase in UP. As many as 25,874 polling booths have been set up in 13,979 polling centres in the final phase, the Election Commission said.
Voting began at 7 a.m. in the constituencies of Patiala, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar (SC), Hoshiarpur (SC), Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib (SC), Faridkot (SC), Ferozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur and Gurdaspur. Polling will end at 6 p.m.
Polling began at 7 am in Shimla (SC), Mandi, Hamirpur and Kangra.
The electorate also includes 22,00,119 female and 21 third gender voters.
Altogether 157 candidates including four Union Ministers are in the fray in the seventh and final phase of polling in Bihar.
The Lok Sabha polls 2019 saw seven phases from April 11 till May 19 -- interspersed with sporadic incidents of violence, long-drawn road shows and emotion-driven rallies.
As nation votes in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha polls, here are some interesting facts about this phase:
“I'm glad that I got a chance to visit here again. My development mission here includes--prakriti (nature), paryavaran (environment) and paryatan (tourism). Development works are going on in Kedarnath valley,” PM Modi said while interacting with reports after offering prayers.
Polling is underway for seventh and the last phase of Lok Sabha election 2019, on Sunday. In this phase, 59 constituencies, spread over seven states and one union territory, will go to polls.
Lakhu Ka Dhaba, a multi-cuisine restaurant on Fraser Road, has planned to offer a discount of 17 per cent.
Polling for the four seats - Shimla (SC), Hamirpur, Kangar and Mandi - of Himachal Pradesh will be held today.
Read through the blog to find out how May 19 unfolded.
"Today he is sitting in a cave wearing 'bhagwa' (saffron). God knows, what message he wants to deliver. Everybody has been watching him," said Gehlot, who also accused the prime minister of doing "nothing but polarisation".
Congress leaders led by Sonia Gandhi, party chief Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh, held deliberations with Ahmed Patel, A K Antony and others as they geared up for a possible hung Parliament.
The EC should ensure that Sunday's polling is held without the "undue interference of the central government" and any "intervention by the ruling party at the Centre", Banerjee, West Bengal chief minister said in the letter written on her official letterhead.
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