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 3:29 PM IST
BJP Mahila Morcha national president Vanathi Srinivasan arrives at a polling booth in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, to cast her vote.
- 19 April 2024 1:56 PM IST
With 44.08% voting, Dharmapuri recorded the highest voting percentage and Chennai Central continues be at the bottom.
- 19 April 2024 1:29 PM IST
Sivakumar, Surya and Karthik cast their vote at Hindi Prachar Sabha, T Nagar
- 19 April 2024 12:40 PM IST
Actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president Vijay casts his vote at a polling booth in Neelankarai, Chennai
#WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president Vijay casts his vote at a polling booth in Neelankarai, Chennai#LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/rTtu4tGZJy
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024 - 19 April 2024 12:34 PM IST
11 AM polling details:
North Chennai-16.37%
South Chennai-17.71%
Central Chennai-15.80%
- 19 April 2024 12:28 PM IST
Actor and TVK president Vijay cast his vote at Neelankarai polling station
- 19 April 2024 12:05 PM IST
Governor RN Ravi says, "This is the festival of democracy...I am immensely happy and proud to have participated in it. This mark (inked finger) is the most beautiful insignia of a citizen. I would urge all citizens, especially the first-time voters, to take part in this festival with full enthusiasm..."
#WATCH | Governor RN Ravi says, "This is the festival of democracy...I am immensely happy and proud to have participated in it. This mark (inked finger) is the most beautiful insignia of a citizen. I would urge all citizens, especially the first-time voters, to take part in this… https://t.co/t7WnvCveXp pic.twitter.com/atsO2mTRPG
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2024
