Election LIVE | First phase records 62% voter turnout; violence, EVM glitches affect voting

Update: 2024-04-19 01:21 GMT

2024-04-19 01:53 GMT

Everyone should cast vote: RSS chief

VIDEO | "Voting is our duty and a right too. We decide the future of our country for the next five years through voting and that is why everyone should vote. The first thing I did today was to vote," says #RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat after casting his vote at a polling booth in… pic.twitter.com/JFyuSXryef
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 01:51 GMT

Modi set for third term: Jitin Prasada

#WATCH | UP Minister & BJP's Lok Sabha Candidate from Pilibhit Jitin Prasada says, "Today is the day of voting here and the Prime Minister will become the Prime Minister for the third time by crossing 400 seats. I will get full blessings of the people of Pilibhit and lotus will… pic.twitter.com/m3X38h8utl
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 01:49 GMT

Former TN CM Palaniswami casts his vote

#WATCH | Former Tamil Nadu CM and AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami casts his vote at a polling booth in Salem. #LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/NT6zdXtFiE
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 01:48 GMT

Confident of INDIA bloc's triumph in TN: Chidambaram

#WATCH | After casting his vote, Congress leader P Chidambaram says, "I am very happy and proud that I have been able to cast my vote in the Lok Sabha elections. As far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, I am absolutely confident that the INDIA group will win all 39 Parliamentary seats… https://t.co/zLeo65lbQH pic.twitter.com/OzQbhsc1WZ
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 01:42 GMT

Polling begins in Chennai

VIDEO| Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Visuals from a polling booth set up at Stella Maris College in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on 102 seats spread across 21 states will be held today.#LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024… pic.twitter.com/Dzeq0VylYR
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 01:40 GMT

CEC urges people to vote

#WATCH | | CEC Rajiv Kumar says, "...Today is the day of voting...A large number of security and non-security measures are in place. The only point is that people must come and vote..."#LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/SJf3prURpa
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 01:39 GMT

Voting begins in Arunachal, Sikkim

Voting for Assembly Elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim begins. The polling is being simultaneous with the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

All 60 Assembly seats in Arunachal Pradesh and 32 Assembly seats in Sikkim are going to polls today.

2024-04-19 01:38 GMT

RSS chief Bhagwat casts his vote in Nagpur

#WATCH | Nagpur, Maharashtra: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat shows his inked finger after casting his vote in the first phase of #LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/rqZ2Fn0ZU1
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024