Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: TN records 63.20% of polling as of 5 PM
Catch the live updates of polling being held in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories
People wait for cast his votes (Hemanathan M)
CHENNAI: The 2024 Lok Sabha polls will kick off Friday with polling for the first phase scheduled in 102 constituencies spread across 21 states and Union Territories, including 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone Puducherry seat.
Approximately 6.23 crore voters in Tamil Nadu will vote across nearly 68,000 polling stations, deciding the fate of 950 candidates.
Voting will begin at 7 AM and end at 6 PM.
Among the prominent candidates in the fray in the first phase are Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Sarbananda Sonowal, Gaurav Gogoi of Congress and DMK's Kanimozhi. K Annamalai, who is steering the BJP campaign in Tamil Nadu, is also among the contestants.
Live Updates
- 19 April 2024 5:36 PM IST
Imphal: Sealing of EVM machines after the first phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024 concludes in Manipur
#WATCH | Imphal: Sealing of EVM machines after the first phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024 concludes in Manipur pic.twitter.com/4LY95lG60G
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024 - 19 April 2024 4:52 PM IST
Manipur: Voting concludes in Imphal East for Lok Sabha elections. EVMs, and VVPATs machines are being sealed.
The timing for casting vote in Manipur was from 7 am to 4 pm.
- 19 April 2024 4:50 PM IST
On the percentage of voting in Tamil Nadu in the first phase of elections, the state Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo says, "Till 3PM, the voting percentage for the entire state is 51.41%. The highest percentage of voting has been noted in Dharmapuri at 57.86%. Namakkal comes second with 57.67% voting... Minimum voting has been reported in the three constituencies of Chennai. Chennai Central is at 41.47%, Chennai South is at 42.10%, Chennai North is at 44.84%. Voting is going on smoothly in all the places."
#WATCH | Chennai: On the percentage of voting in Tamil Nadu in the first phase of elections, the state Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo says, "Till 3PM, the voting percentage for the entire state is 51.41%. The highest percentage of voting has been noted in Dharmapuri at… pic.twitter.com/ocDDdOrIDC
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024 - 19 April 2024 4:37 PM IST
AMMK General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran in Chennai, says, "We are also Amma's followers. People understand this and will vote for us...This time NDA will win in many constituencies in Tamil Nadu."
#WATCH | AMMK General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran in Chennai, says, "We are also Amma's followers. People understand this and will vote for us...This time NDA will win in many constituencies in Tamil Nadu." pic.twitter.com/V5Klm3Ry8s
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024 - 19 April 2024 4:37 PM IST
AMMK General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran casts his vote in Lok Sabha elections, in Adyar
- 19 April 2024 4:33 PM IST
A 102-year-old woman, Chinnammal, arrives at a polling booth in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, to cast her vote.
VIDEO | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: A 102-year-old woman, Chinnammal, arrives at a polling booth in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, to cast her vote.#LSPolls2024WithPTI #LokSabhaElections2024
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 19, 2024
(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvqRQz) pic.twitter.com/upZWZmEdBA - 19 April 2024 3:54 PM IST
Dharmapuri received the highest polling - 57.83% - and Chennai Central polled the lowest. It recorded 41.47%. The polling percentage for the bypoll for Vilavancode constituency stood at 45.43% at 3pm
- 19 April 2024 3:29 PM IST
Former CM of Puducherry Narayanasamy casts his vote at VOC Government Higher Secondary school in Tamil Nadu.
