2019 Lok Sabha Elections Begin: India Goes To Polls For Phase 2 Of General Elections - Voting To Be Held For 95 Seats

Voter turnot as of 6 pm: 

The Election Commission announced that the second phase of the General Elections is concluded on Thursday. And by far, the polling has completely concluded in 14 states and Union territories.  

Voter turnout until 5 PM

 

Voter turnout for second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections as of 11 am:

Voter turnout as of 2 pm:

Voter turnout in Bihar till 11 am:  

Poll percentage in Uttar Pradesh till 11 am:

Karnataka voting percentage as of 11am: 

BJP delegation approaches Election Commission over violence in Raiganj, West Bengal.

Voter turnout for second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections as of 9 am:

Citizens of Tamil Nadu's Perambalur all charged up to exercise their franchise as phase two of Lok Sabha Elections begin.

I thank the media, that you covered the elections properly. We made efforts to let the people decide: NC leader Farooq Abdullah addressing the media after cast his vote.

New India of ours is setting higher benchmarks in every field, whether it be on earth, water, sky or even space. I appeal to all the voters in phase two, especially the young, that you must vote to keep this momentum going. In your one vote lies country's pride and progress: BJP President Amit Shah 

Polling percentage till 8 AM in Bihar:

DMK Lok Sabha candidate from Thoothukudi, Kanimozhi casts her vote at a polling station in Chennai's Alwarpet, says, "People in the opposition have been harassed, raids targeted at opposition candidates. BJP have completely taken over AIADMK."

Polling percentage recorded as of 9 am:

• Assam -9.51%
• Jammu and Kashmir-0.99%
• Karnataka-1.14%
• Maharashtra-0.85%
• Manipur-1.78%
• Odisha-2.15%
• Tamil Nadu- 0.81%
• Tripura- 0.00%
• Uttar Pradesh- 3.99%
• West Bengal-0.55%
• Chhattisgarh-7.75%
•  Puducherry-1.62%

Nirmala Sitharaman waits in queue at Bengaluru South Constituency to cast her vote as second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections begin.

Engulfed with controversies ranging from politics of polarisation to coalition tears, price tags on votes and even dopplegangers, the Lok Sabha elections on April 18 will walk into its second phase of voting. 

With 95 seats, 1619 candidates and 179880 polling booths at disposition the states that will go to polls on Thursday are- 

Assam (5 seats), Bihar (5 seats), Chhattisgarh (3 seats), Jammu and Kashmir (2 seats), Karnataka (14 seats), Maharashtra (10 seats), Manipur (1 seat), Odisha (5 seats), Tamil Nadu (38 seats), Uttar Pradesh (8 seats), West Bengal(3 seats) and Puducherry (1 seat).

The list does not account for Tamil Nadu's Vellore and Tripura East constituency. 

Here are the constituencies that will go to polls: 

• Assam

Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous District, Mangaldoi, Nawgong

• Bihar

Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka

• Chhattisgarh

Kanker, Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund

• Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar, Udhampur

• Karnataka

Udupi Chikmagalur, Hassan, Chitradurga, Dakshin Kannada, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore North, Bangalore Central, Bangalore South, Chikkballapur, Kolar

• Maharashtra

Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur and Solapur

• Manipur

Inner Manipur

• Odisha

Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska

• Tamil Nadu

Tiruvallur, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Viluppuram, Kallakurichi, Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Pollachi, Dindigul, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Perambulur, Cuddalore, Chidamabram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukkudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari, Madurai

• Uttar Pradesh

Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri

• West Bengal

Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling and Raiganj

• Puducherry

Puducherry

The polls will see seats from where high profile candidates are contending: 

Deve Gowda (JD), BK Hariprasad (Congress), PC Mohan (BJP), Yashwant Singh (BJP), Raj Babbar (Congress), Hema Malini (BJP), SP Singh Baghel (BJP), Maharaj Kumari Pragya Debburman (Congress), Farooq Abdullah (NC), Syed Mohsin (PDP), Mohammad Salim (CPM), Ashok Chavan (Congress)

The turnout for the first phase of elections as announced by the Election Commission was: 

• Andaman and Nicobar: 70.67%
• Chhattisgarh: 56%
• Andhra Pradesh: 56% 
• Telangana: 60%
• Maharashtra: 55.78%
• Sikkim: 69%
• Mizoram: 60%
• Nagaland: 78%
• Manipur: 78.2%
• Tripura: 81.8%
• West Bengal: 81%

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a message for citizens ahead of the second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.  

P Chidambaram addresses the media after casting his vote.

Actor turned politician Rajinikanth casts his vote at the polling station in Stella Maris College, in Chennai Central parliamentary constituency.