Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting Begins In 88 Seats Across 13 States, UTs In Second Phase

The polling for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 has commenced on Friday (26 April).

As many as 88 Parliamentary Constituencies in 13 States and Union Territories (UTs) are going for polls in the second phase of the voting.

The polling for Betul seat in Madhya Pradesh was rescheduled in third phase due to death of a candidate from Bahujan Samaj Party.

The states and UTs where polling is being held are Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), 1,202 candidates from are in the fray in this phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

Nearly 15.88 crore voters, including 8.08 crore males and 7.8 crore females, will be eligible to vote across 1.67 lakh polling stations in the second phase of the elections.

The poll panel has also extended polling time till 6 pm in many polling stations in Banka, Madhepura, Khagaria and Munger constituencies in Bihar to facilitate voters in hot weather conditions.

According to the EC, webcasting will be done in more than 50 per cent of the polling stations along with deployment of micro-observers in all polling stations.