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

Update: 2024-04-19 01:21 GMT

2024-04-19 04:34 GMT

Polling booths in eastern Nagaland wore a deserted look after boycott call

Polling booths in eastern Nagaland wore a deserted look following a boycott call. The Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation (ENPO), demanding a separate administration or state comprising six districts of Nagaland, decided not to take part in the elections to the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland until its demand is fulfilled by the Centre.

2024-04-19 04:28 GMT

Bride-to-be casts her vote in UP

VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Bride-to-be Deepa Balyan casts her vote in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. #LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/eOjFPZxGhw
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 04:24 GMT

Voter turnout till 9 am

#LokSabhaElections2024 | Voter turnout till 9 am for phase 1 of polling:Lakshadweep records the lowest - 5.59%Tripura records the highest - 15.21% pic.twitter.com/W9HAPHTpet
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 04:22 GMT

West Bengal: Reports of stone pelting in Cooch Behar

VIDEO | West Bengal: Reports of stone pelting in Chandmari village, #CoochBehar, amid first phase polling for Lok Sabha Elections 2024. More details are awaited.#LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024(Source: Third Party)(Full video available on PTI Videos -… pic.twitter.com/2SF9KNM7HY
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 04:19 GMT

Noted music director Ilaiyaraaja casts his vote

VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Noted music director Ilaiyaraaja casts his vote at polling booth in #Chennai, Tamil Nadu.#LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvqRQz) pic.twitter.com/sxxkv23dnc
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 04:16 GMT

We are celebrating the festival of democracy today: Nitin Gadkari

#WATCH | Maharashtra: Union Minister and BJP candidate from Nagpur, Nitin Gadkari says, "We are celebrating the festival of democracy today. Everyone should vote, this is our fundamental right as well as duty. You can vote for anyone but casting your vote is important...I am 101%… pic.twitter.com/zF9WsZnBEO
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 04:13 GMT

Voting constitutional right of every citizen: Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma

VIDEO | Lok Sabha elections 2024: Here's what Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) said as he arrives at the Walbakgre polling booth to cast his vote. "I came here at 6:30 am and I was hoping to be one of the first to vote. But, in a pleasant surprise, there were many… pic.twitter.com/jYFsHUm67U
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 04:04 GMT

A newly-married couple exercising their franchise

#LokSabhaElections2024 | Uttarakhand: A newly-married couple voted for the general elections today, at a polling booth in Pauri Garhwal today. pic.twitter.com/orHQgAT06C
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 04:01 GMT

Three generations from a family voted together

#LokSabhaElections2024 | Uttarakhand: Three generations - Prabha Sharma, her daughter Preeti Kaushik, and granddaughters Shamita Kaushik and Sakshi Kaushik - voted together at a polling booth in Dehradun today. pic.twitter.com/wttI9dKpxh
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024

2024-04-19 03:57 GMT

Congress leader and former union minister P Chidambaram casts his vote

VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) arrives at a polling booth in Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu to cast his vote. #LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/i64jqgWeeI
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 19, 2024